Position Summary
Support, educate, motivate and direct the International Product Management Team to have a clear understanding of duties, provide accountability for performance and help them maximize high pay off activities that will increase their productivity and profitability of product lines.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Maintains accountability for the projects and objectives given by executives for the Product Management team
• Works as a liaison to promote and enhance the product cycle between departments
• Ensures all communication presented during meetings with various departments is communicated back to the Product Development team
• Interviews, hires and trains quality staff to meet the needs of the department
• Analyzes sales data, market trends, and competitive landscape to identify product selection
• Collaborates with Web Merchandiser to create digital product marketing materials (banners, landing pages, emails, etc.)
• Provides detailed and precise reports to Executive team to illustrate trends, predictions, and relevant strategies
• Works with Science to review industry trends for ingredients and product launches
• Approves final product information, materials, features, benefits, specifications, and pricing for catalogue to ensure accuracy
• Collaborates on overall product image plan and layout for catalogue and web to maximize sales
• Work with Executive VP to determine product strategy
• Research's and establishes pricing and margins to maximize profits
• Approves samples of products to ensure quality standards
• Oversees Content Writer(s) to ensure correct content and consistency is maintained
• Manage employee relations inside and outside the department to develop successful working relationships to achieve goals and objectives
• Collaborates with the Scientific Affairs department to ensure proper support to move products forward upon approval and that statement of products are scientifically valid
• Collaborates with Quality Control Department to provide any needed information such as label review, vendor issues, and manufacturing changes
• Complies with company policies and procedures
• Performs other duties as needed
Supervisory Responsibilities
• Yes
Education and Experience
• Bachelors degree in Business, Marketing, or related field.
• Two to three years of experience in product management, marketing, or merchandising.
• Or combination of equivalent experience, education, and training.
Skills
• Proficient use of MS Office Products.
• Above moderate levels of English reading comprehension, speaking, and writing; active listening; critical thinking, complex problem solving, analysis and evaluations, judgment and decision-making, and negotiation, and innovation.
Working Conditions and Environment
• Intermittently lift, carry, pull, and push up to 20 pounds.
• Continuously see, sit, and have balance
• Frequently talk, hear, grasp, have visual acuity, and have repetitive use of arms, wrists, hands, and fingers.
• Occasionally walk.
• Frequent use of computer.