Product Marketing Manager
(m/f/d)

Our client is an Asian privately held group of companies which serves the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and automation industries with technologically outstanding products and services worldwide. Products and solutions connect devices with networks and clouds, enabling users (men and machines) to communicate fast and safe in all technical environments. The company has grown steadily over the last decades, increasing market share and financial success, respectively. It is working throughout the triad markets using own and distributors’ structures. The total revenue accounts for about 300m Euros, whereas 1/3 is gained in the European markets. The group wants to accelerate the growth, participating in the vast development of specific market segments, especially in Europe and Asia. The European HQ is located in Munich/Germany with affiliated structures in France and Great Britain. In the future, the German organization has to serve as a foothold in the industrial automation business including the multiple national research and development facilities and initiatives in this field. Today, the European structure comprises sales (distributors and key accounts), marketing, application engineering as well as a service/repair unit.

The Product Marketing Manager is in charge to successfully launch and position our client’s products and services in selected European markets. He/she acquires and shares Market Intelligence, develops and continuously improves strategic product marketing plans and creates and delivers the necessary tools including regular promotion activities which enable the sales force to achieve revenue goals in Europe. As a subject matter expert the Product Marketing Manager contributes in particular with market segmentation, value proposition and positioning of our client’s products against competition in the target segments. Vice versa he/she collects the Voice of Customers and market needs directly and indirectly, and gives pro-active development & improvement proposals to the R&D teams. You will create messages for customers that explain the benefits of product features, and compelling stories for demos, trainings, collateral content in order to grow the sales funnel and increase win rate. Your responsibility also covers delivery of presentations and demos in front of customers and at webinars, adaption of global product marketing strategy to the European market and working with Marketing Communications team to integrate the client’s value proposition into all marketing activities. In any case you know your product, customers, markets, industries, applications and competition better than anyone else.