Product Manager - Spacesaver
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
About the Job
As a Product Manager at Spacesaver, you will be the product champion overseeing specific categories including new and existing product lines. Your responsibilities will consist of creating product and go-to-market strategies, leading new product development projects, executing maintenance of existing product lines and assist in other critical activities to support overall business.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as deemed necessary.
• Lead the process of developing of new products that provide value to our customers. Duties will include establishing market research needs, gathering voice of customer data, feature prioritization, product positioning, identifying performance criteria, and price modeling.
• Work directly with Engineering and Manufacturing to understand the feasibility of manufacturing new products efficiently
• Build product stories with Marketing to generate demand for new and existing products across several markets
• Manage the performance of product categories on a SKU level and make recommendations for obsolescence
• Identify common Engineered to Order products that can be commercialized to increase overall sales
• Develop and maintain product road maps
• Attend tradeshows, develop and maintain relationships with strategic partners, train field sales reps, and meet with end users for market research (up to 30% travel)
Required Skills
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing,businessor Engineering with a minimum of 5 years of related experience, an MBA is preferred
- Ability to travel on average 10-15% of the time and, on some occasions, up to 40% of the time
- Knowledgeof general marketing and product management principles
- Entrepreneurial drive
- Strong project management skills and experience
- Strong technical aptitude
- Strong customer focus and effective sales and leadership skills
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously under tight time restrictions
- Proficiencywith Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Work, and Excel
Spacesaver is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
Required Experience
Why Work at Spacesaver?
- A workplace that feels like a community
- Company picnics and parties
- We show appreciation to our team members
- Annual Team Incentives $$$
- Wellness reimbursement for health club memberships
- Tuition reimbursement
- Company contribution to health savings accounts
- Competitive salaries
- Excellent medical, dental & vision benefits
- 401K with company match (.50 for every dollar you contribute up to 8%)
- Profit sharing (annual 2% company contribution of regular earnings)
- Every Day is Jeans Day!
- Complimentary coffee and hot chocolate
- Flexible schedules
- Family friendly environment
- We welcome fresh and new ideas
- Employee owned (Yes, you can be part owner of Spacesaver!)
- We are innovating! (Exciting time to join us!)
- The team members that work here are awesome!
- Spacesaver University (We offer free training courses to help you build skills & advance in your career)
- Internal promotions
- Teamwork & collaboration is valued
- Recognition/longevity gifts
Are our values a match?
- No one succeeds alone.
- Be productive with purpose.
- Innovate-Wild ideas are highly encouraged.
- Understand the world through your customer’s eyes
- Run it like you own it-because you do!