Associate, Product Manager

Your Job

Responsible for managing existing "Emerging customer" cable assembly business.

Responsible for managing new "Emerging customer" cable assembly opportunities for the entire PLC , including the following:

Evaluates opportunities transitioned from the Business Development Specialist and accept those that align with our "Emerging customer" guidelines

Confirms initial customer requirements are valid and identifies any new requirements

Coordinates with Sales, Engineering, and Customer to close all technical and business assumptions

Assures Sales Drawings, sample assemblies, prototype assemblies, and production validation assemblies are delivered in a timely manner

Engages with Engineering and Operations to confirm the original cost analysis is still valid or develops a new cost analysis if the design or manufacturing processes have changed

Prepares Production Quotes and submits them to customers

Obtains customer commitment after quoting

Coordinates production launch of new opportunities

Our Team

Wiring & Harness team

What You Will Do

Increase revenue, profit, and market share of the "Emerging customer" cable assembly business in support of Business Unit objectives.

Manages the middle and late phases of "Emerging customer" cable assembly opportunities within an assigned geographic area of responsibility.

Works with Sales, Operations, Sourcing, Design Engineering, and/or Project Management as needed to coordinate the activities required to cost and quote "Emerging customer" cable assembly opportunities.

Implement profitable pricing strategies on new cable assembly opportunities, so that a significant and growing pipeline of programs transitions to an Associate PM at the conclusion of the PR2 phase.

Implement profitable pricing strategies, cost variance improvements, capacity planning, and quality improvement efforts on the existing cable assembly business, so we retain existing revenue and profit.

Maximize profit and return on investment on existing business by identifying significantly impactful part numbers where process improvements/cost reduction efforts will meaningfully impact profits.

Build relationships with Sales and Distribution so they are motivated to act as our advocates and seek out and submit new cable assembly opportunities

Prepare reports and/or tracking documents or participate in meetings that monitor:

- Time to Sales Drawing release upon PR3 initiation

- Time to sample upon customer request and or Sales Drawing release (whichever is later)

- The "Win" rate (lifetime value, number, and percent of cable assembly opportunities that successfully transition from PR3 to PR6 Complete)

- Status of active cable assembly opportunities that are in PR3 through PR6 phases

Understand, support and contribute to current Molex Total Quality Management (TQM), Six Sigma, International Standards Organization (ISO) and Environmental, and/or Health and Safety (EH&S) Management Systems by following stated policies and p...