Product Manager

Need : Citizen OR Permanent Residents

Location : Garner , IA

FULLTIME ROLE

HYBRID : 3 Days in the office

Client Offers : Base Salary + Bonus

Key Skills : Heavy Equipment and Truck And Sales Experience

Summary :

Plans, organizes, and controls one or more Industries product lines from conceptual stages through product life cycles to optimize profit and meet marketing, financial, and corporate growth objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following :

Other duties may be assigned.

Product Management

• Develops overall product strategy, research & development requirements, and manufacturing coordination for new and emerging products
• Coordinates product development, estimates of potential profits, and release to production
• Manages day-to-day progress of product
• Provides technical expertise and training to other departments in support of product development
• Conducts marketing analysis to develop product definitions.
• Collaborates with a wide variety of functional areas such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and operations to develop and provide product definitions responsive to customer needs and market opportunities
• Develops and maintains a prioritized list of customer and market requirements for product
• Coordinates and develops marketing and sales plans for product line; coordinates engineering and financial plans with respective department heads or designees
• Provides financial and technical justification for product selection and definition
• Prepares product development objectives and schedules for all phases of product development and introduction to market.
• Conducts market research and identifies and tracks market trends in company’s industry
• Produces competitive analysis materials comparing product with its key competitors
• Identifies partnering opportunities for complementary third-party products to broaden company’s product line
• Provides overall sales support for the product line including coordinating with appropriate resources the development of sales training and support material
• Maintains communications and contacts to collect and analyze technical, financial, schedule, and sales information for product line
• Set and track product objectives and goals
• Participate developing and implementing improvements in the Product Development Process
• Report on product metrics and implement improvements
• Support the preparation of annual and long-range sales forecasts
• Liaise with Sales and Marketing to ensure brand consistency and increase sales

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