Product Manager
Job Summary
The PFISTER Fauvets Product Manager is responsible for planning, innovating, directing, and owning the company’s short and long-range product plans to drive overall growth for the Bath and Kitchen portfolios. This individual will lead product management and execution matters for the showroom segment, including innovative new product introductions and existing portfolio performance. Product decisions, specs, marketing strategies, and commercialization will be largely influenced via research and data analysis generated by and recommended by the Product Manager. We’re looking for an exceptional talent with proven success in developing strategic product marketing roadmaps through an incredible eye for style and design along with a passion for winning in the fashion plumbing space.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- (60%) - New Product Development (NPI)
- Lead cross-functional team (engineering, sourcing, supply chain, finance, and consumer insights) through multiple on-going product development projects at various stages of development via milestone process.
- Develop and execute strategic and innovative product road. Understand market, channel and/or customer dynamics, product design, trends, and end–user preferences and purchase drivers.
- Identify and develop new business opportunities, product adjacencies, and markets.
- Develop NPI scope documents (preliminary financials, KPI’s, timeline management, etc.)
- Author 3-year portfolio strategic plan.
- Attend global supplier and factory trips (pilot). Overseas travel required.
- Present and interact with senior level internal and external customers.
- (25%) - Portfolio Maintenance
- Accountable for overall portfolio performance deliverables.
- Achieve new product introduction vitality and hurdle rate metrics.
- Responsible for sales & gross margin portfolio performance, pricing, P&L, asset management, etc.
- Support brand guidelines to ensure consistency, with specific influence on packaging, product images, merchandising, and collateral related to assigned projects.
- Facilitate product related materials for customer product collaboration, line reviews, and business reviews. Includes but not limited to product renderings, samples, associated market and trend details, mood boards, etc.
- Work with quality and brand to support installation workshops, videos, market research and related initiatives.
- Own product life cycle.
- (15%) – Business Processes
- Contribute to company financial and business initiatives through established rhythms and assigned projects. Examples include sales and operations planning to improve forecast accuracy or inventory initiatives tied to working capital.
- Support the management of the on-line databases to ensure proper content. (Internal as well as customer websites)
- Manage product documentation process including mix management, product life cycle. Generate reports, tools as required.
- Manage special projects as assigned.
Education and Experience Profile
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required. MBA/MS preferred.
- Minimum 7+ years in Product Management or Development, Marketing, Channel Management, and/or Sales with a history of escalating responsibility and track record of results.
- Ideal Candidates will have experience in the decorative plumbing category.
Required Core Competencies
- Ensures Accountability
- Financial Acumen
- Decision Quality
- Directs Work
- Builds Effective Teams
- Manages Complexity
- Action Orientated
- Collaborates
- Customer Focus
- Communicates Effectively
- Instills Trust
- Demonstrates Self-Awareness
- Drives Results
Required Technical Skills
- Advanced in Microsoft Office Skills
- Advanced Presentation Skills
- Good Project Management Skills
- Advanced Profit & Loss / Budget knowledge
- Advanced industry knowledge
- Advanced Category Management knowledge
Work Environment
- Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
- Hybrid work in our Lake Forest, CA Headquarter office at least 3 days/week.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed – up to 20%.
Pay Range: $117,482 to $184,615.
This “base salary range” is a reasonable estimate for this position at the time of posting. Pay within each range is based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, to primary work job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location. ASSA ABLOY conducts regular review of compensation ranges and therefore reserves the right to alter this range at any given time.
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
ASSA ABLOY is an Equal Employment Opportunity.
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