Product Line Manager, Poly and Wafers

Requisition Number: 70928

 

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Role Purpose

As a Product Line Manager (PLM), you will be responsible for developing and executing a product line strategy that supports the achievement of desired product line sales growth and profitability for the Polysilicon and Solar Wafer businesses. This includes engaging in decisions on defining what products to develop and offer, building value propositions and selling tools, assisting with forecasting, and serving as a key collaborator with the Solar MAP/Wafer commercial, finance, manufacturing, planning, product technology, and engineering organizations for day-to-day operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Works closely with, or leads, a cross-functional product team consisting of functional leads from Development, Product Engineering, Applications Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing and/or Sales to:
  • Develop value propositions that improve margins for HSC’s and Corning’s products and services and enable new/enhanced selling opportunities with customers.
  • Develop and execute the product line planning process, including the identification of critical projects to be undertaken for the year.
  • Work with product technology to develop and launch new products, as appropriate.
  • Develop the product line strategy and manage the product line through the stages of innovation, from product concept through commercialization and life-cycle management, as appropriate, depending on the stage of handoff from Program Management.
  • Understand downstream market requirements and assess competitive threats and implications for the business.
  • Understand and manage all profit and loss-related items of the product line.
  • Address new product/special requests by developing a business case (including P&L and balance sheet implications) to determine the feasibility and pricing requirements of the requests.
  • Optimize inventory management related to the product line by coordinating information flow between Forecasting, Sales, Manufacturing, and other parties, as needed.
  • Work with Manufacturing and Sales to identify opportunities to reduce complexity and lower costs in the manufacturing process, both at Corning plants and the customer site, as appropriate.
  • Manage the obsolescence process, as necessary, to extract maximum value through the end of the product lifecycle.
  • Support the development of product pricing strategies.
  • Articulate our value propositions, product attributes, specifications, basis of competition, and product trajectory; become an expert on downstream use of our products.
  • Provide and maintain necessary sales tools such as positioning statements, value proposition presentations, and other sales tools for customer-facing organizations to ensure effective deployment of product line strategies.
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