Product Manager (P&I)

AAF International offers the most comprehensive clean air solutions available across the globe. Selling under the American Air Filter and the AAF International brand names, AAF International has been an industry pioneer since 1921 with manufacturing operations in 22 countries and over 6000 employees globally. Our products are the industry benchmarks for quality and performance. Our applications include commercial, industrial and residential solutions from the filters used in your home to the most critical cleanroom and power generation applications.

We are a member of the Daikin Group, the world's largest air conditioning provider with $30 billion in revenue and over 98,000 employees worldwide. Founded in 1924, Daikin has grown into a diversified industrial manufacturing company offering solutions in clean, air, air conditioning, refrigeration, chemicals, oil hydraulics, defense systems and electronics.

Our culture of continuous improvement, safety and world class operations is driven by our people-centered management philosophy. This philosophy is built around mutual selection: that while AAF seeks top talent people to join and deliver on our team, we also want each team member to receive job satisfaction, growth & development, and continued happiness in being a long-term member of the AAF family. This is fueled by our belief in treating our people, our supply partners, our customers and our environment with the trust and respect we each require, and our passion to give back to our community for our success.

Read more about our philosophy at: http://www.daikin.com/about/corporate/philosophy/index.html

AAF International is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, veteran status, uniform servicemember status, age, disability or any other legally recognized protected personal characteristics.

Position Objective:

The Product Manager will be the expert and data source for all aspects of the products within their scope, and will support sales with application guidance, support customers with testing analysis and knowledge of how the product affects their equipment performance, and support the business by understanding product positioning, performance, cost, strengths and weaknesses of the products and enacting change on products to improve in various areas.

Key Accountabilities:

• Supplies product application guidance based on collected data and experience of the company. Must be able to collect data, analyze, and apply results of analysis to develop application guidelines on all products for use by sales team with customers. This includes understanding product test results and communicating to sales and customers the impact of the results and recommendations.
• Provides customer specific application advice, including product selection based on environment and end user activity/operating method.
• Understand AAF International product positioning vs. market and competition. Gather data and work with Sales and Marketing to properly position products in terms of performance, price, lead-time, etc.
• Works with Sales and marketing and develops concepts and requirements for new products or product modifications/additions in response to marketplace data.
• Examines, inspects and analyzes in-house and competitive products.
• Prepares project proposals (KRS) for presentation to management for new product designs including purpose and scope, cost and time estimates and resources needed.
• Implements and manages approved projects within established budgets and schedules.
• Keeps abreast of new developments, materials or processes for use in adaptations to company products.
• Writes and maintains product specification files
• Investigates product complaints and collaborates with manufacturing, quality and customer service on problem resolution, root cause and corrective action.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

Position Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or university in an Engineering field; Mechanical Engineering degree required;
2. Four to seven years of relevant work experience in product engineering or design, product applications, product management, project management, marketing;
3. Strong technical and business case development skills. Basic understanding of HVAC and filtration principles preferred;
4. Strong PC skills. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. CAD and other manufacturing related software a plus. CRM and ERP tool experience, preferably Salesforce and SAP;
5. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures;
6. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public;
7. Self-directed and detail oriented with the flexibility to work in a dynamic environment with multiple priorities that frequently change;
8. Ability to complete multiple tasks within the required time frame in a highly interactive environment with frequent interruptions and change priorities;
9. Strong interpersonal and influencing skills. Able to work effectively one-on-one and in a team environment;
10. Must be highly ethical, have strong integrity, use value based decision-making.