About this role
Kärcher is the world's leading supplier of cleaning technology and stands for quality, innovation and sustainability. We owe this success not least to our employees. As a family-owned company with mature corporate structures, we offer outstanding career prospects and a trusting working environment. Interesting challenges and open knowledge transfer offer a perfect platform for your individual career planning and personal development.
As our Regional Product Management Head, reporting directly to the Regional President you will be accountable for the overall category performance and development. In this role, you will define category strategy and steer regional Go-to-Market (GTM) execution.
This is how you WOW:
- Drive Long-Term Regional Strategy: Build and execute category strategies in line with regional needs and global road maps
- Commercial Execution : Steer commercial execution across subsidiaries to ensure the achievement of targeted growth and margin objectives
- Market Insights: Study and understand local markets to successfully launch products or develop suitable products for the region aligning with the global Product Head.
- Portfolio Management: Maintain a successful, balanced portfolio to achieve commercial targets and effectively manage portfolio complexity. Lead product lifecycle management initiatives.
- Product Training : Drive product training across the organization, ensuring strong comprehension and execution of key value propositions.
- Govern Pricing & Margin Integrity: In charge to define the product positioning that ensure competitiveness and sustainable margin structure
- Market insights & Competitor Insights: Analytics & Intelligence Frameworks: Lead MIS architecture to synthesize customer and market data, directly informing feature prioritization and launching impactful commercial programs.
- VOC Ambassador : Ensure constant understanding of customer and consumer needs and collaborate with Global Product VP to develop winning product road maps
- Lead & Inspire: Lead with energy and embody KÄRCHER values to develop top talent across the regional product management community.
It would be WOW if you would bring in:
- 10–15 years of progressive commercial leadership in Product Management, Category Management and/or sales within an international matrix organization.
- Demonstrated track record managing omnichannel consumer durables and/or B2B/commercial product portfolios across Asian region.
- Executive presence & matrix leadership: Proven ability to influence work and collaborate with different stakeholders (Global, Regional, Local)
- Commercial acumen: Strong command of P&L drivers, margin management, pricing corridors, and NPI launch ROI.
- Collaborative mindset: Ensure seamless execution via active cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Marketing, and Finance.
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Marketing, or a related field.
- Languages: Full professional proficiency in English (German or Asian regional languages a plus).
Our Karcher WOW-package:
- Always innovating : It’s in our DNA to let people realize their full potential and vision for the greater good.
- Please follow the yellow line: You’ll drive a fully equipped service vehicle right from the start. Hit the road with confidence, knowing that your service vehicle is ready to support you in delivering the highest standards of excellence.
- Impact-driven: Together we make a powerful impact towards a clean world. As a sustainable family business, we strive to make a contribution for a better tomorrow.
- Learning by doing: Lifelong learning and to continuous development of your skills and competencies matter to us.
- A culture of WOW! At Karcher, we want everyone to thrive. Varied sports opportunities, a company pension plan or direct insurance from your first day or work.
So: Wanna WOW with us?
Simply click Apply Now or send your resume to [email protected]
We look forward to getting to know you!