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SUMMARY

We are seeking an innovative Associate Product Manager that will provide daily and ongoing product and project support to the Product Management team including monthly and quarterly financial sales and margin tracking and analysis, new product development interdepartmental project interface, customer support and quotation assistance, Sales group assistance as it relates to product issues, and field support at trade shows and where needed to support product lines. Hybrid Opportunity…Apply Here to Learn More!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand product portfolio, gaps, and work with different stakeholders to determine the best approach on developing user-friendly solutions.
• Design, develop, track, and update competitive intelligence and market penetration database.
• Manage stage gate process for New Product Development (NPD) initiatives.
• Updating databases, collecting requests for product requirements, and creating foundations for business cases.
• Interact with customers to assess product development needs, provide follow-up, and gage product development opportunities.
• Develop Score Card and related slides for NPD PowerPoint slide deck, submit monthly to be presented.
• Develop dashboards for Product Team to manage analytics, providing “deep dives” into data, becoming the “PowerBI Expert”.
• Manage projects with Engineering and Product Development ensuring product launch is on time and on budget.
• Provide financial projections, commitments for growth for new products launches.
• Lead training sessions to educate customers on products strategy.
• Lead/drive a close and effective cross- functional team dynamic.
• Create product documentation and sales collateral for sales and technical presentations.
• Travel required for learning and understanding the Voice of the Customer (VOC).

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering required.
• Master of Science or MBA a plus.
• Must have a minimum of 1-5 years of experience in the water technology / flow control industry with the ability to understand valve and actuation applications and a related level of understanding of fluid mechanics and electro-mechanical equipment.
• Experience with commercial valve application and manufacturing or product management a plus
• Knowledge of process piping, valves, and fittings within Commercial plumbing, Municipal, Waterworks and Industrial process industry
• Knowledge of ASME, ANSI, and specific piping industry codes and standards
• Possesses knowledge of sales channels – distribution, contractor, end-user, specifying engineers, etc.
• Believes in customer-centric and data-driven product design processes.
• Ability and desire to quickly learn new business systems including PowerBI.
• Travel 10%
• Sales Experience will be a plus.

Enhance Recruiting