Product Manager Jobs

Nalm Creative is a manufacturer and distributor of celebrations, stationery, and gifting products.

THE COMPANY

Nalm Creative offers high quality, design-driven, on-trend gift packaging, for product lines that cover greeting cards, greeting accessories, stationery products, calendars, creative play, and other innovative products at the most compelling price with best-in-class service.

Located in Atlanta, Ningbo, Singapore & London with our manufacturing in Asia.

POSITION SUMMARY

Product Development Manager will lead the execution of retailer programs, increase total retailer chain revenue and build business partnerships as a marketing consultant, providing customers access to the resources and industry knowledge.This position will work with the CEO, Design and Suppliers to develop, present and measure all Nalm Creative products/programs that drive sales efficiently and effectively. This position will also review customer specifications to ensure compliance to customer requirements, determine specific procurement and manufacturing requirements and partner with suppliers to ensure accurate production and successful execution.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

·Generates revenue to goal by providing creative input for new product ideas and customized programs.

·Works closely with the CEO to define and understand customer needs.

·Identifies emerging technologies and trends.

·Oversees the technical aspects of projects and assists in the development of point-of-purchase product displays and planograms.

·Controls purchase price variance through negotiations, product design recommendations, manufacturing process discussions and buying quantities that meet inventory objectives.

·Works directly with Asia office and suppliers to develop new products and programs, ensuring products meet cost, quality and innovation requirements.

·Collaborates with the CEO to ensure pricing and supplier selection is within scope.

·Manages the release and acceptance of product specification and facilitates with the production samples.

·Responsible for addressing and resolving supplier delivery delays at the supplier’s expense in addition to resolving day-to-day service and quality issues.

·Collaborates with the CEO and Design to commercialize new product launches and line extensions by assuring the agreed-to-standard cost, gross profit, quality and safety requirements along with on time delivery.

·Assists the CEO with creating customer presentations.

·Manages and coordinates with, Design, and Suppliers, all updates/revisions to product/packaging/labeling specifications while monitoring the financial impact of these changes.Responsible for the integrity of the specification prior to releasing to Suppliers.

·Responsible for identifying and communicating customer requirements for materials testing, code compliance, and inspections to Suppliers.

·Drives early identification of challenges/issues; assesses and evaluates potential alternatives and develops appropriate recommendations for resolution.

·Evaluates completed projects and recommend improvement/modifications that need to be implemented.

·Responsible for supporting profitable revenue growth through continuous improvement.

·Other assignments as assigned.