Global Product Manager

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Founded in Sweden in 1689, Husqvarna Group is a global leader of outdoor power products and innovative solutions for both construction industry as forest, park and garden care. Husqvarna offers a wide range of quality brands for professionals and consumers, subdivided into 3 worldwide divisions: Husqvarna Forest & Garden, Husqvarna Construction and Gardena.

Husqvarna Belgium, based in Ath, is part of the division Husqvarna Construction, the world leader in machinery and diamond tools for the stone and construction industry. In Ath, 160 colleagues are successfully working on the development, testing, production and commercialization of diamond tools. To support its further growth, Husqvarna Belgium is looking for a motivated (f/m):

Global Product Manager

The Global Product Manager will support the business growth of the Diamond Tools category in the distribution and dealer sales channel. You own, establish and implement a strategic product road map, as well as a product portfolio for a defined business segment. You report to the Operations Director Diamond Tools.

Your responsibilities:

 To establish, manage and maintain a strategic product portfolio for maximizing sales growth globally.

 To lead a direct collaboration with the key markets and product specialists globally to support growth in the local markets.

 To manage the lifecycle of the product range: to coordinate the product launch with the different stakeholders and to coordinate the phase in and phase out with the demand planning team.

 To collect and analyze global sales data and market information to identify customer needs and to translate into product ranges.

 To raise and manage product investment requests.

 To set strategic pricing (IRP) and to support the development of e-business.

 To provide input for optimizing the manufacturing footprint, service levels and profitability.

 To lead and coordinate cost saving activities driven from product management.

 To approve new product variants.

 To coordinate product trainings with the Sales teams.

 To work closely with the other categories.

Your main skills:

 Master degree (Economics, Marketing, Engineering, …) with minimum 5 years’ experience in a Product Management or Channel Marketing Management role within an industrial environment.

 Personality: hands-on, enthusiastic, customer-minded, networker, methodic, result-oriented, driven, team-player, business-focused.

 Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Power Point with strong analytical skills.

 Language skills: fluent in English, French/Dutch mother tongue.

Husqvarna Belgium offers you:

• The opportunity to develop your talents and career in an ambitious and fast growing international company.
• Working within an entrepreneurial culture, combined with a passionate local spirit
• An attractive salary, topped with meal vouchers (8 €), 17 additional holidays, bonus, group- and hospitalization insurance, …
  
  

Interested ?

Send your CV to Matthieu Steelandt, HR Manager:

matthieu.steelandt@husqvarnagroup.com

We treat all applications with care and discretion.

Last date to apply:

We are continuously accepting applications