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About the Role

Drive Spec-Wins to achieve annual objectives. Become a reliable technical contributor in projects for both VAT and customers. Lead the definition of specifications for new product developments and existing product customizations to protect and increase the Share of Wallet for VAT.

Responsibilities

Identify customers technical roadmaps and share among internal stakeholders.
Provide accurate and precise answers to customer requests and questions.
Responsible for New Product Introduction (NPI).
Responsible for customer evaluations on-site, e.g., testing valves in a cleanroom at the customer site.
Reflect Voice of VAT project team in customer projects.
Reflect Voice of Customer in product development projects.
Guide and influence customers on their technical decisions based on the strategy of VAT engineering & product management.
Provide regular reports to supervisor and timely information sharing among the team and stakeholders.
Support complex technical problems at customers in cooperation with the responsible Product Manager and escalate if necessary.
Support the sales team in customer acquisition and negotiations and proactively drive the product specification process.
Contribute to the VAT engineering network.
Monitor competitor landscape, run competition analysis, and work out VAT’s competitive advantage.

Requirements

Experience in driving Spec-Wins to achieve annual objectives.
Ability to be a reliable technical contributor in projects.
Experience in defining specifications for new product developments and existing product customizations.
Ability to identify customer technical roadmaps.
Ability to provide accurate and precise answers to customer requests.
Experience with New Product Introduction (NPI).
Experience with customer evaluations on-site.
Ability to reflect Voice of VAT project team in customer projects.
Ability to reflect Voice of Customer in product development projects.
Ability to guide and influence customers on their technical decisions.
Ability to provide regular reports and timely information sharing.
Ability to support complex technical problems at customers.
Ability to support the sales team in customer acquisition and negotiations.
Ability to proactively drive the product specification process.
Ability to monitor competitor landscape and run competition analysis.

Skills

Vacuum valves
Vacuum sealing technology
Technical contribution
Specification definition
Customer roadmap identification
Customer request handling
New Product Introduction (NPI)
On-site customer evaluations
Project management
Product development
Sales support
Negotiation
Competitor analysis

Location

Haag, Switzerland

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

50 years of experience

About the Company

VAT has stood for Innovation, Efficiency and Ambition for over 50 years.
VAT is the leading international developer, manufacturer and supplier of high-performance high-end vacuum valves and vacuum sealing technology.
VAT employs over 2000 people worldwide.
VAT has production centers in Switzerland, Malaysia, Romania and Taiwan.

Equal Opportunity

We believe in meaningful careers, continuous learning, and equal opportunities for everyone to drive our innovation and success.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace.