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Our customer is an international group with headquarters in Europe. To one of its global segments based in South Africa, with ambitions to become global market leader, we are now recruiting an experienced and strategic
Global Head of Product
This role requires a visionary leader with extensive experience in product and category management with a proven ability to drive innovation and growth. Reporting to the Global Head of Segment, based in South Africa, your main responsibilities are:
- Global responsibility for Product, including Strategy Implementation, Category Management, Product Management, Product Development and Technical Design.
- Define product vision, roadmap, and lifecycle management processes.
- Analyze market trends, customer feedback, and competitive products to identify opportunities and threats, with focus on the end consumer’s preferences and expectations.
- Oversee the global product portfolio, ensuring a balanced mix of products that meet global market demands.
- Lead the product development process from ideation through to launch.
- Collaborate with product development, engineering, and design teams to ensure product feasibility and innovation.
- Drive continuous product improvements and cost reduction initiatives by means of value analysis and value engineering (VA/VE) methodology.
- Work closely with international manufacturing teams, development engineers, marketing, sales and operations.
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Based in South Africa or prepared to move there. International travel to be expected.
Your profile :
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Marketing, or a related field; MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in product management within the recreational retail product segment or related industries, with at least 5 years in a global leadership position.
- Proven track record of successfully managing product lifecycles and driving product innovation.
- Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills.
- Excellent leadership and team-building abilities.
- Superior communication and interpersonal skills, working with various stakeholders during product development processes.
- Experience in working in an international set-up, work across different continents and especially working with Chinese companies and people.
- Experience in working with Microsoft Office 365 tools, ERP & PDM/PLM Systems, CAD & CAE tools, etc.
- Fluent business English.
Our client offers an interesting and challenging position with a high level of autonomy and responsibility. If you want to participate in the development of a continuously growing group with the support from a dynamic and dedicated team, then this position is for you!
This recruitment is managed by Expatria Human Resources. Please submit your application and CV here. Reference 24802PGHEXP.
