PRODUCT MANAGER III
- Shenzhen, Guangdong
- Permanent
- Full-time
This position must be familiar with product management processes and be capable to cooperate with all function partners including Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Finance and Sales inside DND.What your background should look like:What you will be doing:
As a PM Operations Manager, the main responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Internal execution for excellence.
- Drive continuous margin protection & expansion via cost improvement actions.
- Link existing business insights to NPI projects for cost improvement.
- Lead and resolve critical issues with functional partners to drive results.
- Short-term: Solve current PM organization's No.1 pain point: PN setup and extension. Take full responsibilities and ownership of the completion of PN setup/extension in system to ensure customer orders could be processed within expected timeframe.
- Start from identified adoption equence to establish the best practice and sustainable process then roll out to the entire AI, Cloud and Enterprise PM team.
- Mid-term: Collaborate with internal function partners as an internal-facing product manager and drive sustainable operating advantages for assigned product families.
- Drive VA/VE cost and/or part selection process standardization.
- Develop a play book for cost structure by product groups.
- Analyze, and leverage price / cost insights collect from NPI phases, market and competition to anticipate cost trend and expectations.
- Continue to drive cost optimization for existing business.
- Partner and collaborate with Operations to develop cost structure playbooks by product families that could guide cost targets.
- Continue Global Cost Model (GCM) tracking initiative to accumulate reliable data points for insights generation and model by product groups.
- Setup competitive cost target for NPI projects based on the learnings from existing business.
- Link the insights learned from existing business to NPI practices for effectiveness.
- Strong communication skills and ability to cooperate with internal function partners (including Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, and Finance) and time zones.
- TE Internal process experts.
- Strong problem-solving and result-driven mindset.
- Proven records of ownership and business judgement that aligns with product strategy / business priorities.
- Proven records of refining the processes and implementing improvements.
- Proven records of driving cost down activities for margin protection.
- Proven Proficiency in collaboration with plants (Chinese / English).
- Previous experience in Product Management, Project Management or Manufacturing Management preferred.
- Innovative.
- Passion for results.
- Situational flexibility.
- Thinking outside the box and challenging status-quo.
- Solid understanding and experience on cost.
- Strong problem-solving mindset.
- Strong sense of urgency.
- Product lifecycle management experience.
TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, renewable energy, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more. With more than 85,000 employees, including 8,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 140 countries. TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at and on , , andWHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS:
We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!
- Competitive Salary Package
- Performance-Based Bonus Plans
- Health and Wellness Incentives
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
- Employee Resource Group