Product Manager

Want to work for one of the global market leading HVAC valve manufactures and play an instrumental role in expanding its product portfolio in the Chinese domestic market? We are looking for an experienced Chinese HVAC engineer to join our Chinese operations located in Ningbo, Zheijang Province.

As the Product Manager for our Chinese operations you will be working closely with our Chinese Salesforce as well as our Global Marketing, Sales and R&D departments in the corporate headquarter in Slagelse, Denmark.

Main purpose of job and accountabilities

Product management of both own produced and traded products for the domestic HVAC/Building construction segment.
Establish close working relationship with Product Management and R&D in our corporate head office and implement/utilize the corporate New Product Development process and associated tools/procedures.
Provide new product ideas and improvements relevant for the domestic Chinese market through Voice of the Customer (VoC) interviews and feedback from the sales team.
Key account responsibilities for private label customers selling into the Chinese market.
Commercial support to sales and distributors; take ownership of the pricing structure.
Provide technical product and application knowledge support to our sales team and occasionally join them in customer visits – as the technical domain expert.
Assist sales and marketing in developing strong local value propositions, clearly demonstrating our technical and quality related competitive advantages benefits for the customer.
Develop Chinese product and application training material (based on the global toolkit available) and train our salesforce and other relevant customer facing associates.
Project manage the translation to Chinese of all customer facing product related technical documentation.
Undertake regular monitoring of competitors’ activities and provide competitor product benchmarking.

You will be reporting to the Marketing Manager in our Ningbo facility

What we are looking for

The right candidate for this role will:

Essentials

As a minimum have a Bachelor degree as a HVAC engineer, alternatively several years of experience in the HVAC segment as an installer or consultant (specifier)
Education or experience in the field of fluid dynamics especially within the field of Hydronics
Heating and cooling system knowledge and related application know-how
Experience in energy calculation and optimization
Experience in project management
Sound written and verbal communication skills in both Chinese and English
Good documentation skills, with strong attention to detail

Desirables

Experience with valve technology in a HVAC context
Experience in working closely together with sales teams
Experience in AutoCad or a similar system, maybe even know-how of Building Information Modelling – BIM
Experience in B2B Marketing and Sales
Experience in technical copywriting
Knowledge off and/or relationships with construction consultancies, design agencies and/or mechanical electrical plumbing contractors (MEP’s)

The Company

Frese Group is a privately-owned company with 200+ employees

The group consists primarily of two business areas;

Frese A/S and its related business units outside Denmark, which develop, manufacture and sell dynamic balancing valves to the global HVAC market and its various systems. From cooling systems in the Middle East to heating systems in Scandinavia, our commitment to constant innovation ensures that our products are state of the art and easy to install into relevant application/systems. Over 25 years’ experience producing dynamic balancing solutions utilizing advanced manufacturing and robotic assembly lines, have positioned Frese as one of the leading manufacturer of energy saving valves. Frese Valves (Ningbo) Co, Ltd. currently employs 25 associates – and the number is constantly growing.

Frese Metal-& Stålstøberi A/S is a modern order producing foundry, utilizing the latest 3D scanning, simulation and printing technology, to develop state of the art solutions for especially the Marine and Offshore industry in close liaison with customers throughout North Europe.

The Frese Group have experienced on average double-digit growth over the past 5 years and now have a new strategic plan in place for 2018-20 with even more ambitious growth targets.

The Package

We appreciate that to get the right talent, we must offer a compelling package. So, in addition, to the salary itself, the package will entail a bonus scheme, social charges (pension fund, housing fund, unemployment fund medical and injury insurance), mobile phone reimbursement and several social activities including an annual company tour.

Travel

Domestic and international travel should be expected, but will be occasional and planned well in advance.

Application instructions

Any questions regarding the position, please contact General Manager; Marie Sun, msun@fresevalves.com, +86 139 5783 0820 or Group Marketing Director; Soren Wandy Pedersen, swp@frese.dk , +45 21636123.

Please send CV and application to Marie Sun, list the job title in the subject line and use your private email address. Deadline for applications: 4 May 2018. All applications will be handled confidentially.