Product Manager - Aftermarket

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Location: Hinjewadi Phase 2 Pune.

Position: Product Manager - Aftermarket

PURPOSE: The objective of this role will be to developed product plans, business cases, pricing, marketing, and maintaining the product line profitability for his/her categories.

The individual will also be the product expert regarding industry trends, requirements and legislations.

In addition, the individual will lead the engineering, sales, purchasing and program management priorities and product requirements.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Priority setting on key product developments and strategies including the develop and implement product line strategies that meet current and future market needs and achieve profitability and growth objectives

• Product positioning and new product development that meet current and future market needs and achieve divisional profitability and growth objectives

• Introduce, update, and improve existing product offerings throughout product life cycle: new product development, release to market, stock category changes and deletions

• Develop product line business assessments, strategy development, AOP forecast, competitive position analysis, development of product road map and AOP action plans

• Develop pricing strategies based on competitive studies, customer channels and product profitability strategies

• Gap analysis: Research OE and AM competitor catalogs and programs to identify gaps in range

• Data analytics based on market research data

• Ongoing, daily product line maintenance including new part number additions, obsolescence and supersessions, catalog & E-commerce maintenance (descriptions, data corrections, etc.)

• Maintain / update product popularity lists, product lifecycle codes

• Maintain / update competitive cross reference data; ensure alignment with pricing team

• Ensure data feed to ERP / PIM / Pricing systems is complete and accurate

• Preparation of product support materials for field sales team, including technical bulletins and training materials

• Assist in developing strategic sourcing and manufacturing strategy, based on global product requirements

• Support & execute service part launch tactics for OES customers

• Maintain effective contacts with and coordinate actions with Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, Operations, Quality, Field Service, Marketing and Aftermarket functions

• Support Year/Make/Model data in industry standard formats (ACES / Tec-doc) • Support customer line review and stocking strategies to maximize channel sales

• Technical service to customer and troubleshooting. Customer Service Support COMMERCIAL & MARKETING RELATED

• Direct overall pricing strategies for new product, models, and features

• Working with Sales and Finance, establish pricing and other financial details for strategic actions

• Lead and develop business plans and appropriation requests for major product introductions

• Establish relationships with key customers, Industry suppliers and Industry specialists to communicate value added benefits of products and solutions and to understand customer needs EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS Product Manager - Aftermarket This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

• Minimum bachelor's degree Preferred in Business Administration or Engineering.

• Aftermarket product management experience preferred.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES • Experienced in Aftermarket product management