Business Manager

Business Manager
- Gas Water Heaters (f/m/div.) Job posted: 2026-09-29 JobID REF297327Q
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- Define and execute the product portfolio strategy for assigned countries, aligning regional goals with Bosch Home Comfort's long-term business planning.
- Act as the primary contact point and strategic partner for national product management teams, supporting operational requests, supply chain alignments, and variant requests.
- Derive market requirements from detailed customer and competitor segmentation, ensuring these needs are integrated into engineering and project priorities.
- Lead pricing and product positioning negotiations with country sales management to optimize market share and profitability.
- Manage the product lifecycle, from initiating innovative business cases for new product launches to executing structured phase-outs of legacy products.
- Analyze and report regional KPIs (including sales, margins, and target costs), implementing corrective actions to meet business planning targets.
- Conduct constant market observation to identify emerging trends, competitor movements, and customer touchpoints.

Your profile
What Distinguishes You Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Marketing, or a closely related field (or equivalent practical/professional experience). Experience
- Minimum of 5 years of proven experience in product management, business development, category management, or strategic sales, preferably within the heating (HVAC) or building technologies industry.
- Demonstrated experience in regional market analysis, portfolio planning, and managing product lifecycles. Know-how
- Proven ability to define and drive a product portfolio strategy based on localized market segmentation and competitor analysis.
- Strong commercial understanding, including price management, cost-benefit analysis, margin optimization, and business case development.
- Solid understanding of hot water technologies, gas appliances, or residential heating systems is considered a valuable advantage. Languages
- Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
- Fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese is highly preferable. Working Style and Methods
- Highly analytical and structured mindset, with outstanding communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple complex stakeholders, and align diverse opinions towards a common strategic goal. Personality
- An entrepreneurial and proactive mindset with a strong result and target-driven focus.
- Flexible, adaptive, and comfortable taking ownership of complex business decisions. Contact & additional information Work includes
- Flexible work conditions
- Hybrid work system
- Exchange with colleagues around the world
- Health insurance and medical office on site (general surgeon, psychology, physiotherapy, general clinic)
- Training opportunities (p.e., technical training, foreign languages training) & certifications
- Opportunities for career progression and continuous professional development
- Access to great discounts in partnerships and Bosch products
- Sports and health related activities
- Flexible benefits platform
- Free parking lot
- Canteen Welcome to Aveiro Aveiro, the city of sweet egg pasteries and beautifull canal and sea sceneries, is the location of Bosch Home Comfort in Portugal. Joining more than 1500 associates in manufacturing and research and development of water heating solutions. We have the global competence center for water heaters development in our site and an R&D engineering center where we develop new and innovative solutions for our products. Working for global projects and gathering two Bosch divisions, in Aveiro also develop software solutions for our Mobility Aftermarket division. Location benefits
- Free Parking
- Supported employee car park on site, free bicycle parking in the courtyard, secure bicycle parking space for rent, e-bike charging stations
- Health Insurance
- Flexible and mobile working
- Flexitime and modern working time models ranging from part-time to job sharing, home office and incorporated window days off
- Wide range of health and sports activities
- Training opportunities & Certifications
- Exchange with colleagues around the world
- Company doctor on site
- Occupational health care and counselling by internal medical staff, free vaccinations, attractive health insurance, psychosocial and therapeutic counselling, personal health care, workshops and lectures on the subject of health, company pension scheme from the 3rd year at Bosch
- Discounts for employees
- Discounted purchasing conditions with us and our partner companies, subsidised cultural and leisure events
- Catering facilities on site
- Healthy and tasty meals at subsidised prices in our company restaurant and cafeteria, free coffee in our coffee kitchens Welcome to Bosch