Global Product Manager, Industrial Filtration

Job Description

Eaton’s Industrial Filtration Sector is currently seeking a Global Product Manager – Industrial Filtration to join our team. This position is a remote position with travel to our Chanhassen, MN facility as required.

Eaton provides a competitive total rewards package commensurate with applicable skills, knowledge, and experience and consistent with internal and external market practices.

The annual salary range for this role is $101,360 – $139,370.

Position Overview:

As a Global Product Manager, you will lead product management for all current filtration products sold into the Industrial market segment, as well as new products as the portfolio expands. Products include filter bags and housings, manual and automatic strainers as well as industrial filter cartridges.

The Global Product Manager is responsible for product marketing and sales support, product life cycle management and promotion, product strategy, including market and customer research for the outlined product lines on a regional or global basis. This role is expected to obtain growth and profitability targets in our Industrial market segment by supporting sales to value-sell filtration products and services to target markets and customer groups as well as lead the team of product specialists and technical service.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.

In this function you will:

• Work closely with functional leaders to develop and implement growth strategies to drive product profitability, volume, mix, market share improvement and price globally.
• Lead the team of product specialists and technical support, motivate and develop staff.
• Proactively gather and interpret competitor and market information and conduct market research to identify and define emerging new product and product adjacency opportunities.
• Perform competitive analysis and develop product competitive comparisons as needed, including cross-reference lists.
• Identify, consolidate, and transform VoC (Voice of Customer) inputs into new business opportunities, including NPD (new product development), existing product optimization, service programs, product portfolio rationalization, value engineering, marketing programs and other initiatives.
• Define product positioning in the marketplace considering how target customer segments benefit from our products relative to competition.
• Participate in ProLaunch process for assigned new product development projects by providing the input from marketing as required.
• Develop Product Roadmaps and drive alignment across the business functions (includes the smart filtration-related product roadmap and developing value selling points).
• Coordinate product launches across functions, working closely with marketing communications, engineering, sales and operations.
• Own business success in ramp-up phase after new product launches, ensuring cross-functional alignment and tracking of sales progress.
• Develop Eaton Filtration's competitive packages for different Industrial applications / customer segments as a playbook for sales.
• Connect with key customers and other business partners on a senior level (e.g. suppliers of traded products) to enhance business relationships and grow our business.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of five (5) years of work experience in marketing and/or engineering.
• Prior work experience in business-to-business (B2B) industrial products
• All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of Business Administration (MBA).
• Minimum of seven (7) years of work experience with at least five (5) years in the filtration market.
• Understanding of markets, distribution channels, OEM requirements, and brand strengths.
• German language skills.

What you’ll get from us:

We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being. Listed below are programs that are offered globally, but program availabilities may vary by site.

• Flexible work options to help balance work/life demands (at participating Eaton sites)
• Healthcare/retirement savings programs
• Competitive compensation packages to reward skills and performance
• Tuition assistance or financial help for ongoing learning and development
• Health, Dental, Vision & Wellness programs
• Donation matching (U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico)

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What you will get from us

Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Job: Marketing

Region: North America – US/Puerto Rico
Organization: FFD Fluid Filtration Division

Job Level: Manager
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time