| Product Manager: Stoves- Cascade Designs
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| Classifieds Category: Job Listings |
| Posted: 08/07/2008 |
General Summary and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the development and “Fitness for Use” of Stove, Cookware, and Fuel product lines and product line plans to achieve increased sales and profitability. Be the focal point for all product line related activities and issues.
• Provide product-driven direction to Brand Managers, Marketing Services, Manufacturing, Sales and other resources to develop and implement a comprehensive product line strategy across market segments – including product line needs, visual line plans, costing, pricing, and packaging.
• Be the "passionate champion" for assigned products. Ensure product excellence and innovation. Communicate product direction and information throughout the company as well as to sales reps, distributors and retailers in order to maximize sales and profitability of the product lines.
• Be the product "expert" relative to industry trends, consumer trends and competitive product offerings.
Essential Functions:
• Product Planning: Responsible for determining and rationalizing the product line to meet market objectives and customer requirements, establishing and maintaining product specifications, working with manufacturing to ensure manufacturability and design quality, and establishing and monitoring relationships with key suppliers.
• Product Development: Prioritize, coordinate, and participate in all product development projects for assigned product lines. Be the project manager and/or technical lead when necessary. Be the key driver behind the research and evaluation of new technologies. Approve and coordinate design changes. Report product information including sales, returns, product issues, etc, to the Product Development team.
• Fitness for Use: Responsible for ensuring products are designed, packaged, configured, and manufactured in a way that fully satisfies the needs of the customers. Provide fitness of use input to development teams and co-own the drawings and specifications with the Engineering/Product Development team.
• Product Costing and Critical Quality Issues: Monitor product line costs and critical quality issues. Responsible for direct product costs, including: bill of materials, bill of labor and make/buy decisions. Be the focal point for resolving all product issues in conjunction with the appropriate department (Manufacturing, Purchasing, Engineering, QA).
• Leadership: Lead cross-functional team members and build relationships, particularly with Product Development, Sales, Marketing Services, Manufacturing and Brand Managers to achieve consensus on key decisions that assure product leadership, innovation and growth in their category.
• Use the product: Responsible for spending time in the field using the product to better understand the customer and the product line needs from a first hand perspective.
Experience:
Passion for the product line and 2 years product manager experience in the outdoor industry. 2 years experience in manufacturing or product development of products with similar complexity and liability. Prior project management experience preferred.
Education:
Minimum 4-year Mechanical Engineering degree or 10 years equivalent experience required.
How to apply:
Jobs@cascadedesigns.com or www.cascadedesigns.com
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