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Product Manager, Seating
Global Furniture GroupProduct Manager leading seating product development strategies for Global Furniture Group. Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to drive product innovations and market share.
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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Improve seating market share opportunities by collaborating in the development of products that are better than category leaders + enhancing products with new features and/or extensions
- Innovate the seating portfolio by redefining value, middle-market and contract industry positions with fresh design and material across all categories + verticals
- Direct and align category product development by defining its vision, roadmap and priorities
- Collaborate with Director of Seating and sales leadership to define category goals, target segments and vertical market strategies
- Direct product support efforts, ensuring consistent customer experience + addressing quality control trends on a regular basis
- Collaborate with Director of Seating to translate customer, market and competitive insights into product requirements
- Ensure products align with growth targets, margin/pricing requirements and differentiate the brand from its competitors
- Collaborate with Director of Seating to develop and oversee category training and position strategies
- Align product strategy with marketing positioning and messaging, collaborating on go-to-market plans, launch content, communications, etc
- Ensure marketing assets reflect product capabilities, competitive advantages and products ability to overcome customer pain points
- Oversee development and maintenance of competitive library + competitive analysis documentation
- Develop product briefs for new seating products based upon product gaps/competitive designs; accounting for required vocabulary, range of options, price targets, product sales volume potential and competitive targets
- Rationalize platform opportunities between multiple the Global, Global Healthcare + Offices To Go brands
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Design or other degree from four-year college or university
- Three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience or military equivalent
- Knowledge of the customer, dealer and sales process with demonstrated success and experience in customer relations and field sales
- Demonstrated entrepreneurial, risk-taking, and creative problem solving
- High level of written, verbal and interpersonal skills to communicate information, ideas, procedures and processes in a logical sequence; at a level appropriate to the audience and resulting in effective working relationships
- Successful experience working and achieving results in cross-functional teams
- General knowledge of furniture manufacturing
- Demonstrated ability to effectively use Microsoft Office software and tools currently used in Global Furniture Group including high proficiency of PowerPoint and Excel
- Record of ongoing professional development strongly preferred
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 40% as needed to achieve business objectives
- Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Paid Time Off
- Holiday Pay
- Medical/Prescription Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- Company-Paid Life and AD+D Insurance
- Company Sponsored Long-term Disability
- Short-term Disability
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Critical Illness and Accidental Injury Insurance
- FSA
- 401(k) & Roth 401(k)
- Performance-based bonus
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Hard Skills & Tools
product developmentcompetitive analysismarket strategyproduct requirementsproduct briefsquality controlcustomer relationsfield salesfurniture manufacturingdesign
Soft Skills
entrepreneurialrisk-takingcreative problem solvingwritten communicationverbal communicationinterpersonal skillscross-functional teamworkrelationship buildinglogical sequencingeffective communication
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in MarketingBachelor's degree in Business AdministrationBachelor's degree in Design