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Jim Wilkinson

Rochester

Summary

Product Manager at Xylem Inc. experienced in driving growth through innovative product development and strategic market analysis. Skilled in product roadmapping and competitive analysis, I excel in cross-functional collaboration and customer interfacing, delivering impactful solutions that enhance our product offering and customer experience.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Americas Product Manager, Packaged Systems

Xylem Inc.
05.2022 - Current

I work closely with a cross functional group made up of engineering, marketing, sales, project managers and customer SCPQ platform team members to drive growth within the Packaged Systems portfolio.


Highly experienced with new product development, product life cycle analysis, market/competitive analysis, product forecasting, roadmapping as well as VOC gathering and implementation.


Experienced with 80/20 functions and methodology.



Assistant Product Manager, Packaged Systems

Xylem Inc.
09.2020 - 05.2022

Assisted our Product Manager with new product development, customer training and presentations and white paper development.


Interfaced with sales and customer facing groups to identify needs and formulate solutions that could be used to drive new product development.


Pricing and cost analysis for configured and engineered to order product families in order to update and reorganize data as needed.

Americas Product Specialist, Wastewater

Xylem Inc.
03.2018 - 09.2020

Responsible for training customers and internal technical support resources on Goulds Water Technology and Bell and Gossett wastewater products.


Responsible for performing detailed market analysis and documenting the competitive landscape.


Developed technical resources to be shared internally to assist with troubleshooting, sizing and selection and general product knowledge.


Worked on new product development both within and outside of the XPD process.


Technical Customer Service Analyst

Xylem Inc.
04.2015 - 03.2018

Answered customer phone calls and emails to provide answers and solutions for pricing and technical requests including pump and system design and troubleshooting.


Developed a strong understanding of pump and product fundamentals as well as knowledge of the Goulds Water Technology portfolio and competitive landscape.

Education

Master of Science - Engineering Management

Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
08-2023

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

St. John Fisher University
Rochester, NY
07-2014

Skills

  • Product Roadmapping
  • Go-to-market strategy
  • New product development
  • Pricing strategies
  • Competitive analysis
  • Customer training and presentations
  • Business case development
  • Project management
  • 80/20 analysis
  • Excel and Microsoft Office Suite
  • Technical support

Timeline

Americas Product Manager, Packaged Systems

Xylem Inc.
05.2022 - Current

Assistant Product Manager, Packaged Systems

Xylem Inc.
09.2020 - 05.2022

Americas Product Specialist, Wastewater

Xylem Inc.
03.2018 - 09.2020

Technical Customer Service Analyst

Xylem Inc.
04.2015 - 03.2018

Master of Science - Engineering Management

Clarkson University

Bachelor of Arts - Communications

St. John Fisher University