Portfolio & Sales Interface - Deputy Manager
Bosch · Posted Nov 5
Mobility, industrial technology, consumer goods, and energy and building technology services
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About the role
This role sits in Bosch's portfolio and sales interface function for India, developing a fact-based view of market dynamics, customer needs and competitor moves to shape regional product demand. The work spans product lifecycle management, commercial performance tracking and portfolio strategy for Power Tools or adjacent technical products. The Deputy Manager acts as the strategic portfolio partner to India Sales, driving cross-functional alignment across Marketing, Finance, Logistics, Supply Chain and Product Management.
What you will do
- Market, Customer & Competitive Insights: Develop a fact-based view of market dynamics and customer needs. Consolidate input from Sales, users, dealers and channel partners; monitor competitor moves; identify opportunities, portfolio gaps and commercial risks.
- Portfolio Strategy & Regional Requirements: Translate field and market insights into prioritized regional product demand. Contribute regional requirements to portfolio strategy, product roadmaps, business cases and portfolio trade-offs, while aligning India Sales and Portfolio priorities.
- Product Lifecycle Management: Manage regional lifecycle requirements from ideation and launch through adoption, rationalization, phase-out and retirement. Align launches and phase-outs with regional sales plans and market readiness.
- Commercial Performance Management: Track revenue, volume, margin, market share, product mix and new-product performance. Diagnose performance gaps and recommend corrective actions, including portfolio rationalization and cost or complexity reduction opportunities.
- Sales Interface & Feedback Loop: Act as the strategic portfolio partner to India Sales. Provide timely product, portfolio and competitive insights, and establish a structured feedback loop that converts field input into portfolio decisions and actions.
- Planning: Build project volumes by connecting market demand, channel signals, launch plans and portfolio changes with commercial planning assumptions.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Drive alignment across Sales, Marketing, Finance, Logistics, Supply Chain, Segment Teams, Product Management, Product Development and Global Portfolio Management to execute portfolio priorities and resolve issues
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering ; Master's degree in Business Management preferred.
- 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in portfolio management, product marketing, category management, business development or Sales in a technical product environment.
- Strong exposure to regional and field sales dynamics, with the ability to convert market insight into measurable business action.
- Experience with P&L, pricing, market share, sales forecasting or portfolio performance is preferred.
- Power Tools or adjacent technical-product experience is an advantage.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Bosch
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services, operating across mobility, industrial technology, consumer goods, and energy and building technology sectors. Driven by its purpose to create technology that is "Invented for life," the company leverages its expertise in hardware, software, and IoT to shape global trends such as automation, electrification, and artificial intelligence.
- Industry
- Automotive
- Company size
- 406225 employees
- Founded
- 1886
- Location
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Funding stage
- Private Company
Leadership
Chairman of the Board of Management
Deputy Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
Markus Heyn
Deputy Chairman and Chairman of Mobility
Frank Meyer
Member of the Board of Management
Recent coverage
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