Product Development Manager

2 days ago

Pacific, Missouri, United States Walker Products Inc. Full time
Job Description

Job Title: Product Development Manager

Department: Product Development

Summary:

Walker Products Inc. is a leading manufacturer of automotive aftermarket sensors. With a global marketing strategy, we serve domestic and international markets through three manufacturing facilities and six distribution centers around the world.

We are seeking a Product Development Manager to join our team as a crucial member of our Product Development department. The Product Development Manager will work with our Product Development team to build and manage several product lines, leveraging market data through investigations and research.

The ideal candidate will have experience in researching and analyzing complex markets, excellent written and verbal communications skills, and a strong familiarity with Microsoft Office tools. Candidates with automotive backgrounds are preferred.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop Analytical Insights: Inform and influence product roadmaps and business decisions to improve the consumer experience. This includes market price modeling, customer research, and competitive analysis.
  • Build and Own New Products: Develop new products from ground level and work to continuously scale and evolve current products in the automotive and Othermotive markets.
  • Own the Product Development Process: See projects through from concept and planning to development, launch, and post-launch iterating.
  • Partner with Cross-Functional Teams: Define, document, and communicate objectives, requirements, and constraints for product initiatives and releases.
  • Lead and Collaborate: Drive results and profitability with the broader cross-functional team, including Engineering, Purchasing, Quality Control, and Inventory Management.
  • Manage Product Lifecycle: Develop and implement long-term product marketing strategies to support profitable sales growth and market share expansion.
  • Plan and Implement New Product Introductions: Develop market penetration strategies, pricing, promotion, training, demonstrations, and literature.
  • Assist in Product Data Development: Attributes, applications, industry standards.
  • Understand Customer Needs: Products, applications, systems, and business needs of potential customers.
  • Perform Market Research: Understand the global competitive landscape.
  • Manage Projects: Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and/or third parties.
  • Liaison with Factory and Overseas Marketing: Define, justify, and coordinate new product development and product requirements for global markets.
  • Coordinate with Supply Chain Management: Sales forecasts, new product introductions, and product phase-out, to support inventory planning.
  • Develop Product Roadmaps: Build short, medium, and long-term product roadmaps that take products from conception through launch and expansion.
  • Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Identify and prioritize product changes to meet customer needs and maintain unrivaled customer satisfaction.
  • Measure Solutions: Continually measure solutions to see if they have solved the problems at hand, via both qualitative and quantitative measures.
  • Understand Company Strategy: Draft responses to Executive inquiries where appropriate.
  • Prepare Content: Prepare content as part of the company's annual Executive conferences and other industry events.
  • Research New Product Ideas: Work closely with Marketing Representatives, Sales Professionals, and other internal stakeholders to research new product ideas.

Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of Product Management experience preferably within the automotive aftermarket or automotive technical industry.
  • Research experience utilizing third-party data provider platforms.
  • Understanding of key macroeconomic, industry, and regulatory trends affecting our business and the potential impacts (or opportunities created) for our strategies.
  • Highly resourceful; ability to exercise superior judgment regarding internal requests.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Ability to interact directly with all internal departments and senior management.
  • Excellent Microsoft Office Suite skills for creating and maintaining databases.
  • Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously and working collaboratively as part of a team.

Personal Attributes:

  • Be highly motivated to succeed and to foster the success of his/her teammates.
  • Demonstrate the poise, confidence, and professionalism to establish relationships, garner support, and engage team members to ensure successful completion of projects.
  • Desire to be in a dynamic role with a high level of rigor and where the work may change day-to-day.
  • Be a self-starter who originates ideas and identifies and captures opportunities and can push forward on initiatives with limited oversight or guidance.
  • Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) - must show aptitude for explaining technical concepts clearly and simply.
  • Possess outstanding attention to detail and superior organizational skills.
  • Have strong integrity, professionalism, and dedication to excellence.
  • Excel in a demanding, fast-paced environment while maintaining the highest quality standards.
  • Be a natural problem solver who can independently identify and recommend improvements to enhance productivity and efficiency.

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