The Ram Brand team is looking for a strong and passionate candidate to help us build upon our successes and our future opportunities. The Ram Product Manager will be responsible for the product planning and management of a Ram nameplate.
This is a highly strategic, fast paced, and visible position that is expected to lead and influence cross functional teams comprised of Engineering, Research, Design, Sales, Marketing, Finance and Procurement to define and develop a customer-centric product and its technology strategies to win in the marketplace. This candidate will define the market and competitive landscape, analyze and define customer data such as demographics and purchase/rejection reasons, set attribute priorities and define compelling value propositions. These insights will inform the product vision, product plan, positioning, segmentation and profit pool prioritization, commercialization and a go to market plan. In addition, establishing the nameplate's content will require a detailed understanding of market trends and the Stellantis showroom dynamics. The candidate must demonstrate the ability to use analytical data to identify opportunities and make recommendations to deliver on the Ram brand positioning and translate to offerings that generate demand and grow revenue, margin, market share and brand value. The role will require an entrepreneurial mindset with creative thinking and strong product, sales, marketing, presentation and communication skills, often at executive levels.
The Ram Brand Product team defines current production and future vehicle strategic direction, technologies and services. Forward-thinking product visions are based on a complex understanding of an ever-changing marketplace, research, and analytics. The underlying key to every vehicle is to understand the core motivations of our customers - What needs motivate their purchase? What do they think of the brand and its products? What do they think of the competition?
Team members are expected to establish effective working relationships, founded on trust and transparency, with our internal and external partners. Sound judgment, excellent communication skills and the ability to drive decisions through consensus and influencing change are a must.
Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or higher
- Minimum 5 years of experience in one or more of the following: product planning, brand management, product/marketing strategy, product finance, or engineering roles
- Experience building product and technology strategies
- Passion for the automotive market; automotive product knowledge
- Comfortable mining and analyzing data to identify market trends to make recommendations to generate demand and grow revenue, margin, market share and brand value
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects concurrently and meet aggressive and shifting deadlines
- Able to lead multiple cross functional teams and influence in a matrix organization
- Strong analytical and presentation skills are necessary and an aptitude to utilize those skills to communicate effectively with vehicle engineering, design, manufacturing, logistics, sales, marketing, and finance
- Strong strategic and critical-thinking skills
- Ability to be a change leader
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint & Excel
Preferred Qualifications:- MBA or Master's degree in Marketing, Finance, Engineering/Engineering Management
