Product Manager Traditional Floor Care

Versuni (formerly Philips Domestic Appliances); Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-from-home allowance

Pension plan

Product discounts on Versuni products

Job summary

Versuni is seeking a Product Manager for Traditional Floor Care in the Netherlands. You will analyze consumer insights, define portfolio gaps, and shape an innovation roadmap while aligning projects with strategic objectives and value propositions grounded in market understanding.

You will partner with R&D, design, marketing, and country teams, manage business cases, support asset briefs, and monitor performance to sharpen competitiveness across the product range.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years in product management.
• Experience managing projects, budgets, timelines, and risks.
• Strong problem-solving and prioritization skills.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the development of product category strategy by analyzing consumer insights, market dynamics, and competitors.
• Defining portfolio gaps, assessing opportunities, and feeding the innovation roadmap.
• Collaborating with Product Project Managers for development projects and representing the consumer throughout the process.
• Developing consumer-centric, differentiating value propositions.
• Owning the project business case to evaluate revenue, profitability, and ROI.
• Briefing marketing and design teams on assets and communication materials.
• Conducting post-launch analyses to sharpen competitiveness of the portfolio.
• Monitoring market performance and optimizing the product range mix.
• Managing lifecycle activities including improvements, extensions, and end-of-life.

Skills

Product management

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's in engineering

Master's in business or engineering

Job description

About the role:

Representing the consumer, supporting the development of competitive, relevant, and differentiated value propositions in Traditional Floor Care. Managing cross-functional collaboration to identify and address portfolio gaps, price partition opportunities, and emerging consumer needs. Reporting into the Traditional Floor Care Product Director on a day-to-day basis, this role ensures that innovation projects align with strategic objectives and value propositions are grounded in strong consumer, market, and competitor understanding.

• Product Manager Traditional Floor Care
• Netherlands

The impact you'll make:

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the development of product category strategy by analyzing consumer insights, market dynamics, and competitors
• Defining the portfolio gaps, assessing the size of the opportunities, and feeding the innovation roadmap
• Teaming up with Product Project Managers for product development projects and representing the consumer throughout the project development process
• Developing consumer-centric, differentiating, and compelling value propositions
• Creating and owning the project business case to evaluate revenue, profitability, and ROI
• Briefing marketing and design teams on required assets and communication materials to ensure consistent, consumer-centric representation across all touchpoints
• Making post-launch analyses to sharpen the competitiveness of the product portfolio
• Monitoring the market performance of the category and optimizing the product range mix
• Managing lifecycle activities including improvements, extensions, animations, and planning end-of-life

KPIs

• Ensuring Successful Launch of New Products/Innovations: On-time, on-cost, on-quality
• Driving Growth Opportunities: Sales & Profitability increase
• Innovation Thought Leadership: Prepare short-term and long-term roadmap & execute
• Quality/Consumer Satisfaction: Percentage of deliverables meeting standards, Ratings & Reviews
• Collaborate Effectively: Team up with R&D, design, marketing, and country teams to deliver innovation

The skills and knowledge you'll bring:

• 3-5 years in product management
• Proven experience managing projects, budgets, timelines, and risks
• Bachelor's in engineering and preferably a master's in business or engineering background with business experinece
• Strong problem-solving and prioritization skills
• Strong communicator, capable of working and influencing cross-functional teams
• Experience or strong affinity with technology-intensive or complex innovation programs is a plus, reflecting the increased ambition level of future projects
• Affinity with food, cooking, and consumer food preparation trends is highly desirable. Exposure to different culinary traditions and an understanding of how cooking habits, preferences, and meal preparation vary across cultures would be a strong advantage.

What we'll give you in return:

• Internationally competitive base salary, benchmarked against global industry and market leaders.
• Performance-based Annual Incentive Program, rewarding those who dare and achieve more.
• Top-of-the-market pension plan with the opportunity for higher employee contributions.
• Work-from-home and phone allowances to support your home office setup and business connectivity.
• Balanced office-based working | With a strong focus on in-office collaboration, we offer flexibility to work from home based on team needs and individual circumstances.
• Work from abroad | Up to 30 days per year.
• Structured holiday policy | Includes defined care days, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, and a capped option to purchase additional leave days annually.
• Special health insurance plan for Versuni employees with convenient conditions when signing up with our partner insurance.
• Product discounts on all Versuni products sold under the Philips brand and our other brands.
• High-growth environment, offering exciting learning and career development perspectives beyond your first role.