Senior Product Manager
Graduate job Telford (Telford and Wrekin)
Job description
Senior Product Manager
Telford, Shropshire, West Midlands.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Product Manager to join our centrally based Marketing department. The salary is dependent on previous experience and ranges from £45-55k with a 10% bonus.
The main aim of the role is the responsibility for the commercial development of a designated product area and managing a range of products and suppliers to achieve business goals and objectives. You will work alongside with Marketing Director and act as a key stakeholder in the Product Management team on key projects such as pricing strategies and product bible management for catalogue production. Together, setting expectations and anticipated outcomes for the rest of the team.
Additional key areas of responsibility include:-
- Up to date knowledge of your market share, evolution & trends.
- Defining the strategy on your product range in line with business goals.
- Negotiate buying terms with key Suppliers.
- Optimise spending and maximise supplier's contributions in line with Supplier performance programmes.
- Act as a key stakeholder for the Product Management Team across all areas, ensuring the team meet critical deadlines.
- Annual catalogue production and input with fellow Marketing colleagues.
- Handling pricing to meet turnover and margin goals.
- Work in alliance with other key Head Office departments to meet sales and business goals.
- Coordinate projects which are appointed by the Marketing Director
To be considered for the position you will need:-
- Significant experience as a Product Manager working within a commercial business environment.
- University degree, preferably in Marketing, Economics or Business Administration.
- Excellent negotiation and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication ability across all media and personable in approach.
- People management skill and ability is required.
- Available to travel as per business requirements.
- Proficient across all Microsoft Office programmes.