Product Manager Global Spare Parts

Product Manager Global Spare Parts

Do you have a pro-active ‘getting things done’ mentality and are you customer minded with ambitious? You are a honest team player within a professional environment? Are you able to train in coaching way. Are you able to translate data into commercial business solutions? Do you recognize yourself in these skills? Then you are the Product Manager Global Spare Parts we are looking for to further strengthen our team.

Your Department

As a Product Manager, you will be part of the Global Spare Parts team within the Business Unit Supply. The Spare Parts department is globally responsible for the portfolio management, sales, planning, ordering and delivery of Vanderlande’s material handling spare parts. The department is divided into three sub-teams:

• Sales and Portfolio Management – responsible for item control, portfolio management, and sales order management/support. You will be part of this team.
• Logistics – responsible for material planning, ordering, operational supplier management, warehousing, and outbound logistics of spare parts.
• Strategy and Transformation – focusing on developing strategy and executing strategy related projects and changes

Your position

As Product Manager you are the first contact to the Global Spare Parts Sales Organization. You support the several Domains with answers to their technical and commercial questions. Within the team of Product Managers you will play a key role to further develop the Spare parts value proposition and link data to business challenges in order to ensure a sustainable profitable growth.

Your key responsibilities

• You maintain daily contact and act as linking pin with the global customer centers and other departments such as R&D, Logistical Support, Quality and Masterdata.
• You support the several domains with answers to their technical and commercial questions.
• You will translate data into useful product and sales information to strengthen existing parts sales, tools and to give insight in potential new opportunities.
• In collaboration with the Product Managers you will further develop the Spare Parts value Proposition with market leading concepts and assuring their implementation.
• Hosting training sessions to team members of the Spare Parts team in Veghel & India.

Your profile

• Master degree in a Technical education (Preferably Industrial Engineering or Operations Management and Logistics)
• Minimal 2 years of relevant experience in a technical work environment or manufacturing industry
• You have a drive to win by being results orientated, creative and stress resistant
• You are able to plan and organize multiple questions and activities at the same time
• You possess good analytical skills and know how to effectively deploy these
• Good knowledge of Microsoft office, particular in Excel
• Knowledge of JD Edwards or other ERP is an advantage
• Good command of English, both verbal and written. Dutch is preferred
• Willing to travel (+/- 2 times a year to our office in India)

What do we offer?

• This position offers a competitive salary range of € 4.700 to € 5.600 per month (excluding 8 % holiday allowance).
• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).
• Flexible working hours.
• A hybrid workplace (40 % working from home and 60 % in the office).
• A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300 per calendar year.
• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.
• Working from home allowance.
• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.
• On‑site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.
• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.
• A great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.

Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande embraces diversity in all its forms. We welcome qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.