Product Line Manager

This position will play a key supporting role in the growth and improved profitability of Coherent Corp Datacenter & Communications BU.

This position would involve significant external (customers, suppliers, contract manufacturers, industry experts) and internal (R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal) interactions.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Support Management of P&L and Financial Performance


* Support revenue and gross margin for the business


* Monitor sales and backlogs


* Review financial and shipping results and monitor monthly taking action as required


* Initiate, drive and monitor costs reduction activities


* Support business case preparations of R&D investments and CapEx investments.


* Support 5 Year Planning process with forward looking input and plans to achieve number one market share and industry profits

Support Design Wins and Ongoing Business/Market Share


* Work with sales channels/distributors and product marketing worldwide to bring in identified design-in opportunities into the BU


* Support strong business/technical relationships at customers

Sales Support


* Review customer requirements and work with Sales/marketing/R&D/Ops teams on winning proposals - specs & pricing


* Support gathering customer product requirements


* Monitor the competitive landscape and performance/announcements of our key competitors

Product Life Cycle Management


* Work with Product Development teams to ensure new products are executing on schedule and on budget with improvements in cycle time


* Support business case creation for new development projects.


* Monitor progress of R&D projects and metrics

Operations Support


* Assist with forecasting and tracking material planning.


* Drive on-going cost-reduction activities


* Support creation of business case's for capital expansion

Marketing Support


* Assist in defining and driving product strategy


* Monitor competitive landscape


* Develop salesware and support marketing by preparing product launch collateral


* Lead creation of datasheets

Education & Experience


* BA or BS in Engineering required.

MBA or MS/PhD in Engineering preferred


* Understanding of high speed optical transceivers and related technology preferred


* Familiarity with hyper scale and switch/ASIC vendor ecosystems.


* The ideal candidate demonstrates potential for ownership, strategic thinking, and cross-functional leadership, and driving product vision / roadmap

Skills


* Knowledge and understanding of financial instruments: P&L, balance sheet, income statement preferred


* Ability to easily and successfully work with employees and customers in a multi-cultural, global team environment


* Ability to handle multiple priorities and complex issues involving external and internal priorities


* Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills


* Set a ...