Siemens MTS AP Product Manager

What is the responsibility?

Act as a business-oriented Product Manager for the assigned Products

Define and prioritize the requirements framework for functions to be implemented in the products or systems in accordance with the overarching product and business strategy (as the base for the R&D- opportunities)

Recording, formulating, and evaluating market and customer requirements, market trends, competitor strategies

Identify and evaluate business potentials (unit quantities, customer price readiness, profitability) for products and systems

Stimulate and develop product ideas considering functional and economic aspects, as well as compatibility and spare parts availability

Demonstrate product and system characteristics with their customer and competitive advantages as the basis for the market launch measures to be implemented

Define product delivery stages (e.g., in product roadmaps) with system-level dependencies

Develop pricing models and estimate future sales quantities

Professional management of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM Team) for systems and product families.

price definition, granting sales release, publishing, and maintaining sales information and catalog entries for the products under responsibility

Create Market Entry information and support in promotional activities such as advertising, trade fairs, roadshow, sales/promoter/specialist consultant meetings, information events, trainings

Plan the number of product quantities and ensure delivery capability (together with logistics)

Monitor product-specific key figures (profitability, sales, result) for deviation from plan, if necessary, initiation and execution of measures (e.g., Redesign-to-cost)

Required skill set:

As an Headquarter-function, the candidate’s profile should include:

Readiness to bear responsibility in a global framework

International and Intercultural sensitivity

Entrepreneurial spirit

Readiness to work with very heterogenous international customers on an eye level

Readiness to represent Siemens as a global company internally and externally

technical and economic relationships in complex systems and products as well as their development and disengagement processes,

Ability to develop complex system and product roadmaps as well as pricing strategies

Proficient English language skills are required, German language skills are advantageous

Education:

a period of up to 4 years of regular study with a degree and extensive specialist additional qualification

or a more than 4-year period of regular study with a degree and related extended subject-specific additional qualification