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Product Manager - Lighting (Peachtree City, GA, USA, North America)

Cooper Industries, Maynooth, Ireland

Cooper Industries plc (NYSE:CBE) is a diversified global manufacturer of electrical components and tools, with 2011 revenues of $5.4 billion. Founded in 1833, Cooper's sustained success is attributable to a constant focus on innovation and evolving business practices, while maintaining the highest ethical standards and meeting customer needs. The Company has seven operating divisions with leading market share positions and world-class products and brands including Bussmann electrical and electronic fuses; Crouse-Hinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment; Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures; and Kyle and McGraw-Edison power systems products. With this broad range of products, Cooper is uniquely positioned for several long term growth trends including the global infrastructure build out, the need to improve the reliability and productivity of the Electric grid, the demand for higher energy-efficient products and the need for improved electrical safety. In 2011, sixty-two percent of total sales were to customers in the industrial and utility end-markets and forty percent of total sales were to customers outside the United States. Cooper has manufacturing facilities in 23 countries as of 2011. For more information, visit the divisions, products and markets sections of the company website.

Responsibilities:

- Developing MGPP Strategies by analyzing the competitive position of the product offerings and directing the investment to achieve best in class cost and feature position for product lines under management.

- Utilizing effective VOC initiatives providing market, competitive and customer intelligence to the global sales and marketing teams in support of long-term strategy and tactical plans.

- Responsible for driving demand creation in conjunction with the commercial teams globally.

- Key metrics include product line sales, margin, new product sales and margin, innovation (LED and Controls) penetration, cash/inventory, and capability/leadership development.

- Directing generational evolution and cost-out activities in line with continuous process improvement activities.

- Striving to meet and exceed new product introduction (NPI) vitality goals through driving product development by utilizing the DMEDI process.

- Collaborating as a key member of a cross functional team, developing new products in line with product technology roadmaps to achieve cost targets, revenue and profitability expectations.

- Working in harmony with the operational team driving decisions on manufacturing site location, capacity expansion and other critical metrics (quality, delivery, etc.).

Qualifications & Skills:

- Will possess a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing or a related field and have a minimum of 5 years product management experience in the Lighting industry.

- Will also possess at least 2 years of technical experience as well as experience with a formal new product development process (Six-Sigma, DMEDI, etc.)

- Must be a self-starter and ability to think independently and work with little supervision.

- Must be able to provide demonstrated success in leading projects from concept through implementation working with cross-functional teams.

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