Product Manager System Diagnostics

WABCO (NYSE: WBC) is a leading global supplier of technologies and services that improve the safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial vehicles. Founded nearly 150 years ago, WABCO continues to pioneer breakthrough innovations for advanced driver assistance, braking, stability control, suspension, transmission automation and aerodynamics. Partnering with the transportation industry as it maps a route towards autonomous driving, WABCO also uniquely connects trucks, trailers, drivers, cargo, and fleet operators through telematics, as well as advanced fleet management and mobile solutions. WABCO reported sales of $2.6 billion in 2015. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, WABCO has 12,000 employees in 39 countries. For more information, visit www.wabco-auto.com.

For our TRAMO Department, we are currently looking for a Product Manager, responsible for the variation and release management of the WABCO System Diagnostics portfolio, incl. all Diagnostics programs and hardware components such as cables, interfaces and diagnostic cases.

THE ROLE WITHIN WABCO

He/she must understands the international market landscape (customers, competition, trends…) for the CV diagnostics portfolio and connected services and collaborate with the sales teams to price and market the products optimally.

Responsibilities:

Be the market expert on a defined portfolio, gather all required market information in order to support business decisions.

Develop the right services strategies around a diagnostics offering (where are you now, where want to go and how to get there) and proper marketing plan

Generate new ideas that contribute to the overall growth target of WABCO Aftermarket

Measure, analyze & report performance of portfolio

Understand the competition landscape & the competitors key differentiators

Drive Product Variation Management for all diagnostics components

Be main interface (technical and operational tasks) to Diagnostics Development Team as well as to JV WabcoWürth

Play an active part in the development of a new Diagnostics Concept 2.0 in representing the VOC

What to achieve:

Segment the different markets according to their requirements & key customer attributes (based on different maturity of WABCO braking systems)

Communicate adequately with all internal stakeholders to share market knowledge from different regions, to consider different perspectives in order to define the right strategies and to ensure the implementation of the strategy

Set up roadmaps to offer the required services ( value proposition ) including the key differentiators & communicate and position it accordingly

Involve support functions to provide value adding documents, how to videos, repair and diagnostic instructions, augmented reality sequences and further elements supporting the diagnostics and repair process in CV workshops

Continuous margin and costs analysis, prioritization of OPEX, drive activities with purchasing and M&L to achieve savings

Contributes actively to the Aftermarket with continuous process improvements

Skills & Experience

Degree in Mechanical / Automotive / Marketing, Economics or similar

Experience working either as Product Manager Automotive or workshop foreman and diagnostics specialist, or as Service Advisors, Mechanics, Service Technicians, Service Managers

First experience with Automotive Diagnostics systems, Diagnostics workflows, Guided or remote diagnostics, trouble and failure codes, ODX/OTX

Knowledge of Automotive, Commercial Vehicle, or other durable goods industries

Fluency in English

A Plus to have is:

Automotive diagnostic sales experience or industry vertical experience

Six Sigma & project management training is a plus

German language skills

The ideal candidates will be able to work remotely. Results oriented, ability to drive projects to completion. Although technical education is not a must, technical understanding is required

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: Regular travel to Hannover, Germany or Wroclaw, Poland

If you feel to be the right candidate and you are interested in joining our team please send your cover letter and resume by clicking APPLY.