Product Manager Agrar (m/w/d)
About the company
The bilstein group is a leading global provider in the aftermarket for passenger car and commercial vehicle models with a range of over 90,000 parts. Through our network of more than 20 international subsidiaries and a presence in over 170 countries, we are among the key players on a global level in this market segment. Our approximately 3,100 employees, distributed across our national locations in Ennepetal, Wuppertal, Frechen, Gelsenkirchen, and Durmersheim as well as our international locations, generate an annual turnover of around 1.36 billion euros.
Your tasks
As Product Manager Agrar (m/w/d), you will identify attractive product opportunities, drive agricultural projects from idea to realization, and shape the further development of our agricultural business together with internal interfaces and new suppliers. Bring your market knowledge, your ideas, and your intuition for new potentials to us and develop the agricultural sector further together with us. Area of activity
- Keeping an eye on markets and trends: You observe and analyze technological changes and developments in agriculture and derive relevant potentials and opportunities for our product portfolio from them
- Understanding markets and competition: You evaluate worldwide market information and continuously expand your knowledge of trading markets as well as direct competitors.
- Shaping strategy: Based on sound potential analyses, you develop a brand and product strategy for the agricultural sector together with relevant interfaces and translate this into a clear roadmap
- Unlocking new business potentials: You proactively identify new suppliers and procurement opportunities and evaluate them with regard to future market and product requirements
- Building networks: You develop and maintain a relevant network within the agricultural industry to identify trends, market needs, and new business opportunities at an early stage.
- Driving implementation: You accompany the developed strategies from idea to implementation and ensure structured documentation and further development of the roadmap
Requirements
- Completed studies in the field of agricultural sciences, agricultural technology, industrial engineering, business administration, or a comparable qualification
- Experience in product management, ideally with a connection to agriculture, agricultural technology, or a technically oriented environment
- Good understanding of markets, competition, and technological developments
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking as well as the ability to translate market information into concrete recommendations for action
- Strong communication skills and enjoyment in building networks and bringing different interfaces together
- Initiative, entrepreneurial thinking, and a good sense for new market and business potentials
- Good written and spoken English skills for communication in an international environment
What we offer
- As a family-run and growing company, we offer you a secure and crisis-proof workplace
- A good work-life balance through a 38.5-hour week, mobile working, and 30 days of vacation
- An attractive salary package, rounded off by holiday and Christmas bonuses, profit sharing, employee capital participation, and attractive employee discounts
- Individually tailored professional and personal training opportunities
- Is your car broken? With us, you receive a discount on your automotive spare parts
- Prefer traveling by bike? Use our attractive bike leasing offer
- Or would you rather take the train? We offer a subsidy for the Deutschlandticket