Group Product Manager

Job Description

The Group Product Manager will be responsible for leading and executing the overall strategy and financial performance of a significant group of products.

Leads a team of Product Managers to identify market needs, build product growth strategies, and manage the overall product lifecycle to achieve revenue and profit growth objectives.

Works cross-functionally to affect change across all levels of Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, R&D, Pricing, and Executive Functions.

This role will report to the Product Line Manager.

As a Group Product Manager, you will be responsible for :

• Setting the product offering for the market and working to shape demand towards products with high financial earnings
• Developing effective price maintenance strategies to capture the price realization needed to recover costs and improve profitability
• Securing market data, analyzing and maintaining complete competitive analysis information and market intelligence files for the product line to determine and prioritize customer and market needs and wants for products
• Planning, organizing and controlling the introduction of new products
• Working with Product Line VP of Sales, Sales Managers and other appropriate personnel (Technical Managers, National Account Managers, etc.

to develop sound relationships with customers to obtain a better understanding of customer product requirements so as to provide a basis for anticipating and satisfying customer product needs

• Continuously reviewing product line integrity and reliability
• Working with Supply Chain to maintain a demand forecast on a monthly basis.
• Meeting established finished goods turns
• Managing a team of product managers to effectively implement and maintain individual product lifecycle strategies
• Developing career roadmaps and development plans for each direct report

Qualifications

To perform your job as expected, you will be required to :

• Have a bachelor's degree in Business Management, Finance, Chemistry, Sales or Marketing. MBA Preferred
• Possess 4-10 years' experience in product management
• Have experience in building a team and managing other Product Managers
• Have the ability to create and effectively present information to top management and / or Boards of Directors
• Be proficient with computer-based applications, including Microsoft Office Applications
• Be able to travel up to 20%; international travel will be required but minimal
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Have strong collaboration skills

In addition to these qualifications, we will consider it a plus if you have :

• SAP experience
• Experience in the printing ink field
• Power BI experience

Additional Information

We offer a competitive salary with excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, pet insurance, HSA and FSA, 401(k), and more.

Through our programs, which now include Paid Volunteer Time Off and Paid Parental Leave , we support the needs of our employees, their dependents, and their communities by providing a benefit package that is easy to understand, easy to access, and affordable for all our employees.

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We require post-offer, pre-employment drug screens, physicals, and background checks.

Equal Opportunity Employer : disability / veteran.