Job Description

BE GREAT TOGETHER WITH US.

Innovation, Efficiency and Ambition: this is what VAT has stood for over 50 years.

With this passion, VAT has grown to become the leading international developer, manufacturer and supplier of high-performance high-end vacuum valves and vacuum sealing technology, employing over 2000 people worldwide. The headquarters are located in Haag (Switzerland), the production centers in Switzerland, Malaysia, Romania and Taiwan.

We are seeking a Product Manager in our Penang office. The ideal candidate owns the product portfolio by driving lifecycle, profitability, and roadmap to deliver customer-focused solutions and accelerate time-to-market through strategic leadership.

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Define and execute on product lifecycle activities for VAT's ADV Valves product series.
• Implement value pricing and value propositions for customer requests
• Provide technical product support to sales teams and customers
• Prepare profitability analyses and relentlessly drive down cost
• Coordinate simultaneous developments of multiple product solutions according to customer requests and product roadmap.
• Initiate product relocations and ensure associated customer approval
• Cooperate with all BU’s of VAT to take advantage of synergies in product offering to ADV customers
• Identify market trends and technical roadmaps of customers to derive needs for adaptation of VAT’s product offering
• Support the sales entities of VAT group in product training, customer acquisition and product presentations
• Establish technical customer documentation like manuals and product data sheets according to applicable regulatory requirements.

Qualifications:

• At least a Bachelor's Degree in sciences or engineering. A Master degree in relevant sciene or engineering field is preferred.
• Additional degree in economics and / or marketing or successful record of accomplishment in a commercial position.
• A good know how of mechanical and electrical systems and/or vacuum experience is preferred.
• Strong experience in managing international customers and projects on a global scale.
• Powerful entrepreneur mindset and startegic thinking.
• Ability to identify market developments and derive requirements that influence the future valve business.
• Experience in product management is preferred.
• 5 -10 years experience in relevant field.
• Fluent in English (speaking and writing), strong communication skills and the ability to negotiate.
• Proficiency in Mandarin language is an added advantage to work with China customers.

Interested? We look forward to receive your application.

You can expect a dynamic and successful company where innovation, courage, fairness, openness and transparency are encouraged and your ideas are welcome. We offer you challenging, rewarding and multi-faceted leadership position in an international environment and a dynamic and successful company. Your development according to your strengths and aspirations in your career is of great importance to us.