Product Manager - Oval Dirt
Product Manager - Oval Dirt
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Job Description
The Product Manager Oval Dirt is responsible for managing the Oval Dirt product portfolio throughout its lifecycle. This role requires significant technical knowledge of Oval Dirt racing and extensive collaboration with plant engineering compounding and R&D teams. The Product Manager will perform benchmarking monitor technical performance in the field and work closely with the Technical Customer Service Manager to resolve customer complaints. This position involves frequent travel and active participation in seminars training sessions and tradeshows.
Key Responsibilities:
- Product Lifecycle Management: Oversee the entire lifecycle of the Oval Dirt product portfolio from development to market introduction and phase-out.
- Technical Expertise: Maintain significant technical knowledge of the Oval Dirt product lines to effectively collaborate with plant engineering compounding and R&D teams.
- Field Performance Monitoring: Execute benchmarking and monitor the technical performance of products in the field requiring extensive travel.
- Customer Support: Collaborate with the Technical Customer Service Manager to address and resolve customer complaints efficiently.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with the Sales Department to understand customer needs and with Marketing to coordinate product rollouts.
- Market Analysis: Conduct market analysis to identify trends opportunities and competitive threats.
- Product Improvement: Identify opportunities for product improvements and work with R&D and engineering to implement changes.
- Stakeholder Communication: Communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure alignment on product strategies and objectives.
- Event Participation: Represent the company at industry seminars training sessions and tradeshows.
The successful candidate will possess the following skills:
- Strong technical background and understanding of product engineering.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong project management abilities.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a cross-functional team.
Qualifications :
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Business or a related field.
- Willingness to travel up to 50% during peak race season. Travel will include evenings and weekends.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in product management and/or exposure preferably in a technical or manufacturing environment.
- 5 years experience preferred 7 years without Bachelors degree
Working Conditions:
- Office environment with standard business hours.
- Frequent travel to race events customer sites manufacturing facilities and industry events.
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
EEO-Statement:
EEO / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to unlawful consideration to race color sex sexual orientation gender identity age religion national origin disability veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition as a federal contractor Continental complies with government regulations including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals with a disability and protected veterans where they apply. To be considered you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process please reply to or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues will not receive a call back.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
