DescriptionJOB SUMMARY:
The Offering Specialist is responsible for providing offering management leadership to drive growth and profitability of Vertivs Busway/Busbar Products. Work with the Director of Offering Management and offering management team to:
- Gain deep insight into customer needs and desired outcomes through extensive customer channel and market research.
- Develop design concepts to get customer feedback.
- Convert insights into innovative product strategies and detailed market requirements.
- Develop and maintain business case(s) through product development and launch.
- Align business case and financial forecasts with regional go-to-market teams.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to bring new products to the market in the shortest time possible.
- Manage profitability and sales forecast of product line.
- Be an expert on markets industries channels and competitive product lines.
- Develop sales and marketing strategies and plans to maximize product revenue and profitability.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and execute product lifecycle management plans including product introduction line extension engineered to order and end of production.
- Research market trends demand drivers customer needs and the competitive landscape.
- Ensure all customer facing offering documentation and marketing collateral is available and accurate.
- Provide offering information to Customers Sales Customer Service and Application Engineering.
- Prepare and deliver presentations product demos and other sales enablement tools.
- Develop and track metrics to measure post-launch sales performance of new offerings.
- Collaborate with Marketing teams to develop marketing programs for demand generation.
- Create sales facing order configuration forms.
- Manage list pricing and discounts.
- Manage product line profitability and volume forecasts.
- Assist in championing resolution of offering issues (i.e. delivery quality inventory)
- Create 3D model concepts for customer feedback.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
MINIMUM REQUIRMENTS:(Education and Work Experience)
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or Business; Master Degree preferred
- 5 years technical product/service strategic planning marketing or directly related experience.
- Experience with Busway/Busbar Products is preferred.
- 3D CAD experience is beneficial.
- Ability to quickly develop cross-functional relationships to achieve business objectives.
- Demonstrated competence in problem solving data analysis & project management
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite Smartsheet and other business applications
- Excellent communications skills written & verbal
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority