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Role Summary / Purpose
The Product Manager Subsea Valve Technology is a key role within the subsea product platform. The role has been created to provide the focus, vision and leadership required to develop GE Oil & Gas within the subsea arena. Effective product management is critical to ensure we deliver the products and solutions the industry needs in a timely and cost effective manner. We need to solve our customers' problems.
Responsibilities
* Review and identify market technical needs.
* Standardisation, identifying standard products.
* Analysis of trends (e.g., HP/HT, Large Bore etc.).
* Benchmark costs for standard products.
* Review of valve performance requirements verification methods and specification development. Benchmark against competitors and industry requirements.
* Define technical strengths and weaknesses (e.g., matrix and parametric analysis).
* Review ITTs and identify technical gaps.
* Segmentation of market by technical capability to identify which markets will be strongest.
* Define capability trends and specification developments (e.g., API P).
* Responsible for cost-out initiatives and value engineering opportunities.
* Drive the use of LCC engineering, sourcing and manufacture; promote lean processes.
* Responsible for NPI, PLE project definition, support and management relating to Subsea Valves; define PLE/NPI needs and opportunities; define and prepare toll gate review documentation for NPI/PLE investments; manage ongoing programs; encourage new ideas.
* Interface with customers, functional teams and senior management as required to ensure that the market, opportunity identification and risk assurance programs are planned, facilitated, and executed.
* Drive subsea valve product of tomorrow.
* Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental leadership; implement HSE policies and procedures in all activities; develop a safety strategy for subsea valve product line as part of the MGPP.
* Leadership: develop and communicate a multi-functional project; lead cross-functional teams; develop action plans for business implementation and improvement.
* Marketing: identify market size and opportunities; work with Marketing to develop communications, internal and external; develop a specific new product introduction strategy.
* Customer Interface: participate in meetings with clients and provide feedback to support our product strategies; identify and justify mitigating actions to achieve growth plans.
* Personnel Development: mentor younger staff; monitor and counsel on their activities; ensure regulatory requirements relative to designs; ensure health, safety and environmental risk control is paramount; provide or support training of staff based upon technical expertise.
Principal Accountability
* Ensure compliance with Company Policies and Procedures; maintain focus on strategic objectives.
* Provide accurate and validated progress reports through direct reports as required; measure effectiveness via product group metrics and KPIs (budget vs plan, ROI, orders, revenue, margins).
* Deliver on time and within budget the agreed metrics.
* Ensure the accuracy and breadth of deliverables meets internal and external customer requirements.
* Minimise risk to health, safety and environmental impact as a result of the design, manufacture and operation of VetcoGray equipment.
Experience / Capabilities
* Business scope up to $500M+; small teams up to 5–10 persons; interfaces with regional management, EPC project management, procurement (supply management).
Qualifications / Requirements
* Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering with a minimum of 10 years relevant experience.
* Fundamental understanding of valve technology, design analysis methods, industry standards and valve qualification and test methods.
* Experience in industrial organisations and/or manufacturing.
* Ability to regularly interface and update progress on assigned objectives and projects.
* Experience interfacing with overseas country management engineering groups on products and procedures; needs to interface with Product Centres of Excellence, Project Management, on an as-needed basis.
* Regular interaction with customers, suppliers and third-party verification authorities.
Desired Characteristics
Excellent customer networker. Experience from subsea processing development and delivery projects. Understanding of customer organisations, decision processes and routes to market for subsea processing. Conference presentation experience.
How to Apply
To apply, please visit www.gecareerfair.com/SS, select the job title and click on it to view position details and complete the application for an invitation to our Career Fair. For more information about GE Oil & Gas, please visit www.geoilandgas.com.
EEO Statement
An equal opportunity employer.
Note
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