
Product Manager - Roller Chain Division
- Holyoke, MA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Conducting market research to determine the strategic direction of the division through a variety of methods including, but not limited to, customer visits, attending industry association meetings and seminars, and web-based research. This will culminate in the creation and execution of the annual business plan.
- Working closely with both the inside and outside sales teams to provide timely responses to customer and application questions by email, phone, and in-person visits. Will provide pricing guidance for day-to-day and large project quotes and will lead all contract pricing negotiations with large customers.
- Identifying new products to be developed and working with sales, engineering, manufacturing, and logistics, to successfully launch them to the market. This process will include identifying target markets and competitive products as well as developing detailed sales and margin projections and a formal go-to-market launch.
- Providing technical product and application support to customers and sales by phone, email, and customer visits.
- Development of pricing strategies for all assigned product lines to ensure sales and profit targets are met. Will be responsible for developing and monitoring all pricing policies. This will include regular review of all product line sales and costs and will require close interaction with manufacturing and accounting.
- Creating the annual sales and bookings budget and the regular review of the financial performance to adjust the sales forecast monthly throughout the year.
- Leading the marketing and advertising programs through digital, social media, and traditional marketing channels to promote the brand and increase awareness of key products. Work closely with both internal and external marketing resources to maximize the ROI for the advertising budget.
- Other tasks/functions as assigned.
- 2+ years of successful product management, technical sales, or application engineering experience with a manufacturing company
- Strong mechanical aptitude
- Bachelor's degree required, technical degree a plus
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to work effectively both independently and in a group across all levels of the organization
- Advanced computer skills with an emphasis on Microsoft Office, high-level Excel experience a plus
- Ability to travel up to 25%