Global Product Manager

JR Italy; Venezia; In loco; EUR 45.000 - 85.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

An established industry player is seeking a Global Product Manager for Tools to drive sales growth in the industrial cleaning sector. This dynamic role involves creating product strategies, managing lifecycle processes, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance market share. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of market trends, and the ability to communicate effectively across diverse functions. Join this innovative firm and contribute to developing solutions that promote sustainability while achieving business objectives. If you're ready to take on new challenges and make a significant impact, this opportunity is for you.

Competenze

• 3-5 years of product management experience, preferably in the cleaning industry.
• Fluent in English, with additional languages as a plus.

Mansioni

• Develop product strategy and manage portfolio lifecycle.
• Analyze market dynamics and drive growth strategies.

Conoscenze

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Cross-functional Leadership

Business Acumen

Problem Solving

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Business/Marketing

MBA

Strumenti

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

SAP

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Are you passionate about Product Management and interested in the industrial cleaning sector? Do you like to take up new challenges in an international and constantly changing environment? Then you might be the Global Product Manager, Tools we are looking for!

ABOUT TENNANT

Tennant is a recognized leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions for industrial and commercial markets, with more than $1 Billion in annual revenues. With a vision to become a global leader in water-based sustainable cleaning and other technologies, Tennant creates innovative solutions, such as our ec-H2O products, that are changing the way the world cleans.

Tennant employees work to create a cleaner, safer, healthier world. Tennant is a company that cares about what it's doing, and the sustainability of its products, and works every day to develop new solutions that clean exceptionally well, but don't damage the environment. Employees of Tennant Company work with a spirit of Stewardship. Very simply, Stewardship is a filter for our actions and decision-making, as we strive to leave things in better condition than when we found them.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Global Product Manager, Tools will support sales growth through marketing efforts, managing current solutions & developing new solutions, implementing pricing strategies, portfolio lifecycle management, and sales support. This role will be responsible for creating the Tools product strategy and multigenerational product plan. The Global Product Manager will develop a deep understanding of the market including applications, competitors, and customer needs. He/she will utilize that market knowledge to plot a strategy, identify growth opportunities, and become the champion for their product lines. The Global Product Manager will be accountable for achieving annual revenue, growth, and profit targets.

Key responsibilities & elements of the role include:

• Deep understanding of market dynamics including competition, trends, new technologies & pricing to inform appropriate decision making for the product line.
• Ability to analyze large sets of data and interpret into actionable information that will guide portfolio management of current solutions as well as development of new offerings.
• Work closely with customers and sales leaders to develop and articulate Tools product line value propositions.
• Partner with sales & service leadership, sales, field admin, engineering, and finance in the new product development process
• Develop and implement growth strategies based on market needs to increase market share & profitability of the product line.
• Drive portfolio lifecycle management with a strong emphasis on product line simplification.
• Collaborate with marketing operations to update and develop new collateral & tools linked product launches and/or updates.
• Assist in product training materials and delivery leveraging the product, sales, and communication teams.
• Understand competitive pricing & programs as well as those within adjacent industries.
• Develop a pricing strategy on new solutions as well as manage annual price adjustments to grow portfolio revenue.
• Support supply chain, sourcing and operations manage and improve product quality.

Required Skills

• Self-starter, comfortable dealing with abstract or ambiguous problems independently
• Strong communication skills- Ability to simplify complex topics and communicate effectively with a wide array of functions.
• Able to develop and communicate strategy and a vision in a compelling manner~ influencing without direct authority.
• Experience managing change.
• High level of business acumen and ability to spot market and business trends, pattern recognition, demonstrated history of delivering P&L results.
• Cross-functional leadership – ability to lead complex projects involving global stakeholders across multiple functions and regions.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills
• Data analysis – ability to analyze data and recommend action based on the information.
• Good mechanical aptitudes to communicate with operations and engineering.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint, experience working in SAP desired.

Required Experience

• Fluent in English, any additional language is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in business/marketing is desired, Marketing/Business/MBA is preferred.
• 3 - 5 years of professional work experience, preferably with an emphasis in product management
• Experience working with the cleaning industry.
• Global business experience collaborating with international teams.
• Willingness to travel domestically & internationally – up to 20% of the time.
• Successful track record for problem solving, idea generation and program execution.