Rust-Oleum

Product Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION



Legend Brands, an industry leader and long standing, stable company, combines over 185 years of experience in providing equipment, accessories and chemicals for professional cleaning, facility maintenance, portable environmental control, fire remediation and water damage restoration.



Job Summary


Under general supervision, the Product Manager is responsible for managing assigned product families and leads the Company's Product Development process.



Supervision Responsibility


None



Essential Duties


To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with a disability to perform the essential duties.

The list below is intended to be illustrative of the responsibilities of this position and is not all encompassing, nor does it constitute an employment agreement, and the duties may change at any time.

  • Set product vision, strategy, roadmap and feature definition of new and existing products.
  • Work with the Sales and Marketing to create the products position in the marketplace; define go-to-market strategies, create a consistent message, and product promotions.
  • Manage the entire product portfolio, time-integrated plans for product introduction and product life cycles from strategic planning to tactical activities.
  • Maintain the PLM (Product Life Cycle Management) report for use in decision making related to product development, forecasting, management review/metrics, creating promotions, and production planning.
  • Assist with new product pricing and annual product pricing.
  • Key contributor to multidisciplinary teams as it relates to current products.
  • Responsible for benchmarking products against the competition (SWOT
  • Gather emotional intelligence by working with Customers, Sales Partners, and Legend Brands' associates to gather feedback on current product offerings by the competition.
  • Manage key objectives for product line and business against strategic goals and initiatives.
  • Manage transition planning with Operations.
  • Develop and manage strategic plans, operational plans and activities, product and applications planning for the new markets.
  • Provide new product information to the organization.
  • Train sales associates on market information, plans, and tactics.
  • Coordinate market research with Marketing.

    Responsible for coordinating new product research with Product Development, Marketing, and Sales.
  • Coordinate with all groups/departments to ensure that the needs of the marketplace, distribution channel and Legend Brands associates are met.

Minimum Qualifications


The requirements listed below are representative of the education, experience, certification and/or licensure required.

An equivalent combination of education and experience to perform the essential duties and meet the necessary employment standards may be considered.



Education and Experience


Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration required.



Product Manager
I


Product Manager I is the first-level classification in the Product Manager series and is intended for individuals with a minimum of 1-year related work experience.

As experience and proficiency are gained, assignments will become more varied and difficult; supervision become more general rather than direct.



This level requires knowledge and competent demonstration of the following within 6 (six) months of hire:
  • Product Lifecycle Management



Product Manager II


This is the next level of the Product Manager series and is required to have a minimum of 5 years of previous experience and working knowledge and competent demonstration of the following:
  • Experience bringing successful new products to market.
  • Voice of the Customer development.
  • Buyer Personas.
  • Market analysis.



Hiring Range


Between $80.2K - $97K annually



Benefits


Legend Brands offers an excellent benefits package with comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, leaves of absence, 10 paid holidays, generous paid time off, employer matching 401k PLUS a company-sponsored pension, and more!



Additional Considerations


Legend Brands is an equal opportunity employer that considers all applicants without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.

Candidates must be authorized to work for an employer in the U.S., as we are not currently sponsoring or taking over sponsorship of employment Visa's

All job offers are contingent upon satisfactory pre-employment drug test and background screening.
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