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Position Summary:

Manage development process and launch of assigned new vacuum product concepts. Manages and directs activities of vacuum application engineering. Identifies new product and application opportunities that align with global business goals. Supports selling of potential customers around world. Works with colleagues, in various geographic locations, across engineering, manufacturing, quality sales, supply chain, and marketing departments throughout various products’ life cycles.

Essential Functions:

• Products and applications: Strategic role in managing the product roadmap and selection of application opportunities.  Reviews complex exceptions to customer purchase order amendments and/or additions and discusses with appropriate department.  May provide assistance to customers regarding complaints and takes corrective action as required.
• Problem solving: Identify, define and present alternatives to solve product road map problems and application issues.  Propose processes and procedure modifications as needed.
• Planning: Reviews formal written proposals for professional presentation of equipment and accessory offerings to meet customer specifications. 
• Project Management: Provide project management to engineering staff. Works with engineering management to delegate projects to staff to maintain work flow and provide customer service.  Reviews deviations to project costs and/or adjustments.  Reviews project time estimates.
• Product Information: Technical expert in products and applications. Maintains knowledge of competitor’s products, sales features, pricing structures and marketing methods.  Ensures product offerings meet desired company margin guidelines.  Participates in customer visits to assist in the sales process.
• Develop testing methods and equipment: Prove out pumps and accessories in vacuum applications.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in product management. 
• 5+ years of experience providing technical support and/or selling vacuum pumps.
• Project management experience required
• Bachelor in science, chemical engineering or mechanical engineering (or international equivalent); MBA a plus.
• Ability to interface with all levels of engineering, sales, quality, manufacturing, procurement, shipping, production, etc. and foster excellent working relationships with customers. 
• Solid analytical skills to aid in marketing activities. 
• Sales experience a plus.
• Strong business acumen.
• Ability to juggle ambiguity of competing priorities and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills. Multi-lingual a plus.
• Willingness to travel globally.

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.