Director of Product Management

• Establishes both long and short-term objectives and strategies for assigned product lines. Conducts research to determine viability, both from a product and pricing standpoint. Establish goals and expectations for the new products.
• Be accountable for business results of product lines (volume, revenue, margin) to ensure overall sales and profitability objectives are being met.
• Actively manages product planning and execution through the product life cycle.
• Be an expert with regards to the competition. Conduct competitive benchmarking for assigned product lines by reviewing competitive information via competitor pieces and trade publications, market research and feedback, etc.
• Monitor activities of external influences which affect product design and/or use.
• Manages team of product managers in support and achievement of departmenal goals and objectives.
• Develop and manage metrics and business review for department
• Tight coordiation with Engineering, Operations, Sales

• Minimum four years multi-brand product management experience required, preferably in the laundry or similarly structured market.
• Minimum of two years in management or director roles
• Three to five years of international or global company exposure preferred
• Must have experience with companies with multi-brand approaches.

Skills and abilities:

• Possess strong project management ability; effectively communicates vision for product line and strategy to the product team.
• Ability to interact with top management effectively; identifies priorities of upper management and when it is appropriate to inform; takes into account what exectuive concerns might be and addresses them proactively.
• Strong communication skills; influences other by persusasion rather then authority-makes case; effectively captures product requirements for product team in specification documents.
• Strong time management ability; effectively prioitizes and plans time (distinguishes between what is important and what is urgent).
• Demonstrates strategic/forward thinking ability; looks outside of industry for advances in technology and functionality; communicates roadmaps to product team - where product is going for future; analyzes the existence and influence of internal and external forces on the success of the business.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Management or related field required
• MBA preferred

Physical Requirements:

• Position involves sitting long periods, standing, manual dexterity, stopping, bending, and minimal lifting.

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Alliance Laundry Systems LLC

Attn: HR Department

Shepard Street,

P O Box 990

Ripon WI 54971

Alliance Laundry Systems LLC is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer