Associate Product ManagerLead a cross functional rapid response team for new and existing customers projects.Assist Product Managers to develop a short-term strategy to capture current market/revenue growth opportunities as well as a 5-10 year strategic vision.Help to define the product roadmap and development opportunities, providing prioritized guidance to the development organization.Develop sound points of view on technologies, product, customer, competitors, and convert market trends into actionable product line strategies.Assist Product Managers to define, execute, and manage pricing strategy, P&L, and manufacturing footprint for product portfolio, including compilation of competitive price points to manage future price erosion.Responsible for product line transactional activities through daily collaboration with sales, engineering, and the manufacturing facilities.Help to manage the product lifecycle and portfolio management activities.Interact with manufacturing plants to lead cost reduction efforts, capacity planning, and quality improvement initiatives.Assist Product Managers to lead customer segmentation and value chain activities to identify key decision makers and design opportunities.Engage with customers in the development of specifications and technical requirements, which can be used to direct the development of new products, product variants or improvements.Review price requests, maintain price system and elaborate price strategies for assigned product lines.Track and monitor product and program launches to support build timing and sample requirements.Create and deliver technical product trainings and technical brochures to support the global sales force and customers.Help to develop growth and penetration strategies for underdeveloped customers and markets.Partner with the Molex worldwide sales engineers who are working with OEMs and Molex franchised distributors to design Molex connectors & assemblies.As needed, travel to meet with customers onsite to understand customer needs and ultimately design in products that meet & exceed customer requirements.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.At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.