Africa Rbu Senior Product Manager

Nissan Motor Corporation; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 100 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company is looking for a Senior Product Manager to develop product strategies and manage product milestones in Africa. Ideal candidates will have a degree in marketing and 6-10 years of relevant experience, including strong automotive product knowledge. The role involves lifecycle management, market strategy implementation, and performance tracking to meet business KPIs.

Qualifications

• 6 - 10 years experience in Business, Product Marketing, Product Planning, Sales, MI, Marcomms or Project Management in Automotive.
• Automotive product knowledge required.
• Good understanding of RBU markets necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead Africa product strategy management and lifecycle.
• Manage product events milestones aligning with stakeholders.
• Create go-to-market strategy for Africa markets.
• Track and manage product performance based on market trends.

Skills

Business acumen

Analytical thinking

Good communication

Presentation skills

Time schedule management

Self-starter

Education

National Diploma / Degree in Marketing or related

Job description

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

Key Performance Areas

1. Africa Line-up and Product Strategy Management: Lead life cycle management activity and negotiate with relevant functions 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).
2. 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.
3. 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 ...).
4. 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)