Mettler Toledo

Role/Purpose:

The Product Manager Eagle Product Inspection is responsible for leading the management of the Eagle Product Inspection Brand X-ray Inspection Systems within the PIUS Producing Organization (PIUS-PO). As the Product Owner, the role is the primary advocate for the X-ray product line and its customers within the organization, Further the individual is the authority and resource within PIUS-PO for that product and its application. The Eagle Product Inspection Product Manager must have a complete understanding production processes & capabilities of PIUS-PO in order to effectively manage present and future product portfolio. The Product Manager is responsible for the profitability of the product line actively monitoring margins and proactively identifying areas for improvement, formulating measures and executing plans to realize the benefit.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with counterparts within PIUS-PO, the X-Ray Strategic Business Unit (SBU) and the Eagle Marketing Organization (MO) served by PIUS-PO to identify strategies, market requirements, applications and product capabilities within the PLM framework.
• Product Owner for all PIUS-PO locally developed and maintained Eagle PI products leading Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) and Product Compliance programs, initiatives and deliverables.
• Leads industrialization efforts and is the local Product Owner for the deployment of any SBU / globally developed products for Eagle PI within PIUS-PO to efficiently and cost effectively bring those products to market on time, on budget, compliant to required standards with minimal disruptions utilizing PLM and AQP processes.
• Ensures profitability of the products produced within the PIUS-PO through active monitoring of margins, proactively identifying areas for improvement, formulating measures and executing plans to realize the benefit.
• Champions product definition, compliance and standardization through effective creation and management of Variant Configurators (VC), Offline Configurators (OLC), Technical Product Guides (TPG), Technical Construction Files (TCF) and other means needed for the efficient and profitable system creation with the minimal amount of effort and disruption to the organization.
• Works with Operations, Planning, Scheduling and Supply Chain Management on forecasts for critical components and assemblies along with manufacturing processes.
• Leads the cross discipline Eagle PI Value Stream Management Team to increase customer satisfaction through reduced problem machines and warranty events.
• Works with other disciplines within the MO and PO on service issues, special applications, custom offerings and options. Supports those organizations as required with channel partners and end user customers.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Sound writing skills, good communication and listening skills.
• Must be well organized and have good project management skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
• Self motivated, has initiative, ability to deliver high quality work on-time.
• Ability to work and achieve results in a collaborative team environment.
• Good problem solving skills, ability to quickly assess situations, formulate and articulate required plans and actions.

Minimum Education / Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering and minimum of two years direct work experience in Engineering, Project or Product Management. In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years direct work experience in an IT, Engineering, Project or Product Mgmt role is required.
• Sound product knowledge, experience in product inspection and/or the packaging industry preferred.
• Working knowledge of Product Life Cycle Management (PLM), Advanced Product Quality Planning (AQP), Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA), Engineering Change Management (ECM) and International Organization for Standarization (ISO) based processes.
• Proficient at Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and SAP.

Travel Requirements:

This position has a travel requirement of 10-20%. Travel could include both domestic and international travel (by commercial or personal means, including economy class air travel).