Product Manager (m/f/d) Data Connectors
- U.I. Lapp GmbH
- Stuttgart
Are you up for a change?
Your tasks
- Monitor and assess market developments for data connectors in close collaboration with our international sales subsidiaries
- Independently develop recommendations for action and drive initiatives for the necessary portfoliomanagement measures
- Generate ideas for new products and lead development projects through to series production, with a focus on cost, product features, and quality
- Prepare target cost calculations and consistently track them throughout the entire development process
- Develop marketing plans, sales forecasts, and pricing strategies for the products under your responsibility
- Support the process from defining product specifications to the finished product and participate in customer and supplier visits
- Assist in the preparation of product requirements specifications, as well as profitability and business case analyses for the respective products
- Regularly align with regional teams regarding customer requirements, potential suppliers, and relevant market and technology trends
Your profile
- Successfully completed a degree in Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration, or a comparable qualification
- Possess an entrepreneurial mindset, take ownership, and are motivated to make an impact in an agile environment
- Have experience conducting market, technology, and trend analyses and possess a strategic understanding of product and portfolio management
- Bring a solid understanding of business plans, target costing, and profitability analyses
- Have practical expertise in the data connector market, along with a strong understanding of applications, customer requirements, and competitive dynamics
- Have relevant experience with data connector portfolios, particularly in product positioning, market trends, and key industry requirements
- Are proficient in SAP and Microsoft Office
- Demonstrate an analytical, structured, and solution-oriented approach to work
- Excel through customer orientation, strong communication skills, teamwork, assertiveness, and organizational talent
- Are willing to undertake international business travel of approximately 20%
- Have fluent German and English language skills
- Complete your profile with independence, pragmatism, and reliability
Good reasons for LAPP
- Variety of tasks and responsibilities & plenty of scope for ideas
- Value-based family business
- Global player with flat hierarchies
- Flexible working hours models & home office
- Work life balance due to the possibility to swap shifts
- Social benefits and discounts such as job train ticket & private parcel acceptance
- Personnel development, onboarding & individual support
- Annual international soccer- & volleyball tournament
- Public transport connection directly at station „Lapp Kabel“
- Sports- & health activities and healthy canteen
- Consulting in social and care services
Contact
- Frank Uhlemann
- HR Business Partner
- +49711/7838-3020