Associate Product Line Manager

Position: Product Line Manager – High Speed IO Cables, West Region

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Amphenol High Speed Products Group is the market leader for high speed, high bandwidth electrical connectors for the Telecom/Datacom market (Mobile Networks, Storage, Servers, Routers, Switches, etc.). Our products help to enable the electronics revolution and remain a key enabler for all the major Tier 1 OEMs globally. We have design, sales, and manufacturing locations globally and are currently seeking a Product Manager to join our High Speed IO Cables team located in Santa Clara, CA.

SUMMARY:

The Product Line Manager will work with cross functional teams to drive the development and marketing of Amphenol's High Speed IO Cable Products to customers assigned in the Western USA Territory (or as assigned specifically) focused primary on the San Francisco Bay Area where there are many Amphenol customers. This role will be responsible for promoting our products to their assigned market, winning key new design opportunities, and developing and executing the product strategies required to rapidly grow the business, both top and bottom line; and managing NPI to production activities. This person will work under the mentorship of an experienced Product Manager that has been covering the Bay Area for 4 years and who has grown this territory significantly. Much additional growth is possible with the advent of Artificial Intelligence in Data Centers trending globally.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• P&L responsibility for all HSIO Cable Product Family products across all IO Cable Form Factors (OSFP, QSFP-DD, QSFP, etc.) in the assigned territory.
• Drive and collaborate with our other HSIO Cable Product Managers through:
  • NPI activities
  • Tooling strategies
  • Supplier strategies
  • Product qualifications
  • Production ramping plan
  • Life cycle management/rationalization, PCNs
  • Cost, pricing, and margins
  • Capacity planning
  • Schedule management
• Drive NPI and mass production strategies which will include site locations, CAPEX, assembly/component yield management, automation strategies and deployments, equipment locations, and capacity planning.
• Cost modeling (direct material and variable costs) to develop cost targets, regular cost downs, and pricing strategies
• Drive new business opportunity funnel, aligning both the business unit and sales on actions and strategies to win
• Define customer / market requirements for product family, timing, and forecasts
• Work with cross-functional teams (marketing, engineering, business development, and operations) to proactively identify product and solution gaps and define market requirements to close the total available market space
• Develop marketing materials and promote to industry and potential customers
• Train internal sales teams to understand positioning, benefits, target customers, and target applications
• Work closely with Amphenol Spectra-Strip on bulk wire development and go-to-market activities
• Fully target site KPIs for sales revenue achievement, product margin improvement on cost reduction driving, negative margin improvement, and design win while shortening response time to quote
• Some travel required for customer visits (sales and negotiations), sales training, factory visits, and trade shows

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with keen business acumen
• 2+ years of product management, project management, engineering experience, and/or technical business development experience
• 1-3 years of experience working in the interconnect industry, preferred
• Strong communication skills
• Effective use of Microsoft office (Excel and PowerPoint specifically)
• Ability to integrate with cross-functional teams globally and a willingness to "roll up your sleeves" to get the job done

The base salary range for this position is $90,000 – $125,260. In determining rate of pay, Amphenol considers a variety of nondiscriminatory factors, including but not limited to geographic location, relevant industry experience, qualifications, skills, and education. It would be rare for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for a given role. Base salary is one facet of Amphenol's total rewards package which includes participation in our comprehensive benefits program with medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day 1, vacation, sick leave, personal days, paid holidays, life insurance, short/long term disability, and matching 401K. 

Amphenol Corporation is proud of our reputation as an excellent employer. Our main focus is to provide the highest level of support and responsiveness to both our employees and our customers, the world's largest technology companies. Amphenol Corporation offers the opportunity for career growth within a global organization. We believe that Amphenol Corporation is unique in that every employee, regardless of his or her position, has the ability to positively impact the business.

Amphenol is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" - Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin

For additional company information please visit our website at https://www.amphenol-cs.com/