Product Manager — Appliances & New Product Development

Sharp Electronics; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 41,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plan

401k match

Employee Assistance Plan

Life & Disability Insurance

Training & Development

Paid vacation & holidays

Dynamic culture

Job summary

Sharp Electronics Corporation seeks a product development leader to manage new product development from concept to production. You will provide technical expertise on appliance products, visualize ideas, and evaluate market and financial viability.

You will initiate and track development schedules as a project leader, coordinating with other departments and maintaining timelines, while producing support literature such as operation, installation, and quick start guides.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Finance, or another related field.
• Must have 3 years of applicable experience or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Assemble and complete new product planning sheets by independently coordinating new product specifications, strategies, timelines, target costs and competitor analysis.
• Develop and prepare product support items such as show samples and product literature (operation & installation instructions, specification sheets, etc.).
• Develop and maintain detailed development schedules (Gannt charts) including agency, first lot orders, tooling, show samples and printed material requirements.
• Coordinate and manage cross-functional teams during project development process for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare for and participate in new product release meetings to ensure Marketing/Sales/Product Planning issues are complete.
• Contribute to pilot run review, preproduction review, and authorization meetings to ensure all necessary parts, quality, and customer requirements are satisfied prior to product launch.
• Review new products prior to first shipment to ensure quality and customer goals are satisfied.
• Participate in PSI meetings and discuss current customer activities. Check plan versus actual production and sales per customer
• Participate in Product Planning meetings and propose ideas/concepts for future planning.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Scheduling

Product planning

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Finance, or another related field

Job description

Sharp Electronics Corporation seeks a product development leader to manage new product development from concept to production. You will provide technical expertise on appliance products, visualize ideas, and evaluate market and financial viability.

You will initiate and track development schedules as a project leader, coordinating with other departments and maintaining timelines, while producing support literature such as operation, installation, and quick start guides.