Product Manager

Millbrook Healthcare Group; Southampton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Occupational Sick Pay

Rewards scheme – 200+ exclusive perks

Job summary

Millbrook Healthcare Group is seeking a Product Manager to own and develop the UHC product range, lead on portfolio growth and drive new product introductions to market. You will review performance, inform pricing, and work across supply chain to ensure briefs are met for successful launches.

The role requires strategic thinking, cross-functional leadership, and a commercial mindset to stay ahead in a fast-moving market. 40 hours per week, on site in Southampton area.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare markets and products.
• Knowledge of pressure care products and care settings.
• Strong business sense with analytical capability and pricing insight.
• Technical or practical healthcare background is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction across channels and markets.
• Lead new product development from concept to launch and post-market review.
• Create product briefs and guide supply chain to meet briefs.
• Collaborate with teams to develop value propositions and pricing.
• Review tenders to identify gaps and opportunities in the offer.
• Support with product development and successful market launches.
• Communicate clinical insights and competitive differentiation.
• Train internal/external teams and support customers as needed.
• Forecast sales and monitor market movements to drive growth.

Skills

Healthcare industry experience

Pressure care knowledge

Strong commercial and analytical

Practical/technical background in hc

Education

Degree or similar

Job description

We are looking for a Product Manager to join our team at Ultimate Healthcare (Totton). The main purpose of the role is to own the UHC product range, both in existence and development. To review and manage the portfolio performance, lifecycle and growth. To lead on the development and launch of new products to market. To be commercially driven and lead the product management, enabling success for UHC in a fast moving and competitive market.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction across the sector channels
• Lead new product development and launches from concept, clinical validation, and business case through to launch, adoption, and post market optimisation
• Creating the reason for existence and building product briefs and guidance for supply chain to ensure the brief is met fully
• Working with supply chain to ensure brief is communicated, understood and met with throughout the product development
• Develop compelling value propositions and pricing strategies, clinical, and commercial justification
• Reviewing tenders to identify product gaps within the UHC offer and identifying potential new products
• Working with new product development team in developing and bringing new products to market and assisting in a successful launch
• Reviewing any product feedback from the field and/ou ster tenders
• Creating documentation to support the product range
• Collate and communicate the clinical insight into a competitive advantage, identifying unmet needs, innovation opportunities and differentiation against the competition
• Be the product authority, training both the internal and external team as well as supporting customers as and when required
• Supporting with customer visits and exhibitions as required
• Monitor the product sales, assisting with forecasting and responding to market movements, ensuring UHC stay as a market leading company
• Assist with any product investigations when there is a need
• Work cross-functionally with Sales & Marketing, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and Operations to deliver profitable and compliant growth
• Track category performance and success metrics, using insight to continuously optimise portfolio mix, pricing, and channel strategy
• Potential requirement to stay away to complete the above tasks
• Keep abreast of regulatory and standards relating to the UHC product range
• Ability to understand, analyse, write and present reports.
• Work well within a team environment but also able to work under the minimum of instructions and manage workload and prioritise to the business need.
• Analytical with commercial skills
• Confident in excel, microsoft, powerpoint, PDF editing, design and marketing.
• The Ability to problem solve and give valuable commercial insight and technical input into a new product development program

Desired Skills

• Healthcare industry experience
• Pressure care knowledge
• Strong commercial and analytical skills
• A practical and/or technical background in healthcare would be advantageous - is preferred.
• Degree or similar

What we can offer you?

• 40 hours per week, Monday and Friday
• Company Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Occupational Sick Pay
• A rewards scheme – 200+ exclusive perks and discounts from leading retailers and leisure outlets

Our ambition at Millbrook Healthcare is to become the leading provider in the assisted living sector whilst ensuring our core company values ‘CARES’ remain unchanged. We are always looking to recruit hard working and talented individuals to become a part of our ongoing growth and success. You’ll enjoy all the support and encouragement you need to reach your own potential and develop a rewarding career along the way.

Care and respect for our colleagues and service users

Accountable and proud

Ready to learn and grow

Enhance our service users’ lives

Socially responsible, ethical and transparent

This role is working in a regulated activity and may be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and social media screening.

• Millbrook Healthcare Group
  Nutsey Lane
  Southampton
  SO40 3XJ