Product Manager - Lab

Medline; Northfield (IL); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Medline is seeking a Product Manager for its Lab division in Northfield, IL. This hybrid role includes managing the product lifecycle, developing marketing strategies, and supporting sales initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience in the healthcare industry.

Benefits

Health insurance

401(k) contributions

Continuing education & training

Paid time off

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• At least 2 years of experience in marketing, sales, product management, or clinical practice.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full product lifecycle including marketing and sales support.
• Develop and implement marketing plans for existing products.
• Analyze sales trends and prepare product forecasts.

Skills

Negotiation

Financial Analysis

Market Research

Customer Relationship Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Job description

Job Summary

Medline Industries has an immediate opening for a Product Manager with our Lab division. This role will be based out of Northfield, IL corporate office and will work a hybrid model. Under general supervision, manage the full product lifecycle including the sourcing, marketing, new product development, sales support and financial growth of assigned products. Work with and train sales force to be able to confidently sell product to customers.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Identify and develop new products and manage each stage of the process through take to market.

• Develop and implement comprehensive marketing plans and promotional programs for existing products to include product strategy development, pricing strategy, collateral creation and brand management.

• Review monthly financial performance and determine contributing factors. Offer solutions for detrimental sales or cost trends. Prepare product forecasts to include revenue and expense expectations. Analyze sales trends over time and impact of competitive strategies. Support forecasts and budgets with appropriately detailed marketing plans.

• Work with Manufacturing, Purchasing and Engineering to reduce Cost of Goods by assessing packaging, alternate materials, new sources of material, stocking, make to order, direct to customer shipments, etc. Manage inventory by focusing on eliminating surplus and optimizing SKU count. May negotiate pricing with vendors for raw materials and finished goods. Visit vendors to develop products and train personnel all aspects of each product and usages. Coordinate materials with vendors and develop finished custom items.

• Analyze and bid on GPO and/or Integrated Delivery Network contracts for assigned product categories.

• Develop and deliver training materials for internal stakeholders, sales forces and customers. Create sales tools.

• Conduct market research and translate that research into new products, product improvements, or line extensions by providing leadership to a multi-functional team.

• Travel with sales force to support efforts to convert customers to purchase Medline products. Provide timely follow up to sales forces by answering product questions via e-mail and phone.

Required Experience:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree

Work Experience

• At least 2 years of marketing, sales, product management or clinical practice experience (preferably in the healthcare industry).

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

• Experience negotiating with outside vendors and internal resources.

• Experience collecting and analyzing financial data.

• Willing to travel up to 50% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).

• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).

• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).

Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

The anticipated salary range for this position:

$79,560.00 - $115,440.00 Annual

The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s location, education, experience, skills, and abilities. This role is bonus and/or incentive eligible. Medline will not pay less than the applicable minimum wage or salary threshold.

Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits please click here . For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

Every day, we’re focused on building a more diverse and inclusive company, one that recognizes, values and respects the differences we all bring to the workplace. From doing what’s right to delivering business results, together, we’re better. Explore our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion page here .

Medline Industries, LP is an equal opportunity employer. Medline evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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