Product Manager III

About the role

The Product Manager III is responsible for supporting initiatives in product lifecycle planning and product marketing. This includes responsibility for product throughout the product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, helping to define the product vision, and working closely with engineering to deliver winning products. It also includes working with sales, marketing and cross-functional support to ensure revenue, margin and customer satisfaction goals are met.

Responsibilities

• Analyze product performance, product competitiveness, and product trends in the marketplace and develop strategies for assigned product/brand based on research and analysis.
• Support the Product Lifecycle Management Process (PLCM) to define the product strategy and create product development and simplification roadmap.
• Member of product management team responsible for pricing strategy and tactics to meet revenue and profitability goals, in collaboration with commercial sales team.
• Partner with marketing on activities to maximize sales of an assigned product or brand within applicable budget.
• Support the development and deployment of sales training materials to support new product commercialization and existing product lines, including value-selling material.
• Become a product expert with emphasis on part numbers, configurations, BOM’s, and applications.
• Responsibility for new product development initiatives, including business justification, project execution, commercial planning and launch execution.
• Partner with supply chain, operations, customer service, and Zurn Elkay service center teams to execute simplification strategy. This includes providing clear guidance and communication around inventory adjustment, product demand forecasting, cross reference guides, and ERP changes.
• Utilize Zurn Elkay Business System (ZEBS) for effective process development, problem solving and countermeasure activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or engineering required, MBA preferred.
• Preferred 5 - 8 years’ experience in product marketing or engineering functions.
• Experience within the Plumbing market or related market segment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to contribute to the success of teams in a cross-functional, matrixed environment.
• Must be able to travel 25 - 40% of the time.