Product Manager

1 week ago


Birmingham Business Park, United Kingdom Alliance Automotive Group UK Full time
The Vacancy

Working within a dynamic marketing department, your role forms an essential link in the supply chain. You will take full ownership in managing your product portfolio and building strong supplier relationships.

New Product Development will be integral to the success of your product portfolio

Key responsibilities and duties - daily tasks will include but not be limited to:

Responsibilities:

  • Launch and maintenance of product ranges
  • Range profiling across the AAG RDC branch network and National Distribution Centre
  • Business systems are kept functional and maintained
  • Optimise stock performance
  • Marketing and Campaign planning for your product portfolio leading to sales support
  • Day to day management of supplier relationships
  • Day to day support of RDC branch network
  • Maintain and develop product catalogue
  • Be the first point of contact with suppliers
  • Deliver all projects within the business plan
  • Achieve Sales and Profit Budget
  • Deliver Marketing and Campaigns plans
Operational management

  • Regularly undertake product and supplier reviews and present Management proposals for appropriate steps to maximise performance of stock and sales
  • Develop and enhance relationships with suppliers and ensure they understand and meet our requirements
  • Price benchmarking against market to validate our programs market competitiveness
  • Management of product part number cross reference and alternates database ensuring minimum of 95% coverage across the category
  • To understand the needs of the customer and develop the product range through effective NPI to meet those needs
  • Be in a position to advise sales how best to sell the products within your portfolio
  • Analysis of warranty date and provide suppliers with direction on improvements to the speed of resolving claims, technical information on failures and other opportunities for improvements
  • Proposals for catalogue and online trading developments
  • Accurate maintenance of electronic trading systems
  • K8, F:Drive and MAM
  • Manage electronic catalogues to ensure they hold all supporting information such as images, technical information, bulletins
  • Manage the suppliers in order to continually improve stock availability and maximise stock turn. Regular review meetings with NDC supply chain on product flow, availability, packaging, warranty issues and stock cleanses
  • Collect and analyse all data which measure product performance and take agreed action that ensure maximisation of sales and profit
Essential Requirements

  • Campaign & range profiling
  • New product introduction
  • Data processing and analysis
  • Decision making skills
  • Project planning capability
  • Microsoft skills, particularly Excel
  • Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
  • Planning & Organising
  • Effective communication skills
  • Numerical & analytical skills
The Company


Alliance Automotive Group (AAG) is a leading distributor of light and commercial vehicle parts to the automotive aftermarket, serving over 35,000 repairers across the UK & Ireland.


AAG is owned by Genuine Parts Company (GPC), the number one parts distribution business in North America, leading to an increased level of synergies helping achieve record growth.


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