Senior Product Manager Jobs

Overview:

The Sr. Product Manager is a key leader within the North American business unit, specifically responsible for setting the long term product category direction to drive growth and profitability through the product portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains on-going competitive intelligence to guide pricing, promotions, field activity, customer service and product development.
• Coordinates the interpretation of codes and distribution of this information to the sales organization and customers.
• Develops promotional plans, advertising campaigns, catalogs, brochures, displays, exhibits, and other support materials.
• Manages all products in assigned portfolio throughout all stages of their life cycle.
• Provides recommendations on pricing strategies which enhances portfolio profitability.
• Steers all engineering and manufacturing activities concerned with new product or new technology development and product maintenance activities related to products.
• Seeks legal advice from corporate counsel to ensure propriety of pricing mechanism, trademarks, product labeling, policies and contractual agreements.
• Develops strategies for development, introduction, continuing contribution, and discontinuance, while maximizing overall growth and profitability within the P&L.
• Manages product pricing, both new and existing, through competitive research, internal data analysis and sales interaction.
• Monitors current, and anticipates future, consumer and customer needs and preferences by working closely with Sales and Market Intelligence.
• Supports development of annual product marketing plans.
• Leads Discovery work to generate new products and platforms within appropriate target segments.
• Relates and recommends changes in established market distribution and strategy as necessitated by market and consumer preferences.
• Responsible for managing team of 1-3 people for the given category.
• Ensures accurate forecasting information, particularly as it pertains to new, discontinued or promotional products.
• Executes and maintains a product portfolio strategy to guide new product development efforts and leads cross-functional efforts with the New Product Development team and all functional areas and locations.
• Works closely with Category Management team on optimizing product portfolio and pricing strategy by customer.
• Develops and implements product portfolio strategies that provide industry leadership and profitable growth.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Possess understanding of frameworks needed to manage a product line across all stages of the product life cycle.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Ability to manage 1-3 people.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft project or similar platform preferred.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years business experience, with 3-5 years relevant experience in product management, or other related sales or marketing experience preferred with the drive and determination to grow within a given role and within the organization.
• Bachelor’s Degree in marketing or related field; MBA/MS preferred.
• Travel ~25% for customer visits and line reviews, trade shows, manufacturing plants and other business needs.