How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?
Cornerstone to our IM Growth Path, Cluster Product Management is the pivotal bridge between the Business strategy (Market Units) and the Operations capabilities
Cluster Product Managers are in charge of managing their product portfolio and competitive intelligence in their market in order to define product supply/demand analysis and strategic capacity planning. They determine product pricing policies, strategic sourcing options and monitor product profitability at Cluster level.
Their role is also to coordinate product technical compliance (eg regulations) and innovation development and roll-out in the Cluster. They are responsible for the Product Referential of their products at Cluster level. They manage the referential jointly with peers from other clusters.
Product Intelligence
- Close to the field ; Performs the products competitive intelligence and the product market intelligence at country level and consolidate at cluster level.
- Performs technical watch on his product range.
Product industrialization and Innovation / Contribution to offer developement
- Coordinates the product industrialization (eg capacity planning, supply/demand management) by working in close contact with the industrial operations
- Prioritizes the product implementation and defines with Supply Chain the delivery channels
- Determines product innovation deployment roadmap across cluster and drives implementation by country product managers
- is a source of product innovation
- From input the EU Regulation Watch Offer, defines product strategy vis-à-vis Technical/Regulatory compliance (eg Reach)
- Coordinates product technical and regulatory compliance with Supply chains.
- Coordinates Investments needs identification and transfers to the relevant stakeholders
- Supports offers development by working closely with market managers and marketing offer development managers while relying on industry experience
Product Profitabilty
- Defines appropriate Product line metrics
- Monitors product line profitability incl pricing (with close collaboration with pricing managers) , volume impact
- Proposes actions to reach profitability objectives
Product Referential
- Defines (with his /her peers from other Clusters) the product referential management based on the Offer management programs and is responsible to cascade it to his/her cluster
- Is the administrator of his/her product referential for his cluster (validates requests for access brought by countries and cluster teams)
- Defines the Cluster product technical specifications
- Is in charge of Product Catalog at Cluster level
Strategic Sourcing - Crisis management
- collects data on demand and supply in order to propose strategic sourcing options with the collaboration of the CLuster SC Logistics/Sourcing Managers/IBO
- Identify local sources (ex LCO2)
- In Case of Product crisis, in charge of the link between capacity (supply) and demand (customers needs)
- Prepare or help actively to prepare Investment note (CPR/RIC)
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Are you a MATCH?
Knowledge and Knowhow specific to the job
- Must have an advanced technical knowledge of Industrial processes and gas application within the markets
- must have the capability to elaborate capacity planning, supply/demand analysis & strategy
- must have the capability to develop pricing policies
- Must have industrial Safety and risk management knowledge
- Broad knowledge of customers base
- Must have the capability to develop and interpret the P&L of a product range
Management and behavior skills
Supports coordination and collaborative efforts within team and other teams
Achieve change through transversal position
Communicative with ability to cope with complex environment
Methodic and rigorous mindset
Be a creative force /proactive
Concise
Negotiation skills
Our Differences make our Performance
At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.