Aftermarket Product Manager - Piney Flats, TN
Summary
On-site Aftermarket Product Manager at Bell (Textron) Aeronautical Accessories in Piney Flats, TN, leading cross-functional development of aftermarket aircraft products from concept through launch and end-of-life — building business cases, analyzing markets and margins, and coordinating engineering, production, sales, and regulatory teams. Involves ~10% travel.
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Aftermarket Product Manager
The Aftermarket Product Manager is responsible for leading a multi-disciplinary team through the entire life cycle of aftermarket aircraft products at Aeronautical Accessories from concept to retirement. This role coordinates cross-functional teams to ensure technical, regulatory, and market alignment. Key responsibilities include strategic planning, business case development, market analysis, and lifecycle management to deliver certified, customer-focused solutions that drive growth in the aviation aftermarket.
What you’ll be doing as an Aftermarket Product Manager
· Lead and manage the development project for new aftermarket aircraft products from initial concept into launch and sustainment.
· Facilitate New Product Development recurring meetings at a frequency determined by the business environment.
· Prepare business cases, including coordination of non-recurring efforts (engineering and production), sales market data, and estimated manufacturing cost. The inputs will be provided by the functional department representatives
· Maintain new product concepts through the approval process until Engineering initiates an active project.
· Collaborate with engineering design, marketing, sales, finance, production support, manufacturing and regulatory teams to ensure smooth and coordinated product development and introduction.
· Participate in design and production reviews as well as coordinate with Sales and Marketing to ensure that technical market analysis identifying trends, customer needs, competitive products, product roadmaps & IR&D priorities.
· In collaboration with the stakeholders, develop a statement of work that defines the customer and regulatory requirements.
· Develop short- & long-term product strategies, including lifecycle management (new, sustaining, and end of life).
· Analyze product performance, including volume, margin, and pricing.
· Manage/monitor potential obsolescence issues that could impact customers and identify product gaps and opportunities for new solutions.
· Travel 10% of the time.
· Other duties as assigned.