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Associate Product Manager
| Company | Watts Water |
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| Location | Andover, MA, USA |
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| Salary | $100000 – $125000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor of Science or Engineering
- 3+ years of related Application Engineering or Associate Product Management/ Specialist ideally within Residential/ Commercial plumbing or similar industry space.
- Knowledge of sales channels – distribution, contractor, end-user, specifying engineers, etc.
- Experience in customer pricing and quote development.
- Working knowledge of New Product Development cycle and Stage/ Phase gate process.
- Experience in delivering product/ technical training to mixed audiences.
- Project Management – Product Analyst skill set.
- Ability and desire to learn quickly new business systems including PowerBI.
- Ability to take on various jobs and tasks to support the product team.
- Travel 20%.
Responsibilities
- Identify 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 New Product Development PowerPoint slide deck, submit monthly to be presented.
- Develop dashboards for Product Team to manage analytics, providing “deep dives” into data.
- Develop and track quotations for large project opportunities.
- 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 product features and benefits.
- 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).
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior Sales/ Commercial Experience will be a plus.
