Job Description — Regional Product Manager — SoCal

Another excit­ing oppor­tu­nity brought to you by Con­sumer Con­nec­tion, Inc.  This posi­tion is an excit­ing oppor­tu­nity for a can­di­date that has expe­ri­ence work­ing with retail cus­tomers.  This orga­ni­za­tion is very fast paced and is look­ing for a high-energy dri­ver will­ing to work in a lean envi­ron­ment own­ing the busi­ness.  If you are inter­ested or knows some­one who is drop me a line.

The Regional Prod­uct Man­ager is respon­si­ble for man­age­ment of the des­ig­nated prod­uct lines, includ­ing the spe­cific prod­uct mix, prod­uct fam­i­lies, and ongo­ing eval­u­a­tion of prod­ucts to be added, enhanced, refined, devel­oped, or elim­i­nated. They will also be respon­si­ble for increas­ing sales and prof­itabil­ity through chan­nel sell through ini­tia­tives and mar­ket­ing activ­i­ties. The Regional Prod­uct Man­ager is the lead in the prepa­ra­tion of major cus­tomer meet­ing deliv­er­ables, set­ting pri­or­i­ties, and ensur­ing dead­lines are met. As result this role will have fre­quent inter­ac­tion with func­tional leads across sev­eral depart­ments, which will require excel­lent com­mu­ni­ca­tion and col­lab­o­ra­tion skills ensure that the prod­uct line is rec­og­nized as the best line by resellers and end users in the indus­try for value, qual­ity, selec­tion, inno­va­tion, fea­tures, reli­a­bil­ity, and ease of use.

Spe­cific Responsibilities: 

• Drive ini­tia­tives that prof­itabil­ity drive rev­enue and mar­ket­share in the Net­work­ing category.
• Amer­i­cas lead per­son in the daily col­lab­o­ra­tion with Sales, Global Prod­uct Man­age­ment, Mar­ket­ing, the Inno­v­a­tive Design team, and Demand Plan­ning to deliver on prod­uct pric­ing, prod­uct posi­tion­ing, prod­uct place­ment, and prod­uct sell through.
• Ener­gize sales force to deliver best-in-class field exe­cu­tion, help­ing them to clearly explain our vision for the Net­work­ing busi­ness to cus­tomers around in the Americas
• Develop an under­stand­ing of all ele­ments of our busi­ness – sup­ply chain, design, sell-in, in-store mer­chan­dis­ing, online mer­chan­dis­ing, dis­tri­b­u­tion, etc – to cre­ate long-term barriers-to-entry against com­peti­tors in a highly-competitive marketplace
• Own­er­ship of the Amer­i­cas Net­work­ing P&L and Bal­ance sheet. Will be required to meet and exceed bud­get num­bers and inven­tory metrics.

Ideal Can­di­date:

• Proven capa­bil­ity to deliver share acqui­si­tion and exceed rev­enue tar­gets while main­tain­ing expected profitability.
• An ener­getic indi­vid­ual who has demon­strated an abil­ity to ener­gize oth­ers as well around dif­fi­cult goals and objectives
• A vision­ary who has cre­ated and artic­u­lated strate­gies for their busi­ness that have resulted in sig­nif­i­cant busi­ness improvements
• Decision-making expe­ri­ences demon­strate appro­pri­ate bal­ance between thought­ful chan­nel ini­tia­tives and the need for timeliness
• Some­one with a back­ground in brand man­age­ment with New Prod­uct experience. 

Edu­ca­tion and Expe­ri­ence Requirements: 

• Four-year col­lege degree in Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion or Marketing
• A min­i­mum of 3 – 5years of sim­i­lar or related work expe­ri­ence within com­puter or con­sumer goods industry
• Suc­ces­sion and career devel­op­ment plan­ning experience

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