Junior Associate Product Manager

Junior Associate Product Manager

KEMET Electronics Corporation, a YAGEO Group company, helps make a wide variety of products possible in the world's most rapidly expanding industries. Founded in 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, with over 100 years of technological innovation, we manufacture capacitors and other components for computing, telecommunications, medical, aerospace, defense, and automotive markets. Our components are found in spacecrafts and defibrillators - from outer space to inside our bodies, and in products we use every day. We have the broadest selection of capacitor technologies in the industry, including an expanding range of electromechanical devices and electromagnetic compatibility solutions.

Summary: We are currently looking for a Junior Associate Product Manager in our Tantalum Business Unit at our Simpsonville SC location. This is an onsite role. The Junior Associate Product Manager is responsible for assisting with product line management activities including pricing, marketing, product development, forecasting, and long-term strategic planning.

KEMET's Tantalum Business Group is the industry leader in tantalum capacitor technology. Tantalum capacitors are a specialized group of electronic components used in applications that have specific needs for high energy storage in the smallest possible form factor along with high reliability requirements. Some common end uses for these products include notebook computers, wearable electronics, network infrastructure, defense/aerospace applications, and advanced automotive systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work directly with product managers and sales to define market needs and requirements for new products; collaborate with new product development teams and coordinate organizational functions to maintain a competitive product offering.
• Provide customer/market feedback to the Product Line Manager on customer needs (volume, ASP, value) to help optimize the product profits and losses.
• Build and maintain analytical tools, pricing files, and internal reports to drive growth and improve efficiency in pricing and quoting.
• Assume responsibility for product line revenue, growth, and profitability. Maintain ownership for ensuring that product lines meet annual targets.
• Travel and meet with customers and channel partners to understand needs, markets and market share opportunities for new product platforms.
• Develop pricing strategies with justifications that include competitive product comparisons, internal portfolio rationalization, and overall market trends.
• Assist with contract negotiation with key customer accounts.
• Provide input to the Marketing and Technical Marketing functions for generation of sales tools, presentations, seminars, application notes, technical documentation, and training tools.
• Key contributor for developing strategic plans that provide long-term product line direction and life cycle management; similarly contribute to the development of an annual operating plan

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business or engineering. Advanced degrees in business or marketing are a plus.
• Minimum of three to five years operational or business experience in a technical field preferred.
• Prior product line management experience a plus.
• Comfortable developing and presenting customer and industry presentations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Successful candidates typically have an aptitude for advancing their knowledge of technical subjects, particularly in the areas of engineering and data science.

Travel Requirements: 15-20%. Domestic and International

Location and Work Type: Simpsonville, SC Full-time Salaried Exempt Level

YAGEO does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, political affiliation, union membership, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, marital status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law, in making employment decisions including but not limited to hiring, wages, promotions, rewards, and access to training. Qualified applicants and workers shall be provided with reasonable accommodation for disability and religious practices.

What We Offer:

• Collaborative work environment that values innovation and teamwork
• Inclusive company culture built on respect, integrity, and continuous improvement
• Career growth opportunities with access to training, and mentorship
• Work–life balance support through flexible practices and employee wellness initiatives
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, retirement, and employee programs

About YAGEO Group:

We don't build the final product. We build what makes it possible. From resistors to capacitors, inductors to sensors—our components power the breakthroughs that move the world forward. Electric vehicles. AI data centers. Satellites. Sonar systems. They move faster, last longer, reach farther—with a spark of us inside.

Headquartered in Taiwan, YAGEO Group unites multiple trusted brands—including YAGEO, KEMET, PULSE, and Telemecanique Sensors and more—into one cohesive force for innovation. 40,000+employees. 100+locations. 20R&D centers. 2,000+patents. 273,000+customers. #1 in resistors and tantalum capacitors. #3 in MLCCs & inductors. We don't just participate in the future—we enable it.

Why Work at YAGEO Group?

• Meaningful work: Every part you help design, test, or improve contributes to real-world innovations.
• Global exposure: Collaborate across continents, brands, and breakthrough technologies.
• Accelerated growth: With our size, diversity, and momentum, there's no ceiling for where you can go.
• Built-in purpose: You're not just part of the process—you're part of the progress.

YAGEO Group. Built into Tomorrow.