Job vacancy - Product Line Manager
Position: Product Line Manager
Reference: acsMAproli
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary: Dependent on experience
Job Title: Product Line Manager
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.
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.
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.