Product Manager (Maternity Cover)

BASED: 2 days in office and 3 days working from home

TRAVEL: Occasional travel to manufacturers & customer meetings

Our client, a growing international company, is looking for an experienced Product Manager to join one of their growing sectors.

Purpose of the role

• Responsible for managing all critical paths
• Track work to be completed, set deadlines and delegate tasks to your project team, identifying any potential risks
• Build strong relationships with their manufacturing partners.
• Engage/collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure project viability.
• Ability to lead clear briefs and communicate efficiently to their buying teams.
• Speak & present with confidence on project status updates.
• Ability to understand the technical make up of a product.
• Be able to work with large amounts of detail.
• Support with exceptional presentations for their customers.

Scope & Relationships

• UK & EU supplier facing and Asia area buying team
• Retailer facing for all live projects
• Internally face into all product, technical, design and supply chain teams
• Internal Stakeholder management

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for completing the project work in line with the plan and will often report progress to senior managers.
• Manage the product development from Concept stage to finished goods
• Managing the production of the required deliverables. Planning and monitoring the project. Monitor Project Progress and Set Deadlines.
• Planning is key, ability to be reactive and to present solutions
• Contribute to Category plans for the financial year with quarterly reviews
• To manage their project management tool and ensure content is accurate and updated weekly.
• Reviewing emails and project requirements, conducting meetings with teams and stakeholders, scheduling, monitoring metrics and many more.

Experience

• Can confidently understand and run a critical path
• Manufacturing knowledge key
• Project management across multiple SKU’s and categories
• Examples of cross-functional working across multiple teams
• Market and trend understanding in order to overlay onto product plans
• Strong supplier relationships with a commercial mindset
• Trade Show and supplier visit experience.
• Examples of problem solving and solutions to previous projects

Key competencies and skills

• Strong communication skills and detail orientated
• Ability to review trends and pull into a development calendar
• Strong relationships with suppliers and retailers
• To engage teams globally and across different time zones

Personal Profile

• Excited and passionate about working within a dynamic and fast-paced team.
• Appetite to learn new categories and explore new product ranges.
• Can do attitude to find solutions with a development window.
• Ambitious

Benefits

• Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
• 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service
• Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
• Flexible hours and work from home available to all staff
• Great learning and development and progression opportunities
• Yearly bonus structure (based on company targets)
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Generous Company Sick Pay
• Pension Scheme Contribution
• Social events run by their in-house Social Team
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Dress down Fridays
• Free parking