AFRICA RBU SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER

Nissan Motor Corporation; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive manufacturer is seeking a Senior Product Manager for the Africa region. This role involves developing product strategies, managing product lifecycle, and ensuring successful market launches. Candidates should have a degree in marketing and 6-10 years of experience in product marketing, particularly in the automotive industry. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential, along with an understanding of market dynamics.

Qualifications

• 6 - 10 years of experience in Business, Product Marketing, Product Planning, Sales, or Project Management in Automotive.
• Good understanding of RBU markets' strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks.
• Automotive product knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead product strategy and implementation for Africa market.
• Manage product events milestones and align with stakeholders.
• Create go-to-market strategy for new launches.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Good communication (negotiation) skill

Self-starter

Information analysis

Time schedule management

Presentation skills

Education

National Diploma / Degree in marketing

Job description

Overview

POSITION/TITLE: AFRICA RBU Senior Product Manager

GRADE: G5 / EVP-5

DIVISION: Marketing

DEPARTMENT: Corporate

Purpose / Details Of The Job

Chief Marketing Manager (CMM) position is responsible for the development of product strategy, leading the product milestone (product change events) process, and product launches. it is the focal point for product strategy implementation and efforts to deliver business KPIs (profit, volume, market share, brand, etc.)

Qualifications / Requirements

Minimum qualification: National Diploma / Degree in marketing OR any related qualification

6 - 10 years’ experience years’ experience in Business , Product Marketing , Product Planning , Sales ,MI and Marcomms or Project Management with experience in the Automotive and Manufacturing industry .

Key Performance Areas

• Africa Line-up and Product Strategy Management

  Lead life cycle management activity and negotiate with relevant functions for for a healthy product life cycle with sustainable competitiveness, with efforts to delivery one product event per year.

  Define Product line-up deficiencies, risks and opportunities, and develop the business case for new development request.

  Cascade recent markets’ updates and study future technology adaptation with advanced & product planning teams (ex: EV readiness study, Connectivity, Autonomous driving ….)

  Midtrem Plan M&S input (volumes, share, Marketing & Sales expenses)

• Africa Product Milestones Management

  Manage Product Events Milestones (Contract, MPR, new requests), aligning with internal and regional stakeholders.

  Create M&S proposal to meet RBU markets’ needs in the best possible way through:

  Robust volume and market share proposal with ambition

  Competitive price positioning

  M&S expenses proposal (FMI & VME)

  Product Spec and End Item management to suit the different customer needs

• Launch Strategy and Management (Africa markets)

  Create the Go-to-market M&S strategy, incl. defining target customer and value proposition.

  Input to Marketing brief, follow up campaign development, proof read assets.

  Lead cross-functional implementation.

  Be the source of expert knowledge and promoter of launching model, towards Internal / external stakeholders (employees, media, partners, dealers etc ,…)

• Performance Management (Africa markets)

  Contribute to BP M&S assumption.

  Day-to-day management of product performance including:

  Track, understand and assimilate market demand trend (TIV), price trend and competitiveness (TPVA), and competitors’ actions.

  Price increase and VME proposal for managed products with Sales Team.

  Develop Action plan to realign with BP & milestones commitment.

  Validate product communication assets.

Special Requirements

Critical Knowledge

• Automotive product knowledge
• Good understanding of RBU markets (strength, weakness, opportunity and risk)
• Good knowledge of Nissan and competitors’ product
• Understand product milestone towards launch and life cycle management
• Business acumen (understanding revenue, cost and profit)

Core Competencies

• Analytical thinking
• Good communication (negotiation) skill
• Self-starter
• Information analysis
• Time schedule management (leadership)
• Presentation skills (include presentation making)