Product Manager
My client is a well established manufacturing business based near Mexborough. Due to an increased workload, they are looking to recruit a suitably experienced Product Manager to work under the Head of Marketing, and to be responsible for all new products and continuous product improvements into the business, and for the management of the full product range within their area.
The Product Manager will support and develop the product portfolio to meet the requirements of the market, customers, and business, and drive the product strategy and roadmap within an assigned area of responsibility.
What the Product Manager offers:
* Salary up to £60,000 depending on experience
* Company car
* 25 days holiday + bank holidays
* Monday to Thursday 8.30am-4.30pm, finishing at 4pm on a Friday
* Aviva money purchase pension
* Westfield Health
Duties of the Product Manager:
* Management of the whole life cycle of the product within the assigned area of responsibility
* Implement product strategy and product roadmap definition with sales and marketing
* Build understanding of customers and markets through close liaison with commercial sales, marketing, training, and customer service
* Use customer reviews to develop and test product requirements
* Maintain a sound knowledge of technology and identification of potential products and opportunities
* Maintain knowledge and understanding of regulations and standards and pending changes to legislation / regulatory frameworks to assess and communicate their impact on product strategy
* Manage activities in New Product Introduction process related to market and customer requirements, market launch, and agreement of technical requirement specification of all products within area of responsibility
* Work closely with commercial sales, marketing, and customer service to coordinate product launch plans within New Product Introduction
* Actively promote the products in the marketplace, working with the sales team to provide technical support during the sales process by communicating with and presenting to potential customers as required - customer visits are required
* Provide competitor analysis, price positioning, and commercial forecasts to drive New Product Introduction capital investment submissions and support business development activity
* Develop and maintain constructive relationships with business management and colleagues
Key competencies for the Product Manager include:
* Strong background in product management and new product introduction in a technical/engineering discipline
* Experience of proactive communication with marketing, training, commercial sales, and customer service
* Strong analytical and critical reasoning skills, with effective decision-making skills and implementation of solutions
* Team player with excellent communication and networking skills and the ability to influence and motivate
* Awareness of business environment; markets, customers and financial
* Ability to present information to senior leaders and customers
Person specification for the Product Manager:
* Degree and/or professional qualification desirable
* Hands-on experience within Technical / Engineering / Marketing environment
* Significant experience within product management and new product introduction
* Experience presenting information
* Must be able to commute to customer sites
For further information on this Product Manager please contact Claire Lukey.
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