Chore-Time Product Manager

Overall Purpose

The Product Manager is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle, including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and manufacturing to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. The Product Manager's job also includes ensuring that the product supports the company's overall strategy and goals.

Essential Job Functions & Expected Outcomes

• Define the long-term product strategy and roadmap for the assigned product lines with a global perspective.
• Communicate the product strategy to all relevant stakeholders.
• Proactively lead improvements in the product development process and bring products to market.
• Improve the concept to release date timeline.
• Identify targeted products & markets for growth.
• Oversee prototype and testing programs with early-stage products and samples.
• Monitor and evaluate the competitive products in the market.
• Provide recommendations on corresponding patent and trademark protection opportunities.
• Manage and influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
• Act as a leader within the company.
• Manage from concept, to design, sample production, testing, forecast, cost, production, promotion, support, and finally product end of life.
• Deliver the operating plan: achieving growth objectives including market share, revenue, profit, and return on investment for all assigned product lines.
• Coordinate marketing activities with Global Marketing Director activities through research, strategic planning, and implementation.

Education

Bachelor's Degree with 3 or more years' product-related experience. Technical or engineering discipline; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience

5+ years of experience in engineering, product management or marketing, preferably in the agriculture market.

Functional Skills

• Proven ability to research, develop, plan and execute on sales initiatives.
• Excellent organization skills, with strong project management, organizational and prioritization skills to meet timelines.
• Proactive and decisive leader for the business with an ability to analyze the market and take appropriate action to achieve goals.
• Experience in on-site training of company staff, customers and distributors.
• Ability to provide an industry seminar on segment topics.

Technology Aptitude/Skills

• Strong PC, Microsoft Office, with the technical aptitude to understand how to assemble, trouble-shoot and repair mechanical or electrical equipment.

Language Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication with strong presentation skills required.

Culture Match Behaviors

• Collaborative, team-player with the ability to interact with other personnel and with other cultures.

Core Values that Apply to All Positions

• Integrity in all things
• Profitability is a must
• Excellence in all we do
• People make the difference

Equipment Used

• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
• This role will regularly visit poultry houses and use hand tools.

Physical Requirements to Perform Essential Functions

• Ability to sit and operate a motor vehicle as needed for travel in the role.
• Ability to stand for up to 4-8 hours in one session.
• Ability to sit at desk for 4+ hours per day.
• Ability to operate keyboard and view computer screen for majority of day 4+ hours.
• Ability to write ideas/information in a logical flow for 4+ hours per day.
• Ability to read and respond on an ongoing basis daily due to nature of the work, throughout the day.
• Ability to communicate with others via phone, in-person, and computer on-going.
• Ability to listen to customers, problem-solve, and respond accordingly.
• Ability to read, write and speak English fluently.
• Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, reach, kneel, squat, twist, push, pull, stoop, crouch, and carry items frequently.
• Lifting up to 50 lbs. sporadically.

Environmental Conditions & Travel

• The employee is primarily exposed to a normal office environment with moderate noise.
• The employee is occasionally required to wear suitable Personal Protective Equipment while visiting manufacturing departments.
• This position will regularly travel to poultry houses.

Travel

Up to 50% travel is required, including International travel.