Product Manager Chocolate Portfolio
📍 Uzwil
Role and responsibilities
You drive portfolio strategy and growth by defining the roadmap, identifying market opportunities, and ensuring the long-term competitiveness of the product and service portfolio. You manage the full lifecycle of products and services by leading new product introductions, portfolio optimization, standardization initiatives, service development, and phase-out activities. You translate customer and market needs into solutions by gathering market insights, analyzing industry trends, customer requirements, and competitive developments. You support commercial success by defining value propositions, pricing strategies, business cases, and commercialization plans for products and services. You create and steer sales and marketing content by defining key messaging, supporting campaigns, and enabling sales teams with effective tools and training as well as representing Bühler at internal and external events.
Team / description
Two billion people eat food every day that was produced with Bühler equipment. One billion people drive vehicles whose parts were manufactured with our machines. Bühler aims to balance humanity, nature, and the economy in every decision as it develops solutions that unlock sustainable business opportunities in the global food, feed, and mobility industries. We strive to create innovations for a better world, with a special focus on healthy, safe, and sustainable solutions. Therefore, we team up with customers, start-ups, multinationals, and academia to accelerate impact together.
Qualifications and Skills
Degree from a University or University of Applied Sciences (FH) in Engineering, Food Technology or Business Administration
Several years of experience in Product Management, Business Development, Sales, or a comparable strategic role as well as experience in portfolio management, pricing, product launches, market analysis, and commercialization activities
Strong business acumen combined with technical affinity and the ability to translate customer needs into profitable business opportunities
Very good communication skills in English combined with excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across functions, regions, and cultures
Willingness to travel internationally (approximately 20–30%)