Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.

Company Overview:

If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone!

Company Overview:

Flowserve is the recognized world leader in supplying pumps, valves, seals, automation, and services to the power, oil, gas, chemical, and other industries. With more than 18,000 employees in more than 55 countries, we combine our global reach with a local presence. Flowserve is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, gender, disability or protected veteran status.

Position Description:

The Product Specialist will oversee and direct Product Management activities for the Gate, Globe & Check and Butterfly Valve product portfolios. She/he will take ownership of the respective products and will drive specific product strategy and tactical actions.

The Product Specialist will be customer facing and will ensure alignment between global product strategy and market needs, will be linked to financial targets and will drive product commercialization by enhancing value proposition.

Flowserve offers competitive pay, annual bonuses, medical benefits on day 1, generous paid vacation time, paid holidays, 401(k) and many other excellent benefits!

Primary Reporting: Global Product Manager

Secondary Reporting: Product Director

Location: All USA

Position requirements:

• Strong customer-driven approach

• Emotionally intelligent leader and collaborator with ability to influence team members at all levels of the organization, solve complex problems, and resolve conflicts

• Innovative mindset, with eagerness to cultivate “outside-the-box” thinking across the team

• Great prioritization skills and sense of urgency, as well as good time management with ability to effectively work with people in different time zones

• Clear communicator and strategy thinker. Able to get to the “so what” points while keeping the audience engaged

• Ability to adopt to different market segments (Power, Chemical, O&G, Energy Transition etc)

• Technical expertise on Valves and Actuators is a plus

• Former experience in a Gate,Globe,Check or Butterfly Valve company is a plus

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Engineering and minimum 5 years of experience ideally in Product Management, Operations, Sales or Project Management

Responsibilities:

• Implement global product strategies and develop product roadmaps in alignment with the Global Product Manager

• Provide strategic direction and take ownership of cross-functional initiatives

• Create strategic cross functional collaboration with Sales, Operations, Engineering

• Conduct Voice of Customer (VOC) and Customer product meetings

• Bring new products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs; support return-on-investment analysis; establishing time schedules with engineering and manufacturing

• Collaborate with R&D project manager and engineering leaders, ensuring deliverables completion and removing barriers

• Support product commercialization of the portfolio globally

• Drive product globalization activities, including supply chain and manufacturing localization to support the global business

• Introduce and market new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production

• Forecast, refine and track product financials for the region and take actions to align them to the product budget

• Serve as key information source for marketing, product development, and other decision makers in the organization

• Provide information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product sales forecasts and special reports and analysis.

• Assess product market data:

• Call on customers with field sales and evaluating sales call results

• Assess competitive landscape

• Use strategic market knowledge tools

• Support product pricing, review production volume and sales costs

Req ID : R-12560

Job Family Group : Marketing

Job Family : MK Product Management

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