Product Manager
- Employer
- Cavendish Maine
- Location
- Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Salary
- to £35000
- Closing date
- 13 May 2016
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Marketing
Job Details
- An autonomous Product Manager marketing role with broad responsibilities
- Involved with far-east sourcing and leading Uk retailers
- Great opportunity to experience the full marketing mix
The role of Product Manager:
A new role in an established, growing business created to support the Managing Director. The Product Manager will help to create a cohesive marketing strategy for the business with specific responsibility for products, packaging, marketing communications, pricing and website content.
Specific responsibilities will include:
- Product analysis including turnover, profit, distribution, customer loyalty and competition
- Lead product and category development for the UK market to meet growth plans
- Produce detailed specifications for all new products for the purpose of sourcing and costing
- Write product copy, trade editorials and press releases
- Lead the full lifecycle management of your product portfolio
- Identify and take appropriate action on products that either do not fit the portfolio
- Work with the sales team to develop sales tools and understand new product opportunities
- Develop the core product positioning that differentiates products in the market
- Implement the marketing strategy, including the use of creative design on labelling, POS material, pricing and packaging
The Company:
This is a successful, profitable, privately owned UK business that supplies garden centres and DIY stores with a wide range of quality products from a Sheffield based office and warehouse.
The Package:
A negotiable basic salary, performance based pay reviews and bonuses
The person for this Product Manager role:
Suitable candidates will possess the following qualities:
- Residing within a commutable distance of Sheffield
- At least 5 years of experience as a Product Manager in a consumer goods environment
- PC literate with competency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- High level of agility to managing multiple products with varying priorities
- Experience of working closely with a sales organisation and a strong affinity for sales team success
- An ability and willingness to learn about new products
- Excellent organisational and efficient administrative skills with ability to prioritise.
- A willingness to travel, to assist at exhibitions, new store set-up’s and similar on occasion when this is necessary
Contact:
Name Nick Hester
Telephone 01275 813030
Email nick@cavendishmaine.com
Company
Established in 1991 Cavendish Maine is a specialist sales, marketing and management recruitment consultancy. Covering the whole of the UK, we work with suppliers of food and non-food products to retail, hospitality and leisure markets and our impressive client portfolio ranges from global brand leaders to fast growing private companies.
Our team is experienced, professional and knowledgeable and each consultant has a specific market focus. This means that we know our clients intimately and our candidates are well briefed and well prepared for all interviews. In addition we have one consultant who specialises in export and international roles and separate teams that bring the same recruitment processes to accountancy and financial services employers.
- Website
- http://www.cavendishmaine.com/
- Telephone
- 01275 813000
- Location
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Leigh Court Business Centre
Pill Road
Abbots Leigh
Bristol
BS8 3RA
GB
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