Location 

Travel required 

VAT Haag Office, location of the business unit 

10-15% international travel required 

Reporting to 

Head of BU ADV 

Purpose of Role (Mission) 

• Managing all business aspects for the dedicated product portfolio including strategy to achieve the business plan goals, driving the product portfolio throughout the product life cycle including development project management, market introduction, continuous improvement activities, initiating cost down programs, supporting product relocation activities as well as product replacement and phase out.  

• Driving the business and make sure that execution is according to the customer requirements and processes.  

• Leading a team of Product Managers. 

KPI 

• Orders, sales 

• Profitability (%CM, NSP, COGS, EBITDA) 

• Market share growth in ADV / number of spec wins 

• DarWin Targets

• Quality of new product introductions  

• Time-to-market  

Position embedded in VAT Structure 

• The Head of Product Management Valves owns the life cycle management, leads the product managers and acts as the commercial authority on quotes 

Responsibilities  

The Head of Product Management Valves for Advanced Industrial applications is responsible for the life cycle management and the product roadmaps.  

• Overall product strategy, portfolio development, mid-to-long term planning, budgeting, sales projections and profit and loss results in line with corporate and Business Units targets. 

• Managing the product portfolio and roadmaps to set clear cost and time goals for core tech, engineering, supply chain, operations and quality. 

• Leading the product management and directs the engineering and supply chain teams to achieve business unit goals across the value chain. 

• Driving product portfolio synergies to develop differentiated, configurable platforms to reduce offering complexity. 

• Ensuring timely quotations to sales and drives value pricing throughout the organisation to position VAT products effectively in the market based on customer value. 

• Interacting pro-actively with sales and key customers to drive the business results. 

• Collecting market requirements and competitive intelligence as a base to develop strategies and short-midterm measures to remain competitive and growing the markets. 

• Assigning, allocating, and developing the Product Management team to achieve business results effectively. 

• Interacting actively with VAT innovation groups, such as core tech and other BU’s to foster innovation, develop, manage and share platforms in products and technology.  

• Supporting operations to release and optimize the supply chain for the owned products. 

• Interacts pro-actively with quality striving for a zero defect culture. 

• Incorporates company standards of excellence into daily work to foster a total quality environment and demonstrate personal commitment to excellence. 

• Supported by legal counsels manages commercial contracts, such as Customer frame agreements, NDA, etc. 

Direct reports:  

Product Managers  

Matrixed Reports & Peers: 

• Application Engineering and Sales 

• Sector managers 

• Operations 

Formal Education & Knowledge 

• Master's Degree in sciences, engineering or economy. 

• Fluent business English skills written and spoken. 

• Profound project management skills in an international acting company.  

• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively communicate in customer escalations. 

• Experience in product management within highly differentiated industrial businesses.  

• Knowledge of the practical application of product life cycle management  

Experience Required 

• Strong entrepreneurship and strategic thinking. 

• Solid experience in managing international projects.  

• Account Management experience. 

• Know-how of General Vacuum market or experience in vacuum industry.