Product Manager

3 weeks ago


Durham, United Kingdom Imperial Workforce Full time

Imperial Professionals are delighted to announce that we are working exclusively with an international leading supplier of integral lighting solutions. To recruit for a Product Manager (Indoor lighting) on a permanent basis.

LOCATION: Durham

SALARY: Competitive Depending on Experience

HOURS: General office hours (Mon-Fri)

ROLE SUMMARY:
Primary responsibilities are to develop and lead the implementation of the product line strategy as part of the overall sustainable growth strategy of the brand within the Group. You will globally lead, manage and coordinate all product relevant activitiesof the indoor portfolio with special focus on the goal definition for the product portfolio, creation of solid product briefs and provision of level one interface to all relevant stakeholders concerning product related topics.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Overall global Product Management responsibility for the dedicated product families of the brand
- Monitor and evaluate the performance of the portfolio with the brand to enable decision for investments.
- In close exchange with Market Intelligence and Sales, analyzes and tracks the global market, technology, competitor, and customer requirements and trends related to the product families’ business and determining competitive attributes, prioritization andvalue propositions.
- Utilize global product
- and competitor-analysis using state-of-the art methodologies & tools, to improve the product portfolio and provide cutting edge innovation with the ambition to lead the market with the dedicated product families.
- Identify customer needs, opportunities, technological trends and risks and formulating suggested positioning against competition.
- Develop and define the product strategy per family including short-, mid
- Define, execute and moderate innovation workshops for the own product portfolio
- Responsible for delivering on-time and on-cost target customer focused products including ideation, product specification, and make-or-buy decisions whilst challenging the status quo to drive disruptive product breakthroughs by taking calculated risks.
- Define a core positioning for each product family for the development of a marketing plan and pricing strategy
- Acts as interface between Sales, Marketing, Heads of Application PMO, and Product Development to achieve the desired outcomes for the customers and the Business Plan
- Initiates and manages global product launches (in alignment with Global Launch Management Head in PMO)
- Internal and external product presentations and in-depth trainings, especially for sales teams, but also for customers and other stakeholders.
- Regular exchange with Product Development, Market Intelligence, Production, PMO, Heads of Application and Sales

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Min. bachelor’s degree or comparable in engineering, innovation management and/or business administration, marketing or other related fields with profound technical understanding
- Ideally but not compulsory 5 years+ of business experience in an international team, preferably in electronics, electro-mechanical equipment goods, consumer electronics or in electrical equipment or appliances’ industries (ideally B2B)
- Experience in the positioning of products within markets for specific brands
- General understanding of how to shape, reposition, develop and rank a product portfolio of leading industry brands
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills for current and future requirements of products to be covered
- Up-to-date knowledge of product management strategies, methodologies, tools and lean processes.
- Willingness to travel (around 20% of time) and support external market presence for the brand and its product offerings

For more information on this opportunity please feel free to contact Adam Pearson at Imperial Professionals.


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