Product Marketing Manager - Basics BU

Job Description Reporting to Product Marketing Manager for North America you will be responsible for promoting the Basics product lines to the American market, setting strategy and direction for the product line to develop sales and profitability by developing new business opportunities in the region. This role will own new business opportunities in America, ensure the coordination with Sales, Business Development and Engineering to win the new business opportunities.The ideal candidate must be versatile, with a good blend of business acumen, technically savvy and be a quick learner with the ability to manage new responsibilities in a very dynamic environment.Duties and responsibilities:identifying new sales leads, target accounts, and target applicationsproposing appropriate solutions along with business proposal (example quotations)assisting all relevant stake holders on a sales campaigndeveloping relationships with the sales and FAE and the customershaving an in-depth understanding of solutions offered and applications servedpromoting and advocating the BU within the sales organizationproviding guidance to the engineering, marketing and management on upcoming market trends, competitive threats, etc. etc.assist the relevant Product Line Managers with planning, managing, promoting the product line through the various product life cycleassist the web developers, and marketing teams with relevant information to help promote the BU and its solutions; also, attend trade showsdevelop business plans for new product investmentssome travel involvedCandidate requirements:Minimum of a BS degree in business, marketing or a technical/engineering discipline.At least 5 years of experience in the sales / product marketing / business development in the I.T. Telecom / Automotive / Interconnect industryExtremely important to have a "can-do" attitude. Need to have willingness to "roll up your sleeves" to get the job done.Excellent interpersonal skills that demonstrate the ability to build rapport, internally and externallyHighly self-motivated with strong work ethicsExcellent written and communication skills.Willingness and ability to travel frequently.Proficiency with Microsoft office (Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint).Be able to communicate across various time zones, and languages to get the message across and get what you need.