Product Manager - Guelph, Canada - Danby Appliances

Description

Overview:

Calling all Product Managers Do you thrive on product ownership, owning a product throughout the product life cycle and driving your business while working cross functionally? If so, we have just the opportunity for you We are looking for a business architect by nature, this individual is comfortable creating a game plan where there is none, likes to balance their time in-market vs.

in-office, and knows how to set the sales organization up for success. The ideal Product Manager is humble, hungry, and smart

You will be responsible for delivering the annual budgeted revenue and gross profit for the assigned product categories.

This is achieved by thoroughly assessing the market, identifying the target audience, articulating a singular objective with focused strategies, and related tactics in-field.

You will have the support of a peer group of brand marketers, along with robust selling and supply chain teams, to help you achieve success on the job


Responsibilities:

• Conduct market assessments, including analyzing consumer, customer, competitors, and economic variables
• Articulate a singular business objective for each product category
• Identify the product category target audience in conjunction with the brand manager
• Craft strategies that deliver the business objective
• Proactively manage the product portfolio,and build out a future product roadmap
• Play a lead role in the intercompany idea generation and design of new products, and own the product from cradle to grave.
• Identify and commercialize new products based on customer and consumer insights
• Articulate the merchandised portfolio including distribution, pricing, merchandising, and sales promotion tactics that will maximize inventory turns at retail, while winning new business during product line reviews with major customers.
• Manage the financial health of the categories and their individual products, including desired pricing and contribution margins

Qualifications:

• A University Degree in Business and/or Marketing
• 3 to 8 years marketing (or marketing/sales combination) experience in a retail focused business, of which 1 to 3 years in a similar product management role
• Lead and/or participated in market assessments and strategy development
• Have had demonstrated success executing at retail
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Supported Sales team during line reviews and at key customer meetings
• Lead and/or participated in a significant product commercializing effort
• Travel will be required throughout Canada, the United States up to 30% of the time, including working in China 12 times a year.

About Danby:

• Danby was established over 75 years ago with a humble vision of creating truly innovative appliances that would offer big product features for small space living. Like you, we've moved with the times by continually evolving the functionality and innovative features of our products, so not only do they look good, they're built great too._
• Our products are marketed under several brand names, including: Danby, Danby Designer, Danby Diplomat, Danby Premiere, Silhouette, and MicroFridge, as well as some private brands for major retail stores._
• Danby's goal of being the largest compact and specialty appliance company in North America is already being realized. Our strong leadership, creativity and innovation provide us with the tools to ensure future growth for many years to come._
• At Danby, it's not just a job, it's a career._
• Here are some of the reasons why being employed with Danby may be your best career move:_

- _ You will be a part of a company where you can be part of change and really make an impact_
- _ You will have the ability to work with great people who are passionate about our industry._
- _ You will work for an established company that actually believes in its values and does their best to live them out_