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Associate Product Development Manager
Thank you for exploring a career with our company, one of the top distributors in U.S. for plumbing repair and parts. The Associate Product Development Manager is a dreamer, researcher, designer and builder. Your imagination and creativity, paired with consideration for business strategy, will lead to the launch of new products that will support our strategic growth objectives. This role presents a unique and exciting opportunity to “play in new spaces”, feeding the organization’s appetite for differentiated product offerings. This role will report to the Sr. Director of Product Management, and will interact with all levels of the company including C-Suite leadership. If you’re seeking experience and growth in a personable, stable yet thriving environment, our Associate Product Development Manager role, could be a match for you!
The ideal candidate will exhibit the following:
- You’re a curious thinker, with a passion for innovation and data-driven decisions
- You have an insatiable appetite for learning and continuous improvement, and do not settle for the status quo
- You’re a thought leader with an exceptional ability to tell stories and inspire people or action
- You’re an agent of change, ready to lead a team through new and rewarding challenges
Primary Responsibilities:
- Partner with the Senior Product Manager to develop & execute a product strategy that includes a multi-year new product development (NPD) roadmap.
- Be an unrelenting advocate for quality, accountability and continuous improvement by leveraging critical-thinking, problem solving and communication skills.
- Partner with the Senior PM to lead NPD and other product-related projects from concept to launch by guiding the cross-functional team through a stage-gate process.
- Maintain customer focus by conducting qualitative research and performing quantitative data analysis to inform category/product strategy and support commercial activities.
- Collaborate with PM leadership, Sales & Marketing teams to incorporate go-to-market strategies into your NPD scope that will ensure successful product introductions.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business or related field.
- 2-3 years of product development experience. CPG product experience is preferred but not required; with a focus on Household Chemicals or Plumbing Products.
- Demonstrated critical thinking, problem solving and analytical skills.
- Experience executing new product research, both qualitative and quantitative. Including familiarity with syndicated POS data (e.g., Nielsen, Circana, etc.)
- Excellent communication and presentation skills are imperative. Ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences across all levels of an organization.
- Strong project management skills, with experience using system solutions (i.e., SmartSheet) and formalized processes (i.e., stage-gate).
Salary : $90,000 - $100,000
