Business Manager – Gas Water Heaters

About the role

As the Business Manager for Gas Water Heaters at Bosch Home Comfort, you will operate at the crossroads of product management, pricing strategy and international sales. You will shape the regional product roadmap, align market requirements and negotiate strategic positioning to ensure long‑term profitability.

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the product portfolio strategy for assigned countries, linking regional goals with Bosch’s long‑term business plan.
• Act as the primary contact for national product management teams, supporting operational requests, supply‑chain alignment and variant management.
• Derive market requirements from detailed customer and competitor segmentation and feed them into engineering priorities.
• Lead pricing and product positioning negotiations with country sales management to optimise market share and margins.
• Manage the product lifecycle from business case development for new launches to structured phase‑outs of legacy products.
• Analyse regional KPIs (sales, margins, target costs) and implement corrective actions to meet planning targets.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Marketing or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in product management, business development or category management, preferably in HVAC or building technologies.
• Proven ability to define and drive a product portfolio strategy based on market segmentation and competitor analysis.
• Strong commercial understanding including price management, cost‑benefit analysis and margin optimisation.
• Fluency in English; Spanish and/or Portuguese highly preferable.
• Analytical, structured mindset with excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills.

What we offer

• Flexible work conditions with a hybrid work system.
• Health insurance and on‑site medical services (general surgeon, psychology, physiotherapy).
• Training opportunities and certifications, including technical and language courses.
• Career progression and continuous professional development.
• Discounts on Bosch products and partnership offers.
• Sports, health activities and a flexible benefits platform.
• Free parking and on‑site canteen.