Product Manager - Electric Actuators - Bray Controls

Leverage your experience to make an immediate impact with Bray International, a leading flow control product manufacturer. With more than 700 U.S.-based employees in over 18 locations.  Act as global champion for the assigned product or product line, with the goal of optimizing its position within Bray’s market offerings and maximizing the value created for Bray.  Join Bray today to make an immediate and tangible impact on a growing team!

Essential Job functions and Responsibilities: 

Screen/initiate development or partnership opportunities related to extension/expansion of product line, using the Bray Product Development Process (PDP). Project management or delegation thereof for new product initiatives. Prepare monthly new product development executive summary and project report. Collection of market data to ensure product line alignment with customer needs. Provide 2^nd-level applications support either directly or by channeling to a SME. Act as information clearinghouse for product line information. Highlight requirements for technical support to Operations on the product line. Act as statesman for product line with customers. Develop and oversee sales training on product line. Contribute to inventory planning and supply-chain initiatives related to product line. Prepare field notices for product news and coordinate through Global Marketing Team. Raise knowledge level of all Departments regarding product line. Develop annual product training goals. Conduct annual product review and develop strategy recommendations. Prepare quarterly sales and profit analysis with recommendations. Prepare quarterly cost review with recommendations. Prepare annual product sales and profit targets by region.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree minimum, engineering or technical discipline preferred.

Engineering or technical discipline, especially in electrical products, preferred.

Permanent work authorization for the USA preferred. 

High-energy, flexible, self-starter, hands-on worker. 

Core Competencies:

Must be able to speak, read, and write English at high school level minimum. 

Intermediate skill level with MS Office computer applications (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint) minimum. 

Excellent oral and written communication skills. 

Capable of expressing opinions openly while managing conflict and moving the team toward problem resolution. 

High attention to detail. Able to adapt easily to new professional situations. 

Able to work comfortably with little or no administrative support. 

Knowledge of budget, forecast and product-planning processes. 

Able to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.

Completely at ease operating within a culturally-diverse work environment. 

Able to and at ease traveling globally as a routine matter of business. 

Able to lead teams and manage personnel in direct-reporting relationships

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) Product Mgt