Product Manager - Electrical Protection
nVent · Solon
We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.
WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:
Lead the growth, profitability, and long-term success of a global portfolio of electrical protection solutions. This role leads full product lifecycle and leads business performance across multiple regions, channels, and end markets.
This role develops and leads portfolio strategies to accelerate revenue growth, improve profitability, and deliver differentiated customer value with cross-functional leadership across sales, marketing, customer service, engineering, operations, manufacturing, supply chain, and finance for delivering strategic priorities.
The successful candidate can combine commercial and financial insights, technical expertise, and strong leadership skills to drive global results.
Portfolio Ownership & P&L Management
- Lead and administer a global portfolio that delivers sales, profitability, and cash flow objectives.
- Develop annual operating plans, strategic growth plans, and multi-year portfolio roadmaps.
- Lead pricing strategy and margin improvement initiatives.
- Conduct regular financial analysis, forecasting, and business reviews.
- Drive alignment between customer requirements, market opportunities, and operational capabilities.
Portfolio Strategy & Growth
- Develop and lead global portfolio strategies.
- Lead VOC initiatives to identify customer needs, market trends, and growth.
- Conduct competitive assessments, SWOT analyses, and market evaluations.
- Discover avenues for expansion into new markets, channels, applications, and verticals.
- Develop business cases for investment and innovation initiatives.
Product Lifecycle Management
- Lead the product lifecycle from concept through end-of-life.
- Lead new product introduction (NPI) and commercialization efforts.
- Lead product positioning, segmentation, and value proposition.
- Drive product rationalization.
- Lead product data integrity and portfolio governance.
Digital & Business Transformation
- Lead development and implementation of digital sales tools.
- Influence adoption of digital customer engagement capabilities.
- Leverage AI and data analytics to improve portfolio performance and decision-making.
YOU HAVE:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, marketing, or similar field preferred.
- 7+ years of product management experience preferred.
- Experience leading product portfolios and driving business performance preferred.
- Experience developing business cases and leading cross-functional initiatives.
- Management of product lifecycle management and commercialization processes.
- Financial insights with P&L management capability.
- Portfolio management.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with pricing, financial modeling, and profitability analysis.
WE HAVE:
A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.
Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.
Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide
Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money
Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:
Innovative & adaptable
Dedicated to absolute integrity
Focused on the customer first
Respectful and team oriented
Optimistic and energizing
Accountable for performance
Benefits to support the lives of our employees
Benefit Overview
At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:
Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.
At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.