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LBX is looking to add a Senior Manager Innovation and Product Portfolio Strategies to the team!

The Senior Manager of Innovation and Product Portfolio Strategies is responsible for shaping and executing the company’s long term product and innovation vision. This role leads the development of strategic product portfolio plans that align with business goals, drives cross functional collaboration, and ensures innovation efforts meet the evolving needs of customers and the market.

Essential Functions:

40% - Define the vision on how Innovation Strategies will shape the company LTP. Direct the creation, management, and execution of well thought out and organized Product Portfolio and Innovation Strategies that help shape the company LTP as well as fulfill the needs of the company MTP. Develop and recommend Product Portfolio Strategies and establish overall product plans based on what we really need to support the company MTP and LTP goals.

Such plans should clearly identify the purpose, lean on 3C analysis, as well as recommend on how we will execute and meet our goals, i.e., in-house resource, collaboration with SCM, or partnership with 3rd party. Lead efforts to create Strategic Reviews, at least once a year, with LBX Senior Leadership Team and Board Members to ensure alignment on product related strategies with SCM Management.

30% - Lead by example and coach, mentor and raise the team’s abilities to deliver and exceed expectations while creating opportunities for succession talent.

30% - Provide leadership to ensure that cross-functional Platform is run efficiently and that product improvement, and innovation are planned and implemented in a way that is consistent with the needs of LBX customers and LBX strategy. Promote and foster open communication within the IPPS, cross-functionally within LBX, and with SCM Management.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must be able to interact and cooperate with all company employees.
• Ability to build trust, value others, communicate effectively, drive execution, foster innovation, focus on delivery to customers, collaborate with others, solve problems creatively and demonstrate high integrity.
• Maintain professional internal and external relationships that meet company core values.
• Proactively establish and maintain effective working team relationships with all support departments.
• Strong knowledge of the heavy equipment industry, including working knowledge of mobile equipment hydraulic and electrical systems.
•  Understand and work with different cultures and environments, including Japanese culture.

Minimum Qualifications:

•  Bachelor’s degree in business discipline, engineering, construction management, or equivalent related work experience. A master’s degree (MBA, Engineering or related field) is desired but not required.
• 5 years of management experience with a combination of Product Development, Marketing, or Innovation Technology within comparable industries.
• 10 years of experience in construction, forestry, agricultural, mining or other heavy mobile equipment or related industry.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Planner/Project.
•  Strong communication skills including written, verbal and listening skills.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Manages as team and demonstrates leadership throughout entire company.

Success Factors:

• Live and breathe from our company core values: Genuine, Agile, Bleed Link-Belt Red.
• Develop and Lead the Team: Show self-awareness; identify gaps in self and others. Align team goals and activities with organizational goals. Can motivate different types of people, can flex leadership style.
• Ability to be Strategic and Tactical: Do the right things – Strategic, Planning LBX’s next move. Do things right – Tactical, Carrying out the plan. Have vision & Execution. Operate in quadrant 1 & 2; while avoiding 3 & 4. Ability to articulate a vision and strategy in a way that inspires and motivates a team and focus their energy on achieving our company business goals.
• Be Decisive: Be aware of timeliness of decisions and who decides. Listen to different points of view. Quickly evaluate information required. Communicate effectively – bring clarity to decision. Willing to be accountable for your decision.
• Have a Catalytic Learning Capability: Have the capacity to look for new ideas, the capability to absorb them, ability to translate new learning into productive actions to support our business.
•  Be a Role Model and Teacher: Foster cooperative relationships and teamwork. Highly trustworthy, engage people in very candid conversations about business challenges. Able to get to the core of a problem quickly and find viable solutions. Treat everyone with respect regardless of their position, role, or title. Be humble and recognize one’s own weaknesses.
• Exceptional track record of developing and implementing product and innovation strategies that have consistently met or exceeded planned objectives, providing personal leadership through example.

Travel Expectations:

• Extensive domestic and international travel required at times.

Working Conditions:

•  This position requires spending time in a seated position while working at a computer station for extended periods of time. Work also requires standing, walking, bending, reaching, hearing, talking, and lifting (up to 50 pounds). Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

General Disclaimer:

• This job description is based on the work being performed by the person in this role. Employee may be asked to perform other duties as assigned. This job description is subject to change at any time.