Associate Product Manager - Automotive

Overview

The Associate Product Manager- Automotive is responsible for preparing IPSI (Inventory, production, sales, inventory) excel spreadsheets, monitoring production and inventory reports, maintaining current pricing for programs, participating in sales strategies and business planning.

Responsibilities

• Familiar with Automotive business models and terminology.
• Collect and input information for the monthly preparation of the IPSI.
• Collaborate to present approved IPSI to Management. Coordinate with executive management on targets to be met, in order to issue final reports.
• Work with management on fiscal business plan preparation to achieve BP metrics.
• Coordinate approved product purchase authorizations to on-site and offshore factories.
• Monitor product line inventory and purchases.
• Update and maintain current product pricing programs.
• Working knowledge of supply chain management. Work with logistics on a global basis to manage production location, point of sale, warehousing and logistics to maximize profit and minimize taxes, duties, and tariffs.
• May interface with factories on technical, delivery, and quality issues.
• Helps to coordinate new product introductions, track requirements for all validation builds with program manager(s) and factory. Work with factory to ensure order fulfillment and launch ramp up requirements are being met to ensure OEM milestones.
• Attend and report on trade shows and seminars, including booth duty when necessary.
• Supports calls with the Japanese factory.
• Maintains NRE log and collaborates with accounting on issuance.
• Interface with legal department on current and proposed legal agreements.

Position Requirements

• BS or equivalent required. Prefer 5 - 7 years or more experience in automotive or electronics industry or related function. Emphasis on automotive experience.
• Fluent in Excel, SAP experience preferred.
• Requires excellent writing & communication skills, extraordinary attention to detail and follow-up. The ability to work independently, manage individual direct reports, as well as within a team. Ability to respond appropriately and professionally to complex inquiries in a timely manner.
• Familiarity with Automotive business models and terminology
• Working knowledge of Supply Chain Management.
• Position may require up to 10-20% domestic and international travel for customer, sales and operations coordination.
• Japanese language skills preferred but not required.
• This is a contract position, and the selected candidate will be employed and paid through a third-party staffing/vendor partner.

ABOUT US: Sharp Electronics Device Division (SECD)

Sharp Electronics Automotive Group is responsible for the design and manufacturing of various display technologies for automotive applications. The demand for these products has been steadily growing in cars and Sharp is leading these efforts to provide cutting edge technologies for our automotive customers.

• This position will be through Sharp's partner Target CW. Benefits are available through Target CW

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