Product Marketing Specialist

The opportunity

The Product Marketing Specialist for Dry Transformers business in India, brings the knowledge for Transformer products & his/her skills for effective Marketing for Transformers to help business, deliver profitable & sustainable growth.  This will be an individual role & the individual will be responsible for providing time-bound bids & quotations with associated technical and commercial details in response to market needs for specific Zones.  

How you’ll make an impact

• Key Accountability: Supply Side Orders and Order Gross Margins, factory loading with the right product mix for specific zones within the country (including Exports)
• Estimation of markets, target markets and budgets: Ensure the achievement of targets / budget through regular monitoring, supporting and interacting with the sales teams throughout the year, with implementation of improvements in plans as needed.
• Tender activity: Review specification, prepare tender estimation, submission of Techno commercial quotation & closing of opportunities.
• Sales Force.com : Maintain data quality. Opportunities to be captured, tracked & closed on regular basis.
• Order booking & handover: Coordinate with Project manager & other stakeholders. Order booking in SAP, Conduct contract review & handover with complete project details. Provide start to End solution.
• Develop and implement annual marketing plans in conjunction with business unit/product group. Prepare business plans focused on business development for the defined market to drive sales, profitability and organization requirements.
• Individual role with a focus on operational execution; short/medium-term operational goals.
• Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values - safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background

• Should have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering. A master’s degree in business, marketing, or engineering is a plus.
• 07 to 12 years of experience in Product Marketing / Sales / Business development (Preferably of Transformer products) or Transformer Electrical Engineering / and/or Project Manager, preferably associated with transformer businesses. 
• The person in this role should have strong technical skills, in addition to the marketing experience.
• Intercultural sensitivity is required, with good communication skills in oral and written
• Experience in change management, coaching, motivating, and developing diverse technical teams      
• Be willing to travel ~25%
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required