DUTIES AND CORE RESPONSIBILITIES DESCRIPTION:

Understand Aftermarket business model and developments.

Able to collect Market Intelligence from the market and customers to evaluate and report on market trends and align/update strategic product roadmap accordingly. Conduct market research and develop business cases for new product lines. Direct competitive benchmarking to ensure product competitiveness and produce detailed product requirements for the engineering team

Develop and maintain product strategy including short- long-term planning and execution process. Develop a process KPIs to evaluate strategy, execution and results

Develop product management tools, systems and processes to support product launch and development. Develop product marketing and sales tools to drive sales growth

Analyze market pricing and target cost to drive correct decisions and achieve targeted profitability

Responsible to manage Product Life Cycle and portfolio, drive continuous product improvements, product and market segmentation, support new and existing product forecasting. Report on recent products revenue monthly

Liaise and collaborate with Engineering, Global Product Management, Purchasing, Operation/Planning, Sales, Marketing and other departments about new product

development, product line coverage, establish respective product value proposition and provide direction for market and price positioning

Responsible for his/her product line price positioning and sustainable profitability

Develops, through coordination with the organization, profitable growth strategies for respective products

Identify and effectively communicate critical aspects of their products

Monitor quality of products and packaging (appearance, performance, attributes)



and take corrective actions. Act as link between Quality Department and local Sales Marketing teams

Regularly analyze risks and opportunities in order to support sales operations

Analyze competitive product offerings and customers request for tailor made products and provide response (incl. tenders, Private Label RFQs) in due time

Report regularly about product line profitability and projects status

Calculate coverage of responsible products vs competition. Prioritize and monitor development new SKUs. Contribute to development of regular catalogues (paper electronic ones). Inform regularly relevant departments about new product introductions

Additional responsibilities: participate customer events, provide support for trade show exhibits, attend industry meetings and develop network

Recurrent travel by car and by air will be required.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all tasks, responsibilities and requirements. These may be amended, added, removed or changed according to the business needs.

REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION: Minimum/Essential: Bachelor Degree in Business, Management, Engineering.

Respective product ranges knowledge and proven track record (at least 3 years) as a product planner, specialist within the Automotive Aftermarket

Experience or aspiration to work in an international business environment

Experience in developing a strategic planning process and its implementation.

Possess an understanding of financial (profitability) reporting

Fluent in English language is essential and at least one other main European language (FR, ES, IT, DE, PL, RU)

Good computer skills. Highly proficient in MS Office tools: Excel, PowerPoint and Word. Knowledge of SAP is a plus

📌 Product Specialist (Pune)
🏢 Tata Technologies
📍 Pune