Product Line Director - Electric Actuators

Emerson is seeking a new global business leader for our RTS Electric Actuator line. This highly visible and strategically critical role is based in our Houston, Texas location and you, with the support of your distributed team of business development, product management, engineering, operations, supply chain, and service professionals, will take a focused approach to enabling sales growth while building supply and operations capacity to match.

You will have complete ownership for the product line including product strategy, engineering, and aftermarket field support. While your direct team is dedicated to RTS product line, you will collaborate with functional leaders in Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, etc. for support and alignment with business objectives.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

Form new cross-functional team and align to shared product line goals.

Coordinate product sales opportunities globally: develop forecasts, track opportunities, identify applications, and works with regional sales leaders to generate demand.

Manage product line strategy and related engineering development and sustaining activities including field service support.

Develop supply network and ramp suppliers on critical material.

Scale existing and create additional production lines to meet capacity needs.

Grow sales while maintaining product performance, quality, and profitability.

Who You Are:

You create a feeling of belonging and strong team morale and recognizes that using each team member’s unique background and perspective is critical to achieving business objectives.

You invite input, share ownership and visibility, and make each person feel their contributions are important. You promote a sense of urgency and establish and enforce individual accountability in the team. You are completely on top of what is going on and knows where things stand.

You pursue everything with energy, drive, and the need to finish. You stage activities with relevant achievements and schedules and anticipates and adjust with effective contingency plans.

For this Role, You Will Need:

Bachelor’s degree in STEM or Business (Engineering preferred).

Minimum 5 years proven experience.

Experience spanning sales, marketing, engineering, operations/supply chain, project management, and/or product management in a related industry or equivalent.

Experience forming and leading a team.

Preferred Qualifications that Set You Apart:
Master of Business Administration.

Our Offer To You:

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing and know that to do your best you must have flexible, competitive benefit plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage.

Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more.

Our culture prioritizes work-life balance and offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.

At Emerson, we are committed to fostering a culture where every employee is valued and respected for their unique experiences and perspectives.

We believe a diverse and inclusive work environment contributes to the rich exchange of ideas and diversity of thoughts, that inspire innovation and brings the best solutions to our customers.

The philosophy is fundamental to living our company’s values and our responsibility to leave the world in a better place. Learn more about ourCulture & Valuesand aboutDiversity, Equity, & Inclusion at Emerson.

Our training programs and initiatives focus on end-to end development, from onboarding through senior leadership.

We provide a wide range of development opportunities, including face-to-face and virtual training, mentorship, and coaching, project management, and on-the-job training.