Product Line Manager - Franklin, KY

Responsibilities

• Leads product development, strategy, and redesign from concept through development and manufacturing to market launch.
• Develops products by identifying potential products, conducting market research, generating product requirements, developing marketing strategies, and determining specifications, production timetables, pricing, and time-integrated plans for product introduction.
• Determines customers’ needs and desires by specifying the research needed to obtain market information.
• Recommends the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements, appraising new product ideas and/or product changes.
• Affords source data for product line communications by defining product marketing communication objectives.
• Obtains product market share by working with VP, Sales to develop product sales strategies.
• Provides information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product sales forecasts and special reports and analyses, and answering questions and requests.
• Brings new products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs, preparing return-on-investment analyses, and establishing time schedules with engineering and manufacturing.
• Introduces and markets new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production.
• Determines product pricing by utilizing market research data, reviewing production and sales costs, anticipating volume, and costing special and customized orders.
• Works with marketing and sales departments to ensure product success and market growth.
• Identifies and manages new and existing product partnerships.
• Liaison to Universities to expand knowledge, develop innovations and participate in research.
• Presents White Papers as part of marketing, industry visibility and technical development.
• Recruits, trains, and manages product team by planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, industrial engineering, or a field tied to the product’s sector (tech, finance, etc.) required, master’s in engineering or MBA a plus.
• 2-3 years relevant work experience, including project management experience.
• Prior management experience a plus.
• Certified Product Manager (CPM) or New Product Development (NPD) Professional Certification a plus.
• Experience using Agile/Scrum methodology and/or workflow management tools.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in product innovation and development track record.
• Project management skills.
• Customer focus.
• Budgeting and purchasing.
• Understanding of the marketplace.
• Technical and manufacturing know how.
• Leadership and team management.
• Data analytics and metrics management skills.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong communication, presentation and public speaking skills.
• Organizational, planning and documentation skills.
• Ability to work on multiple projects in various stages simultaneously.
• Experience drafting Product and Market requirement documents.
• Familiarity with Agile work management and/or the ability to effectively communicate complex processes within and across teams.
• Experience using computer aided design (CAD) platforms.
• Experience using System Applications and Products (SAP) software.