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Product Manager

Employer
Better Placed Recruitment
Location
Macclesfield
Salary
£20000 - £30000 per annum
Closing date
31 Aug 2015

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Business Sector
Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Marketing

Job Details



Our client is a world leading manufacturer of FMCG products, boasting a fantastic heritage and expertise in their field providing manufacturing excellence to both customer and consumers. To support growth plans a new role of Product Manager has been created to look after the businesses most prestigious brand.

The key remit of the role of Product Manager is to manage NPD and EPD projects from concept to launch, driving sales out at a store level through promotions and PR. You will devise and design new products by managing and developing core ranges. This is a pivotal role within the business and will require you to champion and develop the product direction for your brand.

Key Responsibilities:
  • To be the "go to" person on all matters involving the products launch.
  • To drive all products through the business, supporting the NPI process to ensure all critical dates are maintained and achieved.
  • To identify range gaps and develop commercial new products which support and grow the business.
  • To be the source of competitor and market information for the company
  • To ensure products are priced competitively and in accordance with company margin targets.
  • Develop and implement the launch marketing communications plan for your products.


Of graduate calibre you will have at least three years Product Management experience gained in a B2C setting where you have also been exposed to marketing communications activity. You will be commercially astute with an entrepreneurial flair for identifying and exploiting opportunities for commercial gain.

Company

With an enviable client list of blue chip FMCG businesses, Better Placed focuses on the recruitment of Sales and Marketing professionals across the UK. Working from offices in Leeds and Manchester, our team of highly experienced Consultants have built relationships with a wide range of companies in the North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands as well as elsewhere in the UK.

In many cases we are preferred supplier to these businesses operating on an exclusive basis. We operate at all levels from graduate through to Director and our team are widely acknowledged as specialists in their chosen vertical markets.At Better Placed we focus on our candidates as much as our clients and we understand that failure to do so will slow the rapid growth that we have seen since our inception in 2002. Our track record of maintaining long term relationships with both candidates and clients is testament to how seriously we take this and is a fundamental part of what we stand for.

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