Product Manager - Cincinnati, United States - Revolution Technologies, LLC

    Revolution Technologies, LLC
    Revolution Technologies, LLC Cincinnati, United States

    2 weeks ago

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    *JOB SUMMARY*This position's primary purpose is to ensure our products meet customer needs. This includes planning, organize, and control assigned product lines from conceptual stages through the entire product life cycle, with ownership in terms of products' growth and profitability. The incumbent aims to optimize profit while managing marketing, financial, and corporate growth objectives for all applicable markets and all sales channels. Key areas of responsibility include product development, rationalization, enhancement, commercial support, engineering/manufacturing guidance, and positioning. Success in this role requires extensive technical knowledge of assigned product lines, as well as a comprehensive understanding of market conditions and customer needs and competitive landscape.

    *ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES*· Participate in overall product strategy and product development initiatives and associated roadmaps

    • Participate in new product development phase-gate process
    • Create go-to-market tactics, define targets and determine sales and marketing plans
    • Define value selling proposition and differentiators to increase BOD
    • Create strategic messaging to articulate and deploy the value proposition
    • Disseminate information on products and product strategies to all functional areas of the business unit, providing technical product training as required
    • Provide analytical support to commercial team to help refine sales strategies
    • Identify new markets and markets sizes through analysis of marketing research for existing, new, and emerging products
    • Influence and collaborate with R&D, sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and operations to develop product definitions responsive to customer needs and marketing opportunities
    • Define and document customer requirements for new products, as well as desired changes/enhancements for existing products
    • Continually review current product portfolio's ability to meet customer needs
    • Develop product cost profile and lead cost reduction efforts to maximize margins
    • Establish and manage pricing and promotional strategies based on marketing research and competitive analysis; implement these strategies in conjunction with Sales and Marketing to establish and maintain market position
    • Develop competitive analysis materials to compare product segment with key competitors
    • Develop and maintain external data sources, industry sources, associations, end users, customers, reps, analysts, consultants, trade organizations, and other relevant market intelligence sources
    *KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITY*· Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

    • Master's Degree preferred
    • Five plus years of relevant experience
    • Broad product and market knowledge
    • Strategic decision making skills
    • Technical aptitude and strong technical knowledge of air control and movement products including fans, dampers, louvers and ventilating exhaust systems preferred
    • Strong presentation skills
    • Experience with pricing, forecasting, finance and distribution models
    • Formal exposure to process improvement methodology
    • Strong knowledge of functions relevant to product management including sales, market segment analysis, purchasing, product engineering, production, cost analysis, quality, and customer service
    • Strong skills in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
    • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally about 25 percent of the time

    Job Type:
    Full-time


    Pay:
    $120, $135,000.00 per year


    Benefits:

    • 401(k)
    • Dental insurance
    • Health insurance
    • Paid time off
    • Vision insurance

    Schedule:

    • 8 hour shift
    • Monday to Friday

    Ability to Relocate:

    • Cincinnati, OH: Relocate before starting work (Required)

    Work Location:
    In person