Product Manager - Control Valves

We are an equal opportunity employer looking for a leader to be responsible for controlling valve product lifecycle from concept to obsolescence, who develops and implements product management and marketing strategies to achieve sales, profitability, and customer service goals!

This role will be based in our Marshalltown, Iowa location.

In this role, you will work globally with customers, sales, world area marketing, and engineering team members to manage the lifecycle of the current products, define, develop, and launch new products, product modifications, and buyout strategies to increase market share and expand into new markets.

In addition, you will be responsible for the driving and analyzing market trends, market research, competitive updates, technical differentiation and driving business opportunities for the product portfolio.

As the global leader, you will bring forward and champion these opportunities from the World Area into the Business Units.

Other responsibilities will include detailed understanding and management of the Financial and business performance on Gross Profit, Average Unit Price Mix, Price and Unit volumes for the product portfolio. 

Emerson offers generous benefits, and flexible work schedules, and we are committed to a diverse workforce!

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be: 


* Understand Portfolio Uses in the Market 
+ Maintain knowledge base of competitive products on the market 
+ Understanding Customer Use cases for product expansions 
+ Finding new opportunities for existing products in existing or new markets 
+ Travel to customer sites for face-to-face interaction 


* Improve financial performance 
+ Profitability improvement, supply chain resiliency, global reach 
+ Lead time initiatives 
+ Product enhancements and reinventions to extend the product lifecycle 
+ Assist in the analysis of business trends, such as bookings, market participation, run rates, quote conversion rates, etc., and propose corrective strategies where applicable. 
+ Work with country sales organizations to develop and ensure Product tiering strategies are implemented at the country level to improve wins in both volume and profit 


* Drive Product Awareness and Technical Expertise 
+ Act as Product spokesperson, create technical papers, speak at trade shows, sharing success stories 
+ Work with marcom on sales collateral to extend product awareness in the marketplace
+ Develop user documentation and marketing material 
+ Serve as subject matter expert to solve issues 
+ Train Sales and Service personnel (product and market segment focus) 
+ Train Education Services personnel and support coursework development 

Who You Are: 

Has a track record of exceeding goals optimally.

Pushes self and helps others achieve results.  Encourages the open expre...