Your job
You manage the product life cycle of our lighting component including from product ideation (PI) to the market launch and to market exit/product grave (PO). As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of our Lighting components and make a significant impact on our customers and industry.
1. You define and lead the vision, strategy and roadmap for lighting components, hence you establish the launch of innovative, new products and improve ones that are already on the market.
2. Aligned to this, you identify opportunities and trends by understanding of the relevant market (conduct market research, competitor benchmarking), customers’ demands and recognizing their requirements.
3. You collaborate intensively with our customers, sales, architects, product designers and other trades (electrical planners, electricians, etc.) to define and implement an innovative, customer-oriented product portfolio.
4. By connecting sales and customers with many organizational disciplines, you guarantee the success of your product. You therefore interact closely with our sales team.
5. You will work with central and local marketing specialists to design launch packages (user stories for videos, brochures, images etc.) that will thrill your customers and boost sales.
6. You give presentations and training on your current product portfolio.
7. You are "the entrepreneur in the company" when you work for us as product manager. As primary point of contact and diplomatic negotiator, you execute innovative lighting solutions that inspire our customers and thereby enable profitable growth of your product portfolio.
Your profile You are a passionate and driven about Product Management with a knack for understanding customer’s needs, a strategic, analytical, problem-solving and decision-making mindset and a talent for driving product success.
8. You MUST have 3+ years' experience in a product-management role OR working experience within the lighting industry with a track record of successful product launches.
9. Ideally you have a solid knowledge in technical areas (production, software, electronic engineering).
10. You are driven by your curiosity, which means you are not satisfied with the status quo.
11. You have an team- oriented, entrepreneurial, risk-taking and hands-on personality with an proactive autonomous, collaborative and organized working style.
12. You enjoy bringing ideas to life a fast-paced, agile environment where intense time deadlines occur. Nevertheless you are able to prioritize effectively and execute a wide range of issues.
13. You are a driven and enthusiastic individual who enjoys presenting and communicating in an engaging, inspiring, trustworthy and empathetic way.
14. You speak and write Englisch well; proficiency in German is helpful; knowledge of other languages is also beneficial.
15. You are willing to travel internationally and have a driving licence.
The Zumtobel Group: a company with many benefits
16. Successful, international group with family DNA.
17. Varied range of tasks with personal responsibility.
18. Numerous opportunities for further development in an innovative and empowering company.
19. Great team that has your back in every situation.
20. Individual options to ensure a healthy work-life balance.
21. Comprehensive benefits for our employees.
Does that sound like an attractive task for you? We are looking forward to receive your application!
Legally binding notice: Based on the minimum salary stipulated in the collective agreement of € 67.324,- p.a. (for a 38,50-hour working week), the actual salary for this position is based on professional qualifications and experience.
At the Zumtobel Group, we not only understand the power of the visible, but also the invisible. Like light itself, diversity cannot be grasped but it can be perceived. We appreciate the uniqueness of each individual and recognise it as a driver of innovation. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to e.g.: race, colour, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, or disability.