Job vacancy - Product Line Manager

Position: Product Line Manager
Reference: acsIPAprodlinman
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary: Dependent on experience
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Job Title: Product Line Manager

Do you have 15 years min of RF Microwave engineering experience at IMA, MFA or sub-systems? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly experienced team of people and company.

Summary:

The Product Line Manager is responsible for the management of the Product Life Cycle for a range of products within the company's portfolio.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for helping define long-range strategies consistent with business and corporate goals and objectives. These include, but are not limited to market, product and technology.
  • To understand, articulate, and capture market trends opportunities and then translate them into requirements for new product development.
  • To understand customer business needs, routes to market and how best companies can leverage those channels and opportunities.
  • To create business plans and documentation to launch plans for future products.
  • Manage the product life cycle and recommendations for product deletions.
  • Help to define product pricing strategies, ensuring future costs and pricing meet market and internal margin demands. Responsible for the accuracy/validity of cost models, and sets costs targets of products and projects.
  • Look for continuous reductions in product costs taking into account relevant manufacturing and other overhead costs.

Experience

  • 15 years min of RF Microwave engineering experience at IMA, MFA or sub-systems
  • Radar system knowledge required to include Mono Pulse and eScan (AESA) and associated applications/platforms
  • Conversant of aperture Vs range and application
  • Strong understanding of band selection for range and application
  • Conversant with eScan (AESA) types of platforms and applications i.e. Multi Function Radar, Tactical Radar used for Tactical Data Links, SAR, ISAR, FCR and so on
  • Missile system knowledge required to include Seeker, Fuze and Data Links.

Other Duties & Responsibilities

The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities and/or duties required; other duties may be assigned.

  • Analyse potential partner and distribution relationships for the product line.
  • Contribute to the development of training tools for the Sales Team.

Minimum Qualifications

  • HNC/HND or Degree in Engineering or Electronics.
  • Experience in product line management.
  • Experience in all product planning and project management activities including generation planning and pricing analysis.

Other Required Qualifications

  • Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Ability to travel 25% of the time.

Desired Experiences

  • Product experience with a particular sensitivity to scheduling.
  • Financial and Commercial awareness with understanding of cost structures and basic knowledge of cost accounting principles.
  • Good written, verbal, interpersonal and presentation skills.
  • Strong organizational skills; ability to manage diverse projects with different deadlines and priorities.
  • Strong intellect and awareness of the business environment.
  • Exhibit a sense of urgency and independent initiative toward accomplishing objectives.
  • Possess strong analytical and technical skill base.
  • Strong leadership skills and ability to lead and work within cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to work with and provide insight to management team.
  • Knowledge of electronics advantageous.

Diversity

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ACS are recruiting for a Product Line Manager If you feel that you have the skills and experience required in this advertisement to be a Product Line Manager please submit your CV including an outline of your experience as a Product Line Manager It is always a good idea to include a covering letter outlining your experience as a Product Line Manager with your application as this will enhance your chances of selection and improve your prospects of landing the Product Line Manager role you desire.