Product Manager

Valeo Otomotiv Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ.

Ready to tackle the challenges of the vehicle of the future? Join Valeo and its teams and take part in the automotive electrification, autonomous driving and connectivity revolutions around the world!

Valeo Service, fulfilling aftermarket needs worldwide.

Valeo was founded in 1923 in Saint Ouen (France).

Valeo, an automotive supplier and strategic partner to all automakers worldwide, is the leading supplier of cutting-edge automotive technologies.

Valeo Service, part of the Valeo Group, is the automotive aftermarket specialist worldwide. Valeo Service commitment is to care for you and your customers’ vehicles (passenger cars and industrial vehicles) long after they have left the production floor.

Whether you are an automaker, a spare parts distributor, a car dealer, a garage, or an individual car owner, Valeo Service is at your side in over 150 countries.

 The mission: anticipate, answer and follow up your aftermarket needs.

Valeo Service Turkey is now looking for a “Product Manager” to be based in Istanbul Küçükyalı Office.

Your Challenges ?

•          You build and maintain profitable distribution of Valeo Passenger Cars and Heavy Duty products in the designated area for Independant Aftermarket Customers on maintenance products

•          You efficiently and economically manage the territory and achieve budget sales for area

•          You maximise sales and profit into the Valeo distributor base including campaigns and specific quantity offers, maintain and improve re-ordering and stock levels

•          You assist the distributors in organising campaigns and promotions, seeking new markets/customers and promoting and organising trade events & you maximise brand quality and range awareness into the market place

•          You seek competitor and marketing informations

Let’s talk about you...

·         University graduate

·         Proven work experience in product management / marketing min. 3 years

·         Knowledge of maintenance products (Passenger and Heavy Duty vehicles) is an asset

·         Excellent knowledge of MS office applications   

·         Fluency in English language

·         SAP knowledge is a plus

·         Self-motivated and team player

·         Analytical, result oriented, good time management skills

·         Strong technical problem solving skills

·         Able to elaborate and deploy a customer development plan including understanding of marketing dynamics  (4P), competition knowledge and follow up, understanding of customer's expectations and setting up commercial targets

·         Able to prepare and set up a professional sales presentation. Capacity to use communication techniques to convince. Able to be clear. Capability of dealing with different issues during a presentation and communicating clearly the objectives

·         Able to identify customer needs and business opportunities. Proactive development of understanding of the customer organization and problems

·         Capable of detect, design and implement solutions adapted to situations and people (evaluate, diagnose). Identification and weighting of important parameters, identification of causes, priorities and development of solutions in a spirit of continuous improvement

·         Able to retrieve  qualitative and quantitative market information on distributors, end users, competitors (products and strategy), OEMs, vehicle and technical trends

·         Able to understand the vehicle environment and detailed functionnalities of the product (beyond its technical characteristics)

·         Capable of monitoring current market prices and their evolution, to assess Valeo's products against competitors', determine pricing strategy, target cost and product price positioning, and make sure agreed price positioning is implemented

Join us!

Thanks to its strategy based on innovation, Valeo is at the heart of the three revolutions that are revolutionizing the automobile: the electrification of the vehicle, the advent of the autonomous and connected vehicle, and the development of digital mobility. 

Revolutions that Valeo has anticipated and that are today synonymous with great career opportunities, including abroad! At Valeo, innovation is driven by diversity, authenticity and the energy of its talents. Would you like to live new technological and human adventures? Join Valeo and its 111,600 employees in 33 countries!