Product Manager

4 weeks ago

Grand Rapids, United States Steelcase Full time


General Information

Country: USA

State: Michigan

City: Grand Rapids

Office Location: PO Box 1967 - - - - -

Date posted: 02-Oct-2024

Business Function: Marketing

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

Description

This role can be a Sr Specialist, Product Manager or Sr Product Manager level. Leveling will be commensurate with the candidate's qualifications and experience.
We are hiring a Product Manager for our Interior Architecture segment on the Portfolio Management Team. You will manage a strategic, well-rounded portfolio of products and will use your deep product knowledge and strong relationships to manage this portfolio across brands to maintain relevance, competitiveness, and financial performance of products.
What You Will Be Doing:
  • Craft product line or portfolio strategies and execution, considering a holistic view of the portfolio across our company and minimizing unnecessary complexity
  • Take ownership of and manage assigned product lines for market relevance and financial performance (Revenue through Gross Margin)
  • Create vision for the future of the product lines managed including lifecycle and product development strategy, goals, initiatives, and tactics
  • Make data-driven decisions regarding product pricing, sales forecasts, product positioning, product development scope and culling
  • Develop in-depth and comprehensive market segment knowledge to support portfolio strategy, sales opportunities, and training initiatives
  • Consult and advise with sales and dealer to refine applications and product offering including providing value engineering and up-sell guidance
  • Lead in-person and virtual trainings for Steelcase sales, dealer sales and dealer designers. Also, create and maintain on-demand product training for a number of audiences
  • Present to customers regarding product story, differentiators, and relevant technical details
  • Envision and generate sales tools including sales presentations, portfolio positioning guides, competitive comparison, website content, and product brochures and cut sheets
  • Technical product expert to address daily product capability questions
  • Collaboratively work with fellow portfolio managers and customer vertical leaders to ensure cohesive product strategy and initiatives
Your Future Team:
You will be joining an engaged (and fun) team of marketing professionals who wake up every morning thinking about how to connect with multiple audiences and stakeholders to win in a highly competitive market. There is a lot to do and learn, but you will have an experienced and supportive team by your side.
Who You Are:
  • You are intensely driven to discover new ways of connecting with customers (internal and external). You are skilled at managing multiple projects, using your time wisely, and efficiently completing tasks while keeping various others moving. Your agility allows you to respond quickly to new situations and you have the tools /experience to do so.
  • You can relate and empathize with both the business customer and internal team members. By putting yourself in others' shoes, you drive results, build productive cross-functional teams, and keep partners motivated.
  • You like to conduct training and customer presentations. You are always looking for ways to simplify messaging and engage the specific audience - motivating them to act on the information provided.
  • You work to create clarity and controlled conversations. Your experience includes developing creative and/or marketing briefs, compelling opportunity statements, key performance indicators + return on investment, category/corporate prioritization, and cross-functional resource planning.
  • You work collaboratively across our team and the company to leverage diversity of thought and experiences, and are comfortable engaging and influencing people at all levels of the organization.
Required Skills and Competencies:
  • At least 3 years of marketing or product management experience
Preferred Skills and Competencies:
  • Bachelor's degree in a business-related field is desired
  • Experience working within the contract furniture industry, related architectural/construction field or with distribution partners is highly preferred
Who We Are:
Steelcase is a global design and thought leader in the world of work. Along with our expansive community of brands, we design and manufacture innovative furnishings and solutions to help people do their best work in the many places where work happens.
Why People Choose to Work with Us: At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our customers and our employees. We prioritize supporting our employees both in and out of work, in all aspects of their lives. When we bring our talents together, we make a positive lasting impact through our work and communities.
Our Approach to Hybrid Work: At Steelcase, we have always believed that the office is our best place to work. Our workplace is designed to foster collaboration and engagement, providing employees with a space to do meaningful work that drives results. Levels of flexibility vary by role and team, and employees and their leader need to align on expectations of flexibility. What Matters to Us: More than qualifications, we're looking for talent and potential. We are proud to have a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we're always looking to improve our global community. We value applicants who are comfortable interacting with people different from themselves, building mutual respect and positive relationships. We invite people from all backgrounds and genders to apply. If we can make the application process easier through accommodation, please email us at myhr@steelcase.com.
Steelcase provides employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, creed, genetic information, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or veteran status and bases all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. We are proud to be recognized for our inclusive workforce by the Corporate Equality Index for the past nine years.
Steelcase is a MVAA- Silver Level Veteran-Friendly Employer. Steelcase recognizes the amazing experiences and skills that Veteran's possess. We encourage all Veterans and Veteran Spouses to apply.
Please see our Working at Steelcase Document for more detailed benefits and compensation information.
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