What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Marketing & Portfolio Manager I position at Young Living Essential Oils?
Summary:
The Product Portfolio and Marketing Manager I is instrumental in helping execute strategic initiatives for product portfolio and marketing operations. This role is critical in supporting the optimization of product performance and expansion of market share. The position requires a balance of analytical expertise, strategic thinking, and cross-functional collaboration to adapt global product strategies to regional market needs.
Essential Functions:
- Help define and execute comprehensive product and marketing strategies for North America.
- Help design and oversee impactful marketing campaigns tailored to regional audiences, ensuring alignment with global objectives.
- Leverage deep understanding of regional market dynamics to inform strategies and decision-making.
- Conduct in-depth market analysis to guide product positioning and marketing tactics.
- Work closely with cross-function departments to adapt strategies to local needs, ensuring market relevance.
- Optimize product lifecycle processes, from launch to retirement, for sustained portfolio health manage complex, cross-functional projects to ensure timely delivery of objectives.
Skills & Qualifications:
- Advanced analytical and strategic thinking skills.
- Expertise in product management and marketing within North America.
- Strong leadership and decision-making abilities.
- Proficiency in data-driven decision-making, including experience with market research and analytics tools.
- High proficiency in cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.
- Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects.
Preferred Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field.
- 5 years of progressive experience in product management and marketing, including a successful track record in North American markets.
Required Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or a related field, with 3 years of experience in product management and marketing.
- A combination of education and experience may meet the requirements
Supervisory Responsibility:
This job does not have supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment:
This job operates in a professional office environment. The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as a laptop, desktop, smartphone, and photocopiers. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Essential oils are worn and/or diffused in the work environment.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This position requires the incumbent to be physically present at the assigned worksite. The regular schedule is from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an hour lunch, Monday through Friday. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand. Employees are also expected to work at least one non-convention farm event a year and to work at the annual company convention.
Exact hour requirements can be reasonably modified as necessary for the business needs by the employee’s manager.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Specific vision abilities of this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is required to type, file, and occasionally lift office supplies up to 20 pounds. The employee must be physically able to tolerate the scent of essential oils worn or diffused.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Young Living is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Sponsorship:
Young Living does not provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Note:
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as needed to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.