武汉招聘

As Product Manager, you will guide a team that is charged with a product line contribution as a business unit. This extends from increasing the profitability of existing products to developing new products for the company. You will build products from existing ideas, and help to develop new ideas based on your industry experience and your contact with customers and prospects. You must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality. You must enjoy spending time in the market to understand their problems, and find innovative solutions for the broader market.

Responsibility:

- managing the entire product portfolio from strategic planning to tactical activities

- specifying market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by

on-going visits to customers and their customers and also relevant strategic sub-component supplier of the

company

- driving a solution set across development teams (primarily Development/Engineering and Marketing Communications)

through market requirements, product contract, and positioning

- develop and implementing a company-wide go-to-market plan (Company Road Map), working with all departments

to execute

- responsible for providing the sales team with the necessary technical expertise to enable them to sell the

product. This involves printed and electronic promotional material, product training, and relevant papers.

- continuous analysis of competitors and their products

Requirement:

- master university degree in Mechanical Engineering or Business Administration and more than 5 years of

experience in the field of product management

- five or more years' experience in Chinese trailer/semitrailer business

- analytical and problem solving skills, attention to details

- strong project management skills and ability to get things done

- computer skills, Office applications

- ability to present ideas in a business friendly and user-friendly language

- good level of written and spoken English, German is a plus

- good written and oral communication skills

The JV between Schmitz Cargobull and Dongfeng is located in WEDZ. Now it is in construction. The new plant is expected to be commissioned in 2014. Schmitz Cargobull AG is a worldwide leader in semi-trailer industry, in terms of both market share and technology, which has over 100 years of history, 9 production plants in Europe with over 5,300 employees in total and annual sales revenue of over 2 billion Euros.