Company Overview:

Flowserve is the recognized world leader in supplying pumps, valves, seals, automation, and services to the power, oil, gas, chemical, and other industries.  With more than 18,000 employees in more than 55 countries, we combine our global reach with a local presence.  Flowserve is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, gender, disability or protected veteran status.

Position description:

We are seeking a passionate growth-driven business leader for our highly strategic Engineered Ball Valve product family.

Flowserve offers competitive pay, annual bonuses, medical benefits on day 1, generous paid vacation time, paid holidays, 401(k) and many other excellent benefits!

Primary Reporting: Product Director

Location: Global

Responsibilities:

Own, be accountable for, and drive product line strategy and growth

Develop Multi Generational Product Plan (MGPP) that becomes basis of strategy for product line

Utilize market insights to set strategic direction and develop value propositions that provide a sustainable competitive advantage to win market share and grow the business 

Collaborate across the global cross-functional team to frame and take ownership of product development, pricing, commercial, and operational initiatives, aligned to the product family strategy 

Define and sustain effective channel strategies across OE and MRO business, and lead go-to-market plan development and deployment 

Create and lead accountability across the organization to set and meet growth targets  

Position requirements:

Strong market-led and customer-driven mindset 

Emotionally intelligent leader and collaborator with ability to influence team members at all levels of the organization, solve complex problems, and resolve conflicts 

Clear communicator and “story-teller”, with “executive presence” and ability to communicate effectively to senior leadership 

Ability to navigate a complex global organization 

Strong prioritization skills and sense of urgency, as well as good time management with ability to effectively work with people in different time zones 

Results-driven mindset with eagerness to embrace and drive accountability 

Experience in conducting and leveraging voice-of-customer, market and competitor analysis, and financial analysis to enable clear decision-making 

Strength in developing hardware-digital value propositions linked to specific customer and application value drivers 

Innovative mindset, with eagerness to cultivate “outside-the-box” thinking across the team  

Strength in leading go-to-market commercialization efforts 

At least 8 years working with engineered products across product development, product management, or commercial and sales operations 

Proven track record across few of the following global industries – including Oil & Gas, Refining, Chemical, Energy, Power, Mining  

(4) year business or engineering degree required, MBA and/or Advanced Engineering degree preferred 

At least 3 years’ experience in a functional leadership role creating substantial business impact across one or more functions, including Product Management, Marketing, Commercial, Sales or Engineering role for industrial products 

Proven track record of working successfully with global matrix organization within multinational company 

Preferred experience:

Experience with Engineered Ball Valve applications and end markets

Experience developing strategies and driving initiatives across global distribution channels