Product Line Manager(Servo Motors) - Nidec Motor Corporation

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Job Summary

Nidec is the world's No.1 comprehensive motor manufacturer handling "everything that spins and moves", miniature to gigantic. Nidec is a global enterprise comprised of over 300 subsidiaries/affiliates. We are a leading manufacturer of commercial motors, industrial motors, appliance motors, and controls. Our product line features a full line of high efficiency motors for industrial applications in water treatment, mining, oil and gas, and power generation, and for commercial applications such as pool and spa, condensers, cooling towers and large refrigeration units.

From keeping us comfortable in our homes to pumping clean water to making our cars more safe, electric motors are an indispensable part of our daily lives. At Nidec, our employees are on the forefront of developing new motor technologies. As we move deeper into the age of robotics, the impact of motors will only increase.

With over 140,000 employees stationed worldwide, Nidec continues to be a unique organization, and each location maintains its individual personality.

Job Description

The role is responsible for leading the design, development, and “go to market” strategy for the Servo Motor product category for the business.  This role is responsible for achieving product sales year over year growth targets.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

 Drive proactive, comprehensive market and customer research

• Create a product roadmap using the research to ensure the business remains a market leader in Servo Motors
• Based on the research conducted clearly articulate the customer value proposition and alignment to business strategy
• Work closely with New Business Development, Sales team and market leads to identify requirements for Servo Motors
• Translate customer and market needs into product requirements
• Identify common customer and market needs across market segments
• Ensure alignment of customer requirements with the business’s core competencies, identify gaps and drive solutions on how to close gaps

Deliver on the growth strategy for the platform

• Identify key investments that support growth in key market segments across the platform
• Present business cases to obtain investment approvals
• Track and report on benefit realization on growth investments
• Design, develop and implement the vision for the overall product platform in consultation with relevant business segments, New Business Development, Sales, Engineering, Operations
• Ongoing communication and re-alignment of the strategy as market conditions change and evolve to ensure strategic relevance
• Active management of development cost, opportunity costs, and ROI when managing product portfolio

Drive New Product Development  

• Communicate product requirements to NPD teams using agreed methodologies
• Work closely with project leaders to ensure requirements and capabilities are delivered accurately
• Ongoing active collaboration with NPD teams, engineering, and management to ensure all stakeholders are kept up to date with NPD developments and delivery for the platform

Accurate and timeous reporting

• Regular reporting on growth pipeline as it relates to servo motors
• Tracking and reporting the sales that result from investments made in servo motor segments
• Provide top level overviews of servo motor projects and their status and outcomes

TECHNICAL ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE:

ESSENTIAL

• Able to collect, filter and define key sets of capabilities that allow a product platform to be successful across multiple markets
• Can clearly define the requirements and profitability of products
• Able to build a clear, purposeful product and platform roadmap based on input from market leads, sales, etcetera
• Able to act as a subject matter expert when communicating with internal and external stakeholders and customers
• Ability to manage the expectations of all relevant stakeholders
• Actively drives new product development for their platform to ensure targets are achieved

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Marketing, or related field.
• 5 years relevant experience
• Knowledge of the servo motor market
• Excellent networking skills
• Highly motivated
• Ability to travel up to 25%

Additional Job Details

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at Nidec
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No Soliciting

Nidec will not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to Nidec job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. Pre-approval from the Nidec Talent Acquisition team is required before any external candidate can be submitted and such candidate must be submitted to the Nidec Talent Acquisition team.