Deputy Manager – Portfolio & Sales Interface

About the role

The Deputy Manager – Portfolio & Sales Interface will act as the strategic bridge between Bosch’s product portfolio and the India sales organization, ensuring market needs are reflected in product decisions and that sales teams receive timely portfolio insights.

Key responsibilities

• Develop fact‑based market, customer and competitive insights and consolidate input from sales, dealers and channel partners.
• Translate field and market insights into prioritized regional product demand and contribute to portfolio strategy and product roadmaps.
• Manage the regional product lifecycle from ideation and launch through adoption, rationalisation, phase‑out and retirement, aligning with sales plans.
• Track commercial performance (revenue, volume, margin, market share) and recommend corrective actions, including portfolio rationalisation.
• Serve as the strategic portfolio partner to India Sales, providing timely product, portfolio and competitive insights and establishing a feedback loop.
• Drive cross‑functional alignment across Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Product Management and Global Portfolio Management to execute portfolio priorities.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering; Master's degree in Business Management preferred.
• 5–10 years of experience in portfolio management, product marketing, category management or sales in a technical product environment.
• Strong exposure to regional and field sales dynamics with the ability to convert market insight into measurable business actions.
• Experience with P&L, pricing, market share, sales forecasting or portfolio performance; power‑tools or adjacent technical‑product experience is an advantage.

Required skills

• Business case evaluation and analytical skills.
• P&L management and cost/complexity reduction expertise.
• Cross‑functional leadership and influencing capabilities.
• Sales forecasting, competitor analysis and market research.
• Understanding of Bosch product portfolio and market dynamics.