Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager

Expand your professional portfolio as a Senior Product Manager with MAU at our client in Hialeah, FL. As a Senior Product Manager, you will work with company leaders to develop and implement new product line plans and strategies. This is a direct hire opportunity.

MAU’s client is a worldwide leader in premium shade products for commercial and residential settings. Founded nearly a quarter century ago in Miami, the company reinvented the shade category through artfully designed, precisely engineered, and meticulously produced outdoor umbrellas. Today, the privately held company operates a 250,000-square-foot production facility in Miami and a 62,000-square-foot production facility in Vietnam while partnering with a network of strategic suppliers worldwide.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 8+ years of experience in a similar role, with 5+ years concentrated in product management, engineering, architecture, or architectural systems
• 2+ years of product management experience (furniture systems preferred)
• Traditional construction or prefabricated walls experience (preferred)
• Ability to synthesize technical information
• Adept analytical and creative thinking with an eye for design
• Experience with market research {macro, industry, customer (commercial, contract, hospitality, residential), product}
• Tollgate or stage gate knowledge and the ability to implement new processes
• Proficient project management skills
• Microsoft Project knowledge (preferred)
• Highly effective negotiation and support-garnering skills while driving for decisions
• Strong analytical skills with financial and sales experience
• Experience developing and delivering compelling presentations individually and within a team selling approach
• Ability to proactively achieve goals under shifting condutions and a variety of key stakeholders

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and define all market research for new product opportunities (stationary shade, cabanas, furniture), including pricing, positioning, product training, channel strategy, sales planning, etc.
• Provide market, customer, and competitive research reports on products, macro and industry trends, and market size to the executive committee
• Ensure a deep customer understanding, develop key insights, and identify a clear POV of future needs, wants, and use-cases for global customers
• Cultivate a deep understanding of cabana and furniture architectural systems and product requirements
• Develop the category with a systems-first, building blocks approach that optimizes interactions across components
• Manage the product life cycle through identification, introduction, growth, maturity, decline, and discontinuation
• Own the product development tollgate process, create required documents (including design, product, forecast, financials, requirements, opportunity, etc.), lead meetings, produce timelines and manage team to goals
• Develop price and product positioning strategy and analysis with a keen understanding of financial models and margin calculations
• Develop a strategy for growth via new channels, segments, and products
• Execute effective product launch plans to maximize sales
• Pursue and vet new and other business opportunities and initiatives
• Perform other duties as assigned

MAU Workforce Solutions is an innovative global company with extensive experience providing solutions for success in staffing, recruiting, technology and outsourcing to our clients, employees, and applicants. Headquartered in Augusta, GA since 1973, MAU is a family and minority-owned company offering better processes and better people to create efficiencies and greater profits for our clients. Our relationships with world-class companies, our training programs and our culture of family allow MAU to offer better results, better jobs, and better lives to those who work with us.

All Applicants must submit to background check and drug screening

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities required of the position

EOE

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