• Combines customer / business / product understanding for designated product range/portfolio, obtained through governance, AOMs and own activity within customer interface.
• Is accountable for the market competitiveness of the designated product range/portfolio globally (or in Area).
• PLM leads the determination the product characteristics, or product changes, needed to meet the Area/frontline needs, business targets of the Business Line and in order to achieve differentiation from competition.
• PLM prioritizes product requirements from all Areas & change needs for designated product range/portfolio. Engages Platform and Category management and Supply organization for analysis. Drives through the needs into execution within the governance and Solution Creation process. Can use 3rd party when needed.
• Using key stakeholders, drives together product business cases for decision-making, as often as possible on KONE-level, follows-up the materialization of the business case for deviations.
• PLM is a decision-maker for offering impacting product changes (CR) and often for other product decisions following the offering governance model.
• Leads the definition of designated product range/portfolio strategy and roadmap, including product cost targets, range and range extension needs, time to market, performance criteria, and features, installability and quality targets.
• Leads the life-cycle management for the product range/portfolio – provides BLUE input, drives for product targets and business case, follows-up and supports development, ensures readiness in full-chain, tracks post-release performance, is involved deciding retirement/termination, takes into account Modernization/replacing products needs, when needed involves GSS and Maintenance business.
• Is responsible for driving the favourable cost development of the designated product range/portfolio, leads the identification of the needed cost reduction actions together with Platforms and Categories, follows-up execution.
• Sets & tracks technical and business KPIs regularly, including target setting and follow up of maintainability, installability, quality. Pushes for corrective actions when needed.
• Supports PD projects in reaching their targets, acts as business owner.
• Is knowledgeable of the product range/portfolio volumes, and what options are selling what not, in order to be able to manage the development focus of the product range/portfolio.
• Is often involved in preparing for the TP settings of the product range/portfolio.
• Understand competitor solutions within the designated product range/portfolio, partakes actively in competitor intelligence work. Uses this information to strengthen KONE product range/portfolio competitiveness.
• Defines how KONE solution differs from competition, and what is the basic value that KONE solutions provide to our customers.
• Interfaces Marketing teams to approve product marketing messages, including all relevant customer segments.
• Leads the work to define a KONE favourable product spec for designated product range/portfolio to be used in tendering cases influencing customer requirements.
• Actively supports AOMs and Area NEB/SEB directors in optimizing the offered solution
• Actively, when needed, participates in customer interface, supporting sales and marketing needs
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