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Product Manager AM EMEA Lights

About Global Portable Security (GPS)

Consumers and businesses are looking for a healthy, environmentally friendly and sustainable way to get around in cities across Europe. The result is a growing and innovative bicycle industry that is constantly on the move.

Since the establishment of our Global Portable Security division in 2016, we have combined the strengths of our three renowned and strong bicycle security brands AXA, Trelock and Kryptonite. The result is a leading position as a partner for bicycle manufacturers and brands (OEM) and dealers and bicycle stores (after market).

The product portfolio includes bicycle locks, bicycle lighting, intelligent IoT solutions and chain guards. Development is carried out in-house with our own product managers and engineering teams. A large part of the goods are manufactured in our own production facilities in Veenendaal (NL), Clamecy (F) and Zawiercie (PL).

The Position

The Product Manager AM EMEA Lights is responsible for driving the success of the AM Product Portfolios and Roadmap with focus on EMEA markets for the brands Axa, Trelock and Kryptonite, through New Product Development Projects within the bicycle Light categories. He will lead multi-locational and cross functional teams to launch new products using a structured development process (PDP).

Project lead involves working with 3rd parties (suppliers, design agencies etc.) on projects to be launched for AM EMEA.

The Product Manager AM EMEA Lights is also responsible for coordinating product / project related requests linked to customized business.

He gives support to Sales and Marketing activities, contributing to reach the Revenue and Profit targets of the product group Lights GPS

Your Skills

• Experience in new product development programs from concept to production using a structured process

• Proven problem-solving skills, techniques

• Excellent process management and communication skills at all levels within the organization

• Tenacity in coordination of project team members to achieve program timelines and outcomes

• Self-starter with a desire to make a significant impact on the project execution, processes, and tools

• Courage to raise issues to upper management when a program is at risk

• Good understanding of consumer products and their development, ideally experienced in AM Portfolio segmentation by type of bike, sales channel, and consumer / buyer

• Experience with Microsoft Office tools

• Affinity to bicycle / outdoor sport industry appreciated, ideally experienced as a PM within the bike industry

• German and English language skills

Your Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business

• Experience in New Product/Project Management, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience leading cross-functional teams

• Experience in Product Development Processes (ex. PDP).

Your respnsibilities

• Works on updating AM Portfolios/Roadmap (all 3 brands: AXA, Kryptonite and Trelock) for all EMEA markets Lights. This includes AM Portfolio segmentation by type of bike, sales channel, consumer / buyer.

• Analyzes sales, profitability, and life cycles of existing products, does market research (incl. competitor analyzes) and identifies trends in the market.

• Makes proposals in a timely manner for adjustment, replacement, or deletion of existing products, as well as their financial rehabilitation if needed, in collaboration with the Global Portfolio Manager Lights.

• Works closely with Product Managers, Global Portfolio Manager and Sales Managers/Customers to capture product/project requirements, scope, and success metrics.

• Takes overall project leadership for NPD projects, incl. responsibility for the PDP process. Leads/Manages a cross-functional team - Engineering, Design, Test, Finance, Operations, and other functions to establish project development strategy, schedule, product costs, budget, and resource needs.

• Continuously tracks project activities, risks, and issues to ensure programs progress on schedule and within budget while meeting established customer requirements. Schedules and leads timely status review meetings, and formal project Reviews with Senior Management.

• Works with other product/project managers on interdependencies with other simultaneous projects.

• Is responsible for AOP growth for all AM Light Portfolios EMEA Lights.

• Works with other Product Managers to contribute to improve internal product/project process.

• Gives technical and commercial support to sales staff for existing lighting products within GPS (ex. education, presentations, product information).

• Provides support to Brand Management for Marketing activities.

• Validates and supervises AM requests for modifications and variations of existing products Light.

• Ability to travel up to 20%

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