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Mgr, Group Products, Data Center Infrastructure

At Panduit, Our People Make the Difference. Our diverse life experiences and perspectives fuel innovation as we explore without limits and Think Differently to help our customers better connect with those they serve. We are committed to making a positive impact on the world: Employee volunteerism and outreach projects help us connect and give back to the communities we serve, and by mobilizing our talent and resources we have pledged to minimize our ecological footprint and help our customers with their sustainability journeys. We are looking for people to join us in making a difference: people who are curious, value inclusion, and are committed to building a sustainable and connected world.

What We Can Offer You

Our Total Rewards Program provides competitive health and financial benefits as well as continuous opportunities to learn, grow, and develop. We are committed to offering our employees flexible work schedules and work from home opportunities to help you thrive. Additionally, we encourage a spirit of continuous learning and promote well-rounded development as part of our commitment to help you realize your professional goals. Panduit recognizes that our employees are key to our success, and we strive to cultivate a diverse and inclusive work environment that strengthens our Company and enables every employee to reach their full potential.

State of the art laboratories and rapid modeling tool room to fuel creativity
50% of remote work
Annual incentive based on company and individual performance
Growth & development opportunities for promotion and stretch assignments
This is a highly visible opportunity to drive global revenue in key product lines

What We Are Looking For

As our Manager of Global Products, you will be responsible for leading the Data Center Infrastructure and Pathways product management team. Defining strategy and leading the collaborative efforts between product management and product engineering to develop a “best in class” product offering capturing new market share while growing revenue / profitability. You will leverage 80/20 principles while managing the entire portfolio of products through their entire lifecycle. This will include positioning yourself as a thought leader by demonstrating a deep understanding of product technology, customer applications, competition, and global market trends.

You will lead a group of product managers that are the interface of product knowledge for Marketing, Sales Enablement, Customer Service, Operations, Pricing, Global Supply Chain, Finance, Quality, R&D and any other teams within Panduit that require product subject matter expertise. This is an opportunity to be a key player in a pivotal role at Panduit.

What You Will Do

Leverage your blend of business and technical expertise; crafting a vision and strategy to penetrate new markets while growing existing.
Utilize your critical thinking skills to identify unmet market needs bringing innovative products to market in partnership with a world class R&D team and global sales organization.
Execute global product strategies including roadmaps aligned with targeted markets, regions, verticals and customers.
Lead the execution of all stages of the product lifecycle across multiple product lines.
Establish pricing strategies to remain competitive and achieve margin targets.
Identifies and initiates cost reductions to achieve financial targets.
Empowers and develops the team.
Acts on customer needs to develop requirements that are valued in the market and solve customer problems. Highly skilled at collecting Voice of Customer (VOC) feedback.
Lead competitive analysis activity including product Value Proposition, Competitive Landscape, Market sizing, Market share, and Pricing.
Lead the fiscal monitoring of the product portfolio including quarterly updates and financial performance review in support of business strategy
Maximize your existing market / technical relationships while cultivating new ones to capture key insights to grow the business.

What You Will Bring

Required Degree: Undergraduate degree required
Preferred Degree: Engineering, science, or related technical field; MBA preferred.
Required Experience: 10 or more years of product management experience
Preferred: 3 – 5 years’ experience as a manager or in a leadership role
Experience within the Data Center market related to infrastructure products such as cabinets, enclosures, pre-configured offerings, thermal management products and cable pathways.
Demonstrated readiness to lead or managing a group of product managers acting independently to meet or exceed goals for their respective product lines.
A demonstrable track record of the profitable growth of a global product category with a strong emphasis on bringing new products to market, along with full product lifecycle responsibility.
Experience managing healthy P&Ls.

We thank all those interested in joining the Panduit team; however only those that complete the online application and meet the minimum job qualifications will be considered for this role.

Panduit is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)