Job Summary
Reporting to the Commercial Director, you will be responsible for product planning, delivery and market research throughout the products lifecycle.
You will develop a vision and roadmap for the products, aligned to business goals and the market requirements based on input from internal stakeholders, customers, market research, trade associations attendance (legislative & standards) and your own industry insight.
Having identified product development or improvement projects, you will work closely with Development/Engineering, Marketing and Sales to deliver products to market that align with this vision, meeting market needs and deliver to a consistently high-quality standard.
This position is full time office based, working Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5pm In Aylesford.
Duties
*You will develop a forecast for the product based on input from marketing, sales, market analysis and your own experience, and manage its delivery.
*Define the product strategy and roadmap
*Manage the product throughout its lifecycle from concept to end-of-life
*Be the recognised expert in the business on the product, the market, relevant technology and the competition.
*Write the business case for new product investments and gain internal approval
*Write Market Requirements documents for product requirements, including costs and selling prices, accounting for varying price strategies based on route to market
*Working with the marketing manager, propose a product marketing plan and budget and then deliver against it
*Develop core positioning and messaging for the products, coordinating with the marketing Manager to provide data on product positioning, competitor analysis, and Market trends to guide the campaigns.
*Perform product demos to customers and develop internal training for staff development and technical/sales training & support relationship building with key clients
*Monitor, report and make proposals to improve product performance
*Identify and support sales channels.
*Develop route to market strategies with key stakeholders to support targeted product growth strategies
*Promote the product to sales teams through sales training sessions, webinars, newsletters and other mechanisms
*Develop and deliver training to technical sales support, and the sales team
*Co-ordinate with development and marketing on projects to deliver to plan
*Collate feedback from sales and customers and feedback into product roadmaps
*Represent the voice of the customer in senior level meetings
*Using business intelligence and market conditions deliver a regular (e.g. monthly) volume, revenue and profit forecasts
Knowledge, experience and qualifications
*Educated to degree standard or similar in engineering or equivalent
*3+ years relevant product management experience from within a transferable role, from within the HVAC industry would be favourable
*Demonstrable understanding of product engineering and management principles
*Experience in marketing data analytics and tools
*Proven negotiation and networking skills
*Excellent interpersonal skills - able to represent the Company at all levels
*Must possess good analytical and problem-solving skills with methodical approach to achieving results.
*High attention to detail with excellent organisational and record-keeping skills.
*Excellent, verbal and written communication skills, with ability to convey technical information to range of audiences.
*Very proficient in Microsoft Office packages.
*Proven ability to work competently both on own initiative and as part of a team.
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