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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.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01275 813000
Location
Leigh Court Business Centre
Pill Road
Abbots Leigh
Bristol
BS8 3RA
GB

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