PSBU Core Product Manager

Your Job
Molex's Commercial and Consumer Solutions (CCS) Division is seeking an entrepreneurial individual to be a critical member of our Product Management (PM) Group located in Yamato, Japan and a variety of other strategic locations across Asia.
The PM owns the profitable growth of products. PMs operate as Principled Entrepreneurs working between Molex's external customers, Molex's global sales force, the product engineering functions and operations. PMs typically work with every major facet of business units and need to be strong communicators and foster influence without having direct reports. Critical activities include identifying product trends and technologies; and then developing and implementing strategic product and business plans.
PM roles are excellent preparation for technical and sales personnel who wish to develop the broad base of capabilities and influence skills needed for business management, general management, or other future roles.
Our Team
Power and Signal business unit has a global footprint and team, including a headquarter in the US, with members in India, Singapore, Korea, Japan, and many other countries. Signal team is made of groups of Product Managers, Product Development, and Project Managers working closely to win business, develop new and innovative products and to optimize cost. We would like to welcome an additional strong talent to the Product Management team to enhance our capability as well as to develop together.
What You Will Do
• Build and own a strong gameplan on assigned product families for profit growth,
• Execute high priority initiatives by positively leading members mostly from other functions and collaborate to smoothly run projects
• Provide superior support to the sales team and BDM to track and win profitable business opportunities
• Profitability growth through cost reduction and process improvement projects
• Build pricing strategy on assigned products using economic thinking
• Represent BU/ Molex where appropriate
• Work in collaboration with Architect (product development) and Ambassador (targeting reginal sales) team closely to participate in product development pipeline as well as winning business globally
• Versatility and ability to help peers
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
• Entrepreneur
• Humble to learn
• Respectful
• Eager to contribute
• Willingness to share and internalize honest feedback for own and peers' development
• Presentation skills as well as good communication skills internally as well as with other functions
• Computer skills: Power point, Excel.
Japanese: Business
English: High-Business
What Will Put You Ahead

• Work in an environment where you feel included, safe, and transparent
• Will be able to see connectors lifecycle from birth to pruning.
• Gain knowledge and build network by working with professional individuals in majority of functions in molex as well as team members in Signal group.
• Quick business decision making based on PBM philosophy
• Deep understanding of connectors and portfolio
• Challenge/ speaking up is encouraged
• Understand your own strengths through Strengthfinder and reviewing those frequently with peers and supervisor

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Molex
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.
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