Vacancy No                        5243

Vacancy Title                     PRODUCT MANAGER CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS

Location:                             KENT

Vacancy Description      

Do you have an interest in building a career with a market leading company? If so, this exciting opportunity to join a market leading organisation based in KENT might what you’ve been looking for?

The Company

A highly successful Specialist Manufacturer, with an incredible reputation built up through years of dedication and professionalism. Our client is a Specialist Manufacturer with an enviable record of product innovation and quality.

Our client is committed to the continuous development of their people and offers excellent career progression opportunities to anyone who joins their business.

The Opportunity

Due to growth, expansion and significant project wins an excellent opportunity has arisen for a high caliber, confident, self-starting sales professional to join the business.

The Role

As the Associate Product Manager, you are responsible for product planning, delivery and market research throughout the products lifecycle.

You will develop a vision and roadmap for the products, aligned to business goals and the market requirements based on input from internal stakeholders, customers, market research, trade associations attendance (legislative & standards) and your own industry insight.

Having identified product development or improvement projects, you will work closely with Development/Engineering, Marketing and Sales to deliver products to market that align with this vision, meeting market needs and deliver to a consistently high-quality standard.

You will develop a forecast for the product based on input from marketing, sales, market analysis and your own experience, and manage its delivery.

• Define the product strategy and roadmap
• Manage the product throughout its lifecycle from concept to end-of-life
• Be the recognized expert in the business on the product, the market, relevant technology and the competition.
• Write the business case for new product investments and gain internal approval
• Write Market Requirements documents for product requirements, including costs and selling prices, accounting for varying price strategies based on route to market
• Working with the marketing manager, propose a product marketing plan and budget and then deliver against it
• Develop core positioning and messaging for the products, coordinating with the marketing Manager to provide data on product positioning, competitor analysis, and Market trends to guide our campaigns.
• Perform product demos to customers and develop internal training for staff development and technical/sales training & support relationship building with key clients
• Monitor, report and make proposals to improve product performance
• Identify and support sales channels.
• Develop route to market strategies with key stakeholders to support targeted product growth strategies
• Promote the product to sales teams through sales training sessions, webinars, newsletters and other mechanisms
• Develop and deliver training to technical sales support, and the sales team
• Co-ordinate with development and marketing on projects to deliver to plan
• Collate feedback from sales and customers and feedback into product roadmaps
• Represent the voice of the customer in senior level meetings
• Using business intelligence and market conditions deliver a regular (e.g. monthly) volume, revenue and profit forecasts

Knowledge, experience and qualifications

• Educated to degree standard or similar in engineering or equivalent
• 3+ years relevant product management experience from within a transferable role, from within the Construction Industry would be favourable
• Demonstrable understanding of product engineering and management principles
• Experience in marketing data analytics and tools
• Proven negotiation and networking skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills – able to represent the Company at all levels
• Must possess good analytical and problem-solving skills with methodical approach to achieving results.
• High attention to detail with excellent organisational and record-keeping skills.
• Excellent, verbal and written communication skills, with ability to convey technical information to range of audiences.
• Very proficient in Microsoft Office packages.
• Proven ability to work competently both on own initiative and as part of a team.

LOCATION                                           KENT

SALARY & BENEFITS                       

NEGOTIABLE BASIC SALARY D.O.E. + BENEFITS PACKAGE