Product Planning Manager [Germany]

 

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Are you looking for an exciting opportunity in pricing within the electric vehicle industry? This could be a perfect next step in your career.

I am working with a global, expanding EV company to help grow out their European team. In order to support their continued growth, they are looking to hire a Product Planning Manager to join their Product department.

Your responsibilities

• Oversees and is answerable to the company top management and stakeholders for all activities of the mid & large size product planning function. As a supervisor, oversees and ensures that the functions of the team including product planner, pricing specialist, project coordinator, are efficiently and effectively executed.
• Collaborate with all stakeholders in the company to translate the product needs into requirements and to drive consensus within the product center, which ultimately promotes the achievement of the product goals. Ensure a clear and efficient project milestone management, product planning, prioritisation, and an overall agile product development process.
• Organise the cross-functional project meetings on regular basis with support from product management team, and bring all the important milestone documents, vital project decision papers to top management of both EU region and HQ for consensus and decision making.
• Prepare and evaluate the EU product proposals supported by product planners prior to authorizing the effect of any solutions and strategies for the product. Keep the stakeholders up to date on product process and progress.
• Build an understanding and cultivate in the departments' members the product vision, business case, as well as compiling the product planning material necessary for driving product initiatives further with clarity and consensus.
• Lead the upstream development of project milestones for pro-active input to company global headquarters. Responsible for developing, defining, and overseeing the product's roadmap and managing it as required for the purpose of meeting deliverables for the business.
• Work closely together with the market intelligence team in preparing the clinics and customer research projects, to gain first-hand insight on the customer's needs and market feedback on product and services, as well as understanding current and future product needs and market development trends.
• Responsible for representing the business and promoting the product by advocating for its value and benefits at executive briefings, marketing events, online consumer platforms, and so forth.

You will receive

• Commuting allowance.
• 30 vacation days.
• Relocation allowance.
• Corporate benefits (product discount).
• Insurance package e.g., liability insurance and accident insurance.

About you

• At least 8 years of work experience in the automotive industry.
• University degree in Business Administration, Marketing or Engineering or an equivalent in work experience. (MBA or relevant master's degree is a plus).
• Knowledge/expertise in product strategy, especially in the early stages.
• Experience in product profile management.
• Platform and technical background.
• Deep understanding of the EU market and competition.

This opportunity requires full right to live and work in the EU/Germany. Work permits, Visas and Sponsorship are unavailable.

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