Product Development Manager - Bedframes and Matresess

BETTER MOBILITY FOR LIFE

Savaria is a global leader in accessibility and patient care products, designing and building wheelchair lifts, stairlifts, elevators for home and commercial applications, medical beds, therapeutic surfaces, ceiling track lifts and patient slings. Savaria employs 2,450 valued associates globally and has 11 manufacturing facilities to reach markets in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

SAVARIA PATIENT CARE

Built from a heritage of brands including Span, Handicare and Silvalea, Savaria Patient Care provides products designed for safe patient handling and positive outcomes. Our research and clinically based product portfolio include therapeutic surfaces for pressure management and positioning, a complete range of innovative ceiling and floor lifts and slings. Savaria Patient Care is a division of Savaria Corporation, a global leader in accessibility.

Job Title

Product Development Manager Bedframes and Mattresses - N.A.

Department

Product Management

Reports To

Global Vice President Business Development

Flsa Status

Exempt - Onsite

BANNER : SPAN

OVERVIEW: The Product development coordinator is responsible for Savaria’s patient handling product/service support throughout the product/service lifecycle. This includes responding to customer needs, identifying, and monitoring market changes and company financial imperatives. The role also includes the identification and gathering of product and customer needs, setting product vision, and working closely with Sales, Marketing, Engineering and Quality. The Product development coordinator will be required to support cross function product and service development projects under the responsibility of the Director of Product Development of the overall products portfolio from development and launch to product care and discontinuations.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Support the Director for the definition and optimization of the Bed Frame and Mattress pipeline and product portfolio for the products and services developed in Patient Handling in North America
• Support the Engineering Change Committee for North America and make sure the appropriate priorities are applied to the Engineering Change Requests
• Develop knowledge of the Patient Handling market in North America, market needs, trends, competitive information, geographic differences in the business
• Act as team support in selected cross functional product and services development projects
• Act as to support binding elements between commercial functions (sales, marketing) and the Product Design and Development (R&D) function
• Work with the director to support sales leaders in developing and implementing advanced training programs corporate customers and internal staff.
  
  

Competencies

• Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to effectively present information to management.
• Ability to work at strategic level as well as to dig into the details.
• Results oriented with a focus on meeting organization requirements.
• Capacity to influence others.
• Exhibits sound and accurate judgement.
• Solid analytical skills.
• Supports organization’s goals and values.
• Works with integrity.
• Upholds organizational values.
• Observes safety and security procedures.
  
  

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from group of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
  
  

Education, Experience & Training

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or university; and 5 to 7 years of product management experience in medical devices, preferably from a related area of Medical Bed and mattresses to Safe Patient Handling
  
  

Certificates, Licenses Or Registrations

• PMP Certification preferred but not required.
  
  

Computer Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is required.
  
  

Physical Demands

• The employee may occasionally stand, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch during shift. Employee will be required to regularly sit, use hand to finger, handle, feel and reach with hands and arms. Employee must be able to occasionally lift and or move up to 50 lbs.
  
  

Work Environment

• This position works in an environment with moderate noise levels.
  
  

Travel

• This position may travel up to 25% of the time. Travel included both domestic and international.
  
  

EOE/M/F/D/V

Note : Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons. The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not be construed as a complete list of all

Savaria provides equal employment opportunities and consideration to all qualified employees and applicants, prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any type regarding race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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