Product Manager: Outdoor Lighting–Acuity Brands Lighting

Job Title:  Electronic Product Manager (Outdoor Products)                                    

Job Summary

Directs and oversees all aspects of product life cycle management including understanding market demands, technology trends, and the competitive field. Responsible for managing the strategic product roadmap, product development, product launch, in order to gain maximum benefit from each product. Familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complicated tasks. Leads and directs the work of others either directly or through influence. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Must be able to build effective relationships to influence others internally and externally. 

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

 

 

Key Tasks & Responsibility

 

Business Execution – Embrace the Acuity Business System (ABS) to foster adoption of the tools and mindset to ensure objectives are incorporated into a 90-day plan, kaizen events, and general projects to improve execution of E,Q,C, D, I. 

10%

Business Strategy – through detailed market analytics identify technology, channel, product, price, promotion, and placement trends to prioritize product actions that deliver the greatest return on investment of engineering and capital resources

25%

Leadership  – Drive a top talent organization through hiring and development of key roles. Drive accountability and  employee engagement through strategic communication meetings like lunch and learns, brown bag sessions, staff and KPI reviews

15%

Product Expert –

  1. Act as subject matter expert for product level promotions by providing technical product content, provide product training for internal and external customers.
  2. Represent the product category on the product portfolio committee
  3. Identify competitive threats early and drive securement and analysis for competitive products from packaging to components costs in conjunction with supply chain and engineering partners.
  4. Accurately translate market needs into detailed product specifications to lead the PDS process for assigned products while engaging a cross-functional team.
  5. Develop a product launch strategy to include product pricing, adoption strategy, product samples.
  6. Brand Management – assignment of appropriate brands on new products to align with applicable positioning strategy 

20%

Life-Cycle Management –

  1. Conduct ongoing analysis of the industry, competitor and technology landscape to ensure that the product’s life-cycle is effectively monitored and measured to drive the company’s strategic objectives.
  2. Pricing – based on competitive intelligence and product positioning strategy establish product list pricing.
  3. Through a deep level of knowledge of the market and technology landscape, drive appropriate actions to move products through life cycle (kaizen (cost), Kill, NPD, Keep)
  4. Product – support the appropriate vertical leader to endorse and develop business case for the product roadmap

30%

TOTAL

100%

 

Required Experience and Knowledge:

5+ prefer 7 + of experience.  Experience should also include product category management. Successful development and launch of multiple products. Experience in significant strategic changes to product roadmap, product families.  Implementation of brand strategy changing at least 1 key element (such as consolidation of brands, expansion in to adjacent markets with existing products, launch into new markets, significant GTM change, entry to new channels, leverage new technology).

  • Experience managing cross functional teams both directly and through influence.
  • Integration of locations or businesses within a broader organization; may include acquisition, facility closures, green field operations.
  • Operational experience such as production, supply chain, materials, or product or technical support.
  • Must have work experience in a technical industry and experience working with similar sales channels. Electronics background preferred.
  • Bias for action and demonstrated achievement of results.

Educational Background

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or related field. MBA Preferred
Resumes should be sent directly to: [email protected]

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