Product Manager
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 p.a.
Location: Birmingham
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Product Manager with minimum 5 years' experience in a strategic and hands-on product focussed role. This company is a fast-growing manufacturer and distributor based in Birmingham.
Key Responsibilities include:
Oversee the performance of the full product range, from strategic planning to tactical activities.
Work closely with the marketing manager and digital marketer to deliver exceptional external and internal marketing collateral.
Working on catalogue production and web content generation.
Manage pricing across the whole product range, based on sales, margin consistency, knowledge of the market, competitor information.
Negotiate with suppliers to improve trading terms and manage distribution.
Work closely with the sales team to analyse business developments and monitor market trends to ensure we have products that meet customers’ needs, at the right price.
Assessing new product offers from existing suppliers, identifying new suppliers and commissioning in-house new product development.
Create product roadmaps
Work closely with purchasing and operations team to make optimal use of warehouse space and in-house stock preparation facility.
Investigate and answer more complex customer queries on behalf of sales team.
Key attributes/skills:
Strong commercial acumen
Creative – able to think laterally and find unexpected solutions.
Technically minded with a good grasp of manufacturing techniques and technologies.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Analytically minded with ability to process qualitative and/or quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it.
Able to collaborate with stakeholders throughout the company.
Ability to deal effectively with overseas suppliers.
To find out more about this position, please get in touch today! Interviews will begin W/C 17th September.