Category Manager

hace 7 días

Guadalajara, México ZF A tiempo completo

**What's Next? Join ZF**:
ZF is a global technology company supplying systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, enabling the next generation of mobility.

ZF allows vehicles to see, think and act. In the four technology domains of Vehicle Motion Control, Integrated Safety, Automated Driving, and Electric Mobility, ZF offers comprehensive product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. ZF electrifies a wide range of vehicle types. With its products, the company contributes to reducing emissions, protecting the climate and enhancing safe mobility.

**Category Manager**:

- Country/Region: MX- Location: Guadalajara, JAL, MX, 44530 Guadalajara, JAL, MX, 44530Req ID 58695 Guadalajara, Mexico

**Company Overview**

ZF is a global technology company supplying systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, enabling the next generation of mobility. ZF allows vehicles to see, think and act. In the four technology domains of Vehicle Motion Control, Integrated Safety, Automated Driving, and Electric Mobility, ZF offers comprehensive product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. ZF electrifies a wide range of vehicle types. With its products, the company contributes to reducing emissions, protecting the climate and enhancing safe mobility

**Primary Responsibility**:
Under direction of the Category Manager and in coordination with Sales teams for USC and MCC Market, plan and develop an aftermarket product range that delivers competitive benefits to our distribution partners and end-users, while adding strategic and financial value to ZF Services.

**Essential Tasks**:

- Drive new product introductions through customer feedback (VOC), vehicle research and market/category research.
- Ability to hold business conversations.
- Thoughtfully maintain the lifecycle of the entire product range through pricing and stocking strategies. Create logic for discontinuing items and seamlessly supersede parts with mínimal customer impact.
- Understanding of the automatic transmission and steering rack.
- Support sales through: The answering of specific product questions, coordinating effective market positions for the product line, filling out of necessary load forms, creating selling presentations and analyzing customer specific data.
- Become an expert in the technical attributes of your product, understand typical failure modes, service life, and relative advantages between ZF’s products v. competitors.
- Manage the data integrity of the product line in SAP, ensure all necessary information is maintained and accurate. Quickly resolve all and any SAP issues within your control that are impacting customer satisfaction.
- Benchmark competitor offerings and market positions. Maintain competitor cross reference files, including items where ZF is exclusive.
- Articulate the product line features and benefits in a compelling way to the market. Work with Marketing to develop meaningful and effective marketing communication pieces to connect with the target market.
- Partner with National Sales Managers to create a strategy for pricing structure. Track margin performance and propose/implement strategies for improvements. This also includes establishment and maintenance of pricing within ERP system.
- Furnish purchasing with necessary information to properly RFQ vendors and negotiate cost reductions wherever possible.
- Create annual line reviews and maintain a product line strategy roadmap.
- Comply with the ZF anti-trust policy.
- Perform related tasks as assigned.

**Experience Requirements**:

- 4 years of automotive aftermarket experience desired.
- High technical aptitude. Ability to prioritize multiple projects and work within tight deadlines.
- Strong communication and organizational skills and the ability to cooperate with multiple departments and companies.
- Ability to operate at conceptual and practical levels.
- Computer Proficiency (MS office and SAP)
- Bi-Lingual English/Spanish a plus

**What We Offer**:

- Benefits above the law
- Global work environment
- Growth opportunities
- Medical Insurance
- Competitive wages

Contact

Alejandra Carbajal

**Our Commitment to Diversity**:
ZF is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

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