Technical Product Manager

Job Description

In this challenging position, you will hold a pivotal role in a diverse team, driven by a fast-growing Indian market with vast opportunities for our client’s high-quality products, used for purification and separation processes, especially within Pharmaceutical Packaging. Your activities focus on managing the entire product portfolio. In your hub function, you provide technical support, define and communicate the product strategy, roadmap and value proposition considering customer needs and limitations defined by stakeholders. Your profile - Be the go-to person within company for all technical queries related to application support forthe Sales team within Pharma Packaging segment- Work with the Sales organization to develop account strategies with specific objectives andaction items- Proactively engage with suppliers to capture evolving market trends / legislations / regulatoryand customer needs and accordingly prepare product portfolio for short/medium/long termneeds.- Ownership for all related products from a technical & marketing perspective- Supports the domestic market strategies and product positioning- Support VP Sales with market segmentation, business development, monitoring andassessing competitive landscape and gather market intelligence to prepare for anyadjustments in strategic direction.- Manage existing sub-contractors & identify additional where needed- Support sales and supply chain organization as needed with daily customer challenges- (technical support, lead times, product modifications, claims etc).- Conduct training sessions for new hire employees, conduct product training programs forsales teams, and develop product knowledge and expertise for customers. - Prepare sales presentations clearly communicating the value proposition of the products andservices offered- Conduct refresher training program for newly recruited Sales Executive- Prepare promotional material like Blogs, Content for Web Site.- Prepare product wise application based flyers, literatures, brochures in consultation withSales Team and Digital Marketing Team.- Participate in conferences / exhibitions, also a presenter at technical conferences- Conduct mock tests for the newly joined sales team members and report to concerned salesmanager.Key skillsYou are a pragmatic business driven problem solver and motivator with distinct entrepreneurial thinking and a structured and detail-oriented approach to work. You enjoy relationship building across cultural boundaries and you display strong collaboration, interpersonal and conflict resolution skills to be put in use when interacting with internal and externalstakeholders. You own very good project management skills and ideally solid hands-on SAP competency in materials management. You are an experienced user of the MS Office software package, and you have excellent communication and negotiation skills in English and Hindi.- 3 to 5 years’ experience in technical sales, marketing, or product management of pharma packaging applications- Strong existing network of pharma executives, purchasing, and packaging engineers- Solid project management skills, keen attention to details and meeting deadlines, able to coordinate multiple global projectsand activities.- Excellent written and oral/presentation communication in English.- Strong leadership and persuasive communication skills.- Strategic thinker with visionary capabilities.- Able to develop structured market analysis for target geographies.- Strong technical aptitude and solid understanding of the Adsorbents industry.- Strong command of English and Hindi