Product Manager

Product Manager

Department : Hub MEENA (BP65000)

Job Overview:

UD Trucks is known for our pioneering technologies and products within the commercial automotive industry.

Job Purpose:

Ownership of product strategy and long-term product roadmap for UD Trucks Middle East, East and North Africa region (MEENA).To own and drive the product management, product & technical support, homologation & type approval, competition & business intelligence, sales competence development and body builder relationship.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• To be owner for product strategy and long-term product plan for UD trucks for UD Trucks Middle East, East and North Africa Region (MEENA)
• To lead all products related projects for MEENA. Champion, Own and coordinate all new product related projects.
• Ownership of product specifications on offer for markets and solutions to technical issues.
• Ownership of the product specification for factory ordering; Supervise Importers/Sales Managers/Sales support for order key-in VSS system.
• Manage homologation and type approval activities together with UD regulation experts and UD Trucks International Sales (UDIS).
• Work with Sales Managers to provide technical recommendations for products to be offered to customers, both standard and non-standard models.
• Supervise Importer Sales Executives/Sales Managers/Product Managers to give technical support to customers and bodybuilders.
• To work with Competence Development to ensure that the necessary product training is provided to the Importers and body builders.
• Support the special product activities such as product field test, demos and marketing & sales events.
• Support and coordinate with marketing team to ensure to have updated spec sheets, brochures, websites etc.
• Ensure that markets have always the latest product material and information.
• Coordinate & Conduct field trials of new products to establish value proposition & ensure feedback to the UDIS product team and UD Trucks Technology as needed.
• Review the product performance and customers’ responses about products and provide feedback and recommendations from market to UDIS product team to improve products.
• Request for new products, components and options based on the market needs.
• To initiate Product Modification Requests (PMRs), follow up on progress with the concerned product groups & ensure implementation of the modifications.
• Ownership and Maintenance of Pro builder spec.
• Co-ordinate with the markets to continually update and send market and competitors product and strategy analysis.
• Support in Long Term Volume Forecast and budget estimation process as and when needed.
• Supporting the preparation for Internal BRM and partner BRM when needed.
  
  

Required Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering or Automotive Engineering, or any related field.
• Min 8-10 years of Techno-commercial experience in Product Management/Product strategy / Sales Engineering areas.
• Solid experience in technical support in automotive industry (Truck Industry is preferred), Strong truck and application technical skill.
• UD Trucks product structure knowledge & UD Trucks sales system is added advantage.
• Very good in teamwork, customer focus, business oriented, motivated, and determined to reach agreed objectives.
• Excellent communication skills with appropriate language skills. Knowledge of Japanese language is an advantage.
• Good command of MS Office applications.
• Leadership, negotiating and people skills would be valuable.
  
  

About UD Trucks

Part of the Isuzu group, UD Trucks is a global leading international commercial vehicle solutions provider headquartered in Japan. At UD Trucks, we are defining the next generation of smart logistics solutions through advanced innovations in automation, electro mobility and connectivity. UD Trucks develops, manufactures and sells a wide range of heavy, medium and light-duty trucks, operating in more than 60 countries across all continents. Our trucks and people go the extra mile for our customers and business partners, day in and day out.

We are an 8,000+ strong team of colleagues with 40 nationalities who bring diversity and passion in delivering our products and services. We trust each other, work collaboratively and embrace change. At UD Trucks, our purpose is Better Life – to make life better for people and the planet. We have developed a culture that promotes:

Diverse and friendly culture – Strong culture of diversity and inclusion, organizing annual events, daily activities and open communication platforms including various internal voluntary networks.

Empowered growth – Global exposure and growth opportunities across functions and countries through internal mobility system and self-driven career opportunities, building a learning organization by enabling self-managed learning supported by the UD Academy.

Flexibility with trust – We continue to fully support both remote working (where and when applicable) and flexible working hours, we actively encourage our colleagues to maintain a good work/life balance. You will have the autonomy and flexibility to split your working time between both our wonderful, modern and equipped HQ and remotely.

Be part of our journey to create Better Life for society, for our customers and for yourself. UD Trucks is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our colleagues.

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