Senior Product Manager, Kitchen Sinks

• Provide senior management with information and recommendations on the most profitable strategies for the business via annual marketing plan presentations and longer-term business plans.
• Manage product prices, terms of sale and discounts recognizing our objectives and our competition.
• Monitor current, and anticipate future, consumer and customer needs and preferences on a worldwide basis by working closely with Field Sales and Market Research.
• Manage all products in assigned line throughout all stages of their life cycle, developing strategies for development, introduction, continuing contribution, and discontinuance, while maximizing their profitable existence and synergism with all products of the business.
• Provide Market Research with market demand projections to guide the preparation of forecasts.
• Work with Operations to ensure needed product supply at the lowest possible product cost while maintaining quality standards.
• Work in close contact with Advertising to develop promotional plans, advertising campaigns, catalogs, brochures, displays, exhibits, and other support materials.
• Create, execute, and maintain a product strategy to guide new product development efforts for each product line. Full responsibility for coordinating the new product development process across all functional areas.
• Closely monitor and steer all Engineering and Manufacturing activities concerned with new product or new technology development and product maintenance activities related to products.
• Prioritize the efforts of Group Materials through necessary forecasts and product information as they relate to customer service. Work with Materials to monitor activities of critical vendors.
• Develop “Authorized Corporate Transaction” reports for new product introduction.
• Develop a personal expertise on assigned product markets including a complete intelligence file on competitors’ products, pricing, field activity, customer service channels of market distribution and end user preferences. Become familiar with product materials, manufacturing, packaging, transportation and promotions.
• Review and approve engineering change requests to products.
• Coordinate the development of effective packaging, advertising, sales and incentive programs, sales displays, trade show displays, and publicity programs.
• Provide Product Engineering with market preference and trends on products considered for development or redesign.
• Relate and recommend changes in established market distribution and strategy as necessitated by market and consumer preferences.
• Coordinate the interpretation of plumbing codes and distribution of this information to the field sales organization.
• Seek legal advice from corporate counsel to ensure propriety of pricing mechanism, trademarks, product labeling, policies and contractual agreements.
• Demonstrate appropriate level of competency in the following areas: Drive Continuous Improvement, Set High Standards of Performance, Leadership, Teamwork, Communication, Business Acumen, Management of Self, Management/Development of Others, Focus on the End Customer, and Build Trust.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS - WHAT YOU NEED TO QUALIFY
• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field.
• 8-10 years of prior experience in sales, marketing, channel management, and/or product development with progressively more responsibility and a track record of results are required.
• At least 1-year experience with P&L and/or budgeting is required.
• Previous supervisory or coaching experience required.
• Must possess a keen analytical mind, be strong on planning, detail, and accuracy, and be a demonstrably creative thinker.
• Must possess substantial skills in written and oral communication with all levels of management and with outside contacts.

SKILL PREFERENCES – HOW YOU CAN STAND OUT

• MBA/MS preferred
• 3 or more years of P&L and bugeting experience.
• Cross-functional experience and post graduate training in marketing or management preferred.


To apply:
Send resume and summary of qualifications to kimberly.hughes@rightthinginc.com