Product Manager

About the Position

As a Product Manager in the Sparta team, you will be involved in working closely with our Product Development (PD), Operations, and Sales teams to develop new rotomolded fuel tank variants for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) customers and new roto and blow molded product offerings for Amusement Machine (AM) retail customers. Your main responsibilities include:

• Being the products/product portfolio owner for growth and profitability of outdoor recreational roto and blow molded products with a primary focus on marine fuel tanks.
• Ensuring product competitiveness and managing complexity by ensuring the right product family offering for the market, managing product life cycle, proposing end-of-life, and driving modularization.
• Maintaining a deep understanding of the markets, customer experiences, needs, segmentation, and competitor offerings.
• Supporting product development prioritization based on input from the market, developing end-to-end product business plans, and identifying needs for investment to ensure right products are built right.
• Identifying and filling product gaps and generating innovative ideas that grow market share.
• Supporting sales and marketing functions in defining product positioning, USPs, product branding, selling content, and value-based selling.
• Maintaining strong working relationships with key partner customers.
• Creating buy-in for the product vision internally and externally with key partner customers.
• Defining mechanical and electrical product requirements.
• Developing and setting strategic pricing guardrails per segment, ensuring appropriate relative product prices, following up on price realization for the sales force, managing life-cycle pricing, and market positioning.
• Conducting margin analysis, industry/market research, and in-life performance measurement to determine product demand, positioning, viability, and profitability.
• Driving product launch priorities including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members.
• Evaluating promotional plans to ensure they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed.
• Acting as a product subject matter expert to build awareness and understanding.
• Representing the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on products and services.
• Pre-empting potential problems and providing effective solutions in reaction to the application of concepts, techniques, knowledge, or processes developed to support the new product or product change.

What We Offer

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Disability insurance (STD/LTD)
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Tuition assistance
• Membership reimbursement (wholesale club and gym)
• Employee discounts on our incredible products
• Opportunities to make an impact

Qualifications and Experiences

• University degree or certification in engineering or a technical field
• Minimum 5 years of work experience in engineering, marketing, or product management capacity
• Strong proficiency with MS Office programs including: Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and PowerPoint; and the ability to learn other applications quickly
• Excellent customer service and management skills
• Proficient at merchandizing and promoting products to target markets
• Able to analyze target markets and develop forecasts based on applicable data

Skills, Competencies & Characteristics

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a cohesive team
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Well-developed organizational skills with the ability to manage a variety of tasks
• Exemplary standards of ethics, integrity, and accountability
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills

Dometic's Core Values

• Together We build our future
• We play to win
• We embrace change
• We walk the talk