Product Manager
Product Manager
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$ 77998 - 111425
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Job Description
The Product Manager is the champion and primary point of contact for all assigned products with responsibility for product direction functionality competitiveness and quality. Major task areas include: market analysis; development of objectives and strategies for products or services; and making decisions on functionality price promotion channels and customer service. The Product Manager constantly collects and synthesizes information forecasts trends in competition and market conditions and adapts product strategies and tactical decisions to market changes. The Product Manager coordinates the activities of all departments related to the success of assigned products. The Product Manager is the non-technical expert for the assigned product lines.
Key Activities/Responsibilities:
- Manage complete product life cycle from initial development through obsolescence
- Establish product line positioning and pricing.
- Define and support all aspects of promotion for assigned products.
- Primary point of contact for all assigned products
- Report regularly on the status of all activities.
- Prepare business plans (AFEs) for new product development activities.
- Control gross profits of product line by monitoring cost of goods sold labor materials equipment and allocations and coordinate projects established to adjust unsatisfactory variables.
- Manage all product List Prices MAP prices and promotional prices.
Job Requirements:
- 4-year degree in marketing business or engineering. MBA is preferred
Minimum 5 years experience in marketing or sales of technical products (preferably vehicle related).
Skills Needed for Success:
- Experience with electrical electronic or mechanical products is helpful.
- Good organizational and project management skills.
- Capable of managing multiple projects in a cross-functional team environment. Ability to integrate and lead support for technical product development.
- Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills essential.
- Strong computer skills including MS Office
- Database management and spreadsheet development are required.
- Familiarity with sales/marketing database tools preferable.
Salary Range: $77998 - $111425
Benefits of Employment
In addition to excellent career growth opportunities Federal Signal Corporation offers a wide array of benefits including: annual bonus potential insurance (life medical dental vision) paid holidays paid vacation 401(k) with matching contributions and tuition reimbursement. We provide our employees with a smoke-free drug-free workplace.
About Us
Federal Signal in University Park is a leading manufacturer and supplier of comprehensive systems and products used to protect people and property. Our products and integrated solutions include systems for campus and community alerting emergency vehicles first responder interoperable communications industrial communications and command and municipal networked security. Specific products include: lightbars and sirens public warning sirens and public safety software.
Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS) builds and delivers equipment of unmatched quality that moves material cleans infrastructure and protects the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1901 Federal Signal is a leading global designer and manufacturer of products and total solutions that serve municipal governmental industrial and commercial customers. Headquartered in Downers Grove IL with manufacturing facilities worldwide the Company operates two groups: Environmental Solutions and Safety and Security Systems. For more information on Federal Signal visit:
The Company is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability genetic information status as a protected veteran or any other protected category characteristic or trait under applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation in the application process contact Human Resources at .All other applications must be submitted online.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
