About the job

Panasonic – Product Manager

Every moment of every day, people all over the world turn to Panasonic to make their lives simpler, more enjoyable, more productive and more secure. Since our founding almost a century ago, we’ve been committed to improving peoples’ lives and making the world a better place–one customer, one business, one innovative leap at a time. Come join our journey.

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Factory Liaison

What You'll Get to Do:

• Forge relationships with factory sales and engineering. Understand factory sales and product strategy. Obtain product strategy, development schedules, pricing etc. Obtain factory buy-in and support for US product, marketing, implementation strategies. Responsible for an effective/clear communication with factories and sales.

Product Development & Planning

• Analyze US market opportunity (size, requirements, potential customers, etc) to develop product introduction strategies. Obtain alignment with sales and the factory.

Sales & P&L Management

• Create the fiscal year budgets by products for each customer. Monitor monthly progress. Work with sales team to develop sales programs to drive sales. Mange the P&L for the product. Build pricing strategies and implement.

Marketing

• Analyze the product and the market to develop marketing strategy for production introduction into the US. Understand competitive landscape. Ensure implementable and measurable marketing strategy and ensure implementation and results are achieved.

What You'll Bring

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor ‘s degree in Engineering preferred.
• Ability to master new technologies quickly strongly preferred
• New Product Development or Product Management experience is strongly preferred
• 8 plus years of dynamic product management/development role strongly preferred
• Ability to demonstrate successful Product Management experience.

Competencies

• Be proactive and ability to get things done
• Ability to obtain internal buy-in
• Cross functional/cross border communication
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Strong Written And Verbal Communication Skills

• Effective & convincing presentation and public speaking skills.
• Ability to speak Japanese a plus
• Flexible/quick actions/business travels 35 percent required

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive benefits
• Pet Insurance
• Paid Parental Care Leave
• Employee Referral Program
• Educational Assistance
• Flexible Work Program
• Volunteer time Off
• Casual Dress Code
• Total Well Being Program

Panasonic is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law or company policy. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Pre-employment drug testing is required for safety sensitive positions or as may otherwise be required by contract or law. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Corporation of North America.

All applicants are subject to the Company’s mandatory vaccination policy. All employees are required to be fully vaccinated with an authorized COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment, unless they are eligible for and obtain an exemption based on a reasonable accommodation because of a disability or a sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance.

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