Product Manager - PLC - Jobs in Bas-Saint-Laurent

Job Description

Product Manager - PLCTake your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.In line with global product strategy, develop local marketing and support strategies for the PLC product line to meet business objectives. Implement all marketing activities, and support Sales organization in driving sales and business development initiatives.Your responsibilities

• Own the local go-to-market product marketing strategy for assigned products including value propositions and product positioning in accordance with the global product marketing strategy.
• Defines the customer value proposition per segment and channel and ensures clear communication to sales, channels and users.
• Collaborates with internal Marketing and Sales teams to define the marketing plan, including marketing communication activities, training activities and sales initiatives.
• Lead the market intelligence analysis by understanding and defining the current market segmentation and related offering positioning including relevant regulations and standards. (e.g. on HSE or cyber security)
• Manages different channel to market scenarios in coordination with Channel Management and Marketingamp; Sales to ensure best market coverage.
• Support the sales organization in the local market by providing product support to sales teams including trainings.
• Create demand through technical promotion, providing solutions and a value base selling approach with expert level knowledge of products and competitors offerings.
• Understands customer needs in the local market by building and maintaining strong relationships with new and existing customers and partners ensuring ongoing customer satisfaction.
• Identifies potential gaps in portfolio, both against competition and new market opportunities.
• Own the product life cycle management at the local level from Active to Classic phase.
• Escalation of product technical issues cases for assigned offering and ensures a resolution.
• Develop product business cases. Collecting and analyses standards, market requirements, competitor news, customer needs and values as an input to the product development process and influence the development of product variants or features to support the local market requirements.
• Oversees inventory levels and sales volumes on a regular basis to ensure ability to fulfil customer orders.
• Tracks and analyzes offering performance and trends in terms of volume and profitability.
• National role
• Business travel 25% of the time (Canada and Europe)

Your background

• Electrical engineering degree or electronic college degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience in Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)
• Knowledge of AC drives an asset.
• Good factory automation and electrification best practice knowledge.
• Fieldbus communication knowledge an asset.
• Bilingualism, written and spoken (French and English).
• High customer focus.
• Teamwork oriented and demonstrate high level of initiative, problem solving, information seeking and eager to learn.
• Good sense of urgency and ownership.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft Power Platform an asset.

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Healthcare plan
• Accident insurance
• Wellbeing program

More about usWe look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. For the 8th year in a row, ABB Canada has been recognized as one of Canada #39;s top employers by Forbes Magazine. Also named as Canada #39;s Top 100 Employers, Montreal #39;s Top Employers, Canada #39;s Top Employers for Young People, Canada #39;s Greenest Employers and in 2021 Best Candidate Experience Award (CandE Award), ABB #39;s culture and commitment are to provide a caring workplace where everyone collaborates, feels valued, respected, included and support-ed. Also committed to ensuring that all policies and practices respect the Employment Equity Program, we aim for our workforce to be truly representative of the four designated groups; women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities. ABB will provide reasonable accommodation to the applicant with disabilities and encourage appli-cants to self-identify in the application process. ABB #39;s Military Reservist Policy offers Canada #39;s Reserve Force members the flexibility to undergo military training and activities while maintaining job security, seniority, pay, benefits, and privileges as ABB employees, including up to 15 paid working days per year for training, as well as extended leave for operations both in Canada and abroad, ensuring seamless career integration with our nation #39;s defense forces. #LI-Hybrid