What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Manager • Food and Beverage position at Jabil?
Job Summary
The primary goal of the Product Line Manager is to conduct and oversee efforts to increase market share and drive profitable growth through the introduction of new products, and the enhancement of existing ones.
This role leads the Product Lifecycle for all products in the Food and Beverage markets for Jabil Packaging Solutions.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Find, expand, and exploit product opportunities
- Develop detailed business plan analysis on product investment strategies for executive management
- Gather market intelligence through customer interaction and other sources, and disseminate throughout the team
- Create competitive analysis and interpret market trends
- Work closely with Marketing to develop and execute marketing activities and documents
- Interface with customers for business development and market understanding
- Conduct customer interviews and user testing
- Work with NPI teams to define and solution requirements and configurations
- Align with Sales and BU leaders on market needs, target customers, and strategy for market penetration
- Develop account strategies with specific objectives and action items
- Work with Marketing for product features/benefits and corresponding collateral
- Participate in off-site transfer planning, training, and start-ups to manage successful launch
- Manage relationships with contract agencies
- Contribute to cost management by supporting forecast review and visibility to changes in budget
- Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems
- Set market pricing for product launch and manage costs to maximize profit margin of product portfolio
- Demonstrate commitment to customer service
- Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree required in Business, Marketing, or Engineering discipline
Minimum 7-10 years work-related experience required, preferably in NPI, product management, or project management
Experience with plastic injection molding and/or fiber molding preferred
Cross-functional team leadership experience preferred
Familiarity with F&B market or Packaging Industry preferred
