Koch Industries

Aerospace and Defense Systems PCB Connectors Product Line Manager

Koch Industries$110K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years experience in product management within Aerospace and Defense sectors
  • Strong analytical skills with expertise in performance indicators and market analysis
  • Proven track record in managing product life cycles and executing strategic plans
  • Familiarity with pricing strategy development and product positioning
  • Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, with fluency in English

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and management of an ADS product-market plan to drive revenue growth
  • Monitor key performance indicators to assess product performance and profitability
  • Act as the subject matter expert for the ADS product portfolio and update stakeholders on progress
  • Execute planned product launches and respond to customer opportunities
  • Conduct competitive analysis to differentiate the product and enhance market positioning
  • Define and track launch goals and strategies, ensuring organizational readiness
  • Provide product and market knowledge at industry events such as conferences and webinars

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Life insurance, disability, and AD&D coverage
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Paid vacation and time off
  • Educational assistance and support for personal development
  • Paid parental leave and adoption assistance programs
Full Job Description
Your Job

Smiths Interconnect, a Molex company, is seeking an Aerospace and Defense Systems PCB Connectors Product Line Manager who will be the portfolio subject matter expert. The key objective of this role is to drive revenue growth according to the Connector Business Unit strategic ambition and in alignment with the D/S/A Product Commercial Director.

What You Will Do

  • Lead development, recommend, agree, implement, and manage an ADS portfolio product-market plan to deliver growth to the business. Own the Contribution Margin for your portfolio.
  • Monitor and analyze key performance indicators to determine how well the product is performing in the market, how it impacts the company's operations and how it ultimately contributes to profit. With agreed KPIs such as Contribution Margin, Revenue, Vitality, Adoption and Availability, measure and report on their effectiveness and efficiency.
  • Be the subject matter expert for the ADS product portfolio and its position within the external environment. Proactively update stakeholders with the portfolio's progress.
  • Input into market level plans and into the marketing communication system.
  • Segment market-product sales, communicate and agree priorities for existing and new potentials. Lead the business in "STP" - Segmenting, Targeting and Positioning of your portfolio to ensure success.
  • Measure and own the portfolio product life cycle. Take action to revive and reposition portfolio as needed
  • Execute an agreed portfolio of planned product launches and support opportunistic customer opportunities in line with company processes
  • Through competitive analysis and the customer, lead the building of key messages and support of early, mid and late-stage collateral
  • Emphasize and understand competitive differences, drive differentiation through benchmarking programs and external audits.
  • Define specific launch goals and strategies. Develop launch plans and support documentation. Ensure cross-organizational readiness. Track and communicate launch status.
  • Provide product and market expertise for events such as conferences, tradeshows, webinars and seminars.
  • Define and maintain product classifications and segmentations. Create and develop Product Requirement Documents (PRDs)
  • In conjunction with the ADS Commercial Director, work with key stakeholders to drive ideation of new technology/products to drive alignment to the business strategy.
  • Develop and manage pricing strategy.
  • Design and deliver training programs to help the sales channels focus on how to sell the product, not how to use it
  • Systematically review opportunities to drive higher sales.
  • Lead, support and partner with fellow ADS Product Management team members, including but not limited to the Product Commercial Director and the Product Specialist.
  • Develop, own, and secure alignment on a portfolio investment plan that drives market outperformance and provides clear insights into product lifecycle management and overall portfolio performance.


Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
  • Fluent English language skills essential


At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy

In order to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, this position requires applicants to either provide proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status or be eligible to receive an export authorization (a license) under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and/or the Export Administration Regulation

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here .

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

About Koch Industries

Koch Industries, Inc. is an American privately-held multinational conglomerate corporation based in Wichita, Kansas. Its subsidiaries are involved in the manufacturing, refining, and distribution of petroleum, chemicals, energy, fiber, intermediates and polymers, minerals, fertilizers, pulp and paper, chemical technology equipment, ranching, finance, commodities trading, and investing. Koch owns Infor, Invista, Georgia-Pacific, Molex, Flint Hills Resources, Koch Pipeline, Koch Fertilizer, Koch Minerals, Matador Cattle Company, i360, and Guardian Industries. The firm employs 120,000 people in 60 countries, with about half of its business in the United States. The company is the largest non-Canadian landowner in the Athabasca oil sands. With annual revenues of $110 billion by 2014, the company is the largest privately held company in the United States. In 2007, it was ranked as the largest privately held company. If Koch Industries had been a public company in 2013, it would have ranked 17th in the Fortune 500. The company was founded by its namesake, Fred C. Koch, in 1940 after he developed an innovative crude oil refining process. Fred C. Koch died in 1967 and his majority interest in the company was split amongst his four sons. In June 1983, after a bitter legal and boardroom battle, the stakes of Frederick R. Koch and William "Bill" Koch were bought out for $1.1 billion and Charles Koch and David Koch became majority owners in the company. Charles owns 42% of the company; trusts for the benefit of Elaine Tettemer Marshall and Elaine's children, Preston Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall Jr., own 16% of the company. The heirs of David Koch, who died on August 23, 2019, own the balance, 42%, of the corporation.
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