🚀 Senior Product Manager (mfd)

Location :

Hannover Germany

Job Purpose

This role is responsible for managing the Soundbar category.

The job holder manages the different products throughout their lifecycle and holds end-to-end accountability for timely delivering products that meet the needs of our target audiences building winning go-to-market plans and leading the collaboration with the different functions (R&D Marketing Sales Supply Finance Purchasing Consumer Insights). Essentially the PM is like the General Manager of his / her business looking at the full picture and creating 360 plans (Technical Commercial Marketing) to deliver sustainable growth.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Develop in-depth understanding of end-user needs use cases and market dynamics
• Articulate clearly the target customers were designing for the value proposition and our right to win with them
• Drive necessary regional or global consumer research to build product definition and strategy alignment with Product Marketing
• Manage product / portfolio (lifecycle) and roadmap management incl. turnover planning portfolio efficiency analysis and identification of tactical activities (product refresh / minor tweaks create a concept for commercial initiatives to be executed during the big promo events)
• Define the total product experience to deliver the best value proposition including product design packaging experience pre / post purchase activation
• Collaborate with R&D and Design to find the best compromise between the customers product experience time to market product cost and resource needs
• Create the product story that will feed the Marketing strategy
• Manage the commercial part of the different projects (market landscape analysis to identify the opportunities define price / promo strategy align volume forecast with regional teams)
• Monthly forecasting and demand planning in partnership with the Supply team
• Assess acoustic product performance during development as well as competitor products
• Highest level of customer support (share knowledge with the customer support team to maximize their ability to answer most questions and help answer remaining expert questions)
• Support the sales organization with product training & advice at exhibitions and product events

Additional Job Responsibilities

• Track online reviews to check quality of current products in market
• Identify and work with strategy external partners (technologies manufacturers suppliers) in a dynamic market environment
• Stay in touch with relevant key opinion leaders industry insiders and influencers
• Constantly monitor the competitive offer and analyze their performance
• Manage external relationships with :
• Suppliers to co-design new products
• Suppliers who manufacture current products
• Industrial Design agencies to develop product look & feel
• Sound virtualization software provider
• Streaming platforms to secure compatibility with our products
• Manage internal relationships with :
• R&D
• Marketing
• Supply Chain
• Global & Regional Sales
• Consumer Insights

Your profile :

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Engineering Acoustic Engineering or related field
• Strong technical analytical project management and stakeholder communication skills.
• Excellent communicator
• Strong team player balancing various stakeholders
• Fluent in English German is a plus
• Willingness to travel for projects (approx. 10% of the time)
• End-consumer focus
• Good understanding of how the Trade works (i.e. distributors retailers) to build winning propositions for them
• International & cultural experience and / or sensitivity

10 years of experience in Product Management / Development preferably in Consumer Electronics.

Experience and in-depth understanding & passion for Consumer Electronics / soundbars / headphone end-user market & trends

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Time Management,Data Analytics,Analytical,Agile,Requirement Gathering,Strategic thinking,Visio,Communication,Problem Solving,Market Research,UML,Cross Functional Teams

Employment Type :

Full Time

Experience :

years

Vacancy :

1

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