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RM Resources is a multi-channel provider with an annual turnover of approximately £120m. It specialises in curriculum and educational resources for schools and nurseries, with a strong presence both in the UK and internationally.
Our purpose is to enrich the lives of learners worldwide and we aim to improve the life chances of people - worldwide – by delivering great education products and services that help teachers to teach and learners to learn.
We are looking to recruit a Senior Product Manager for our Early Years product portfolio. Reporting to the Early Years Category Manager they will have full responsibility for:
- Developing, refining and presenting commercially significant product ranges that deliver our strategic goals and business objectives.
- Manage product categories that meet our customer requirements across all brands, channels and markets.
- Identify product opportunities that meet the needs of current and future customers whilst ensuring profitable sales growth across all markets.
- Define product ranges and enhance with new factored products, whilst reviewing and optimising existing product ranges.
- Creating and presenting ideas to the Product Innovation team for new product development opportunities and hard to finds.
- Lead and manage a commercially significant product portfolio and work effectively across internal departments to ensure success and growth of range.
- Innovate current thinking to aid our marketing team with their go to market strategy that will grow customer interaction and revenue through a multi-channel approach, whilst managing and prioritising activity to achieve business goals.
- Create accurate and high-quality content across owned product range through catalogue production and web representation, with all internal targets for PIM entry, photography and catalogue production being consistently achieved.
- Work closely with our Product Innovation Team to create and present our unique proposition through new product development and hard to finds.
- Make decisions based on product performance, trends, market activities that will enable you to define our product ranges and further enhance our portfolio with new factored products.
- Review and optimise existing product ranges, including management of the product life cycle, tracking performance, timely exiting stock and diligent establishment of alternatives supporting order book management.
- Substantial multi-channel Product Management experience, preferably gained within Education Resources, Retail or FMCG Knowledge of the education market would be useful
- Results oriented, effective time management and highly organised with a track record of delivering against targets and deadlines
- Excellent Administrative skills
- Excellent analytical and IT skills – able to use numerical data and market information to make commercially viable product and pricing recommendations in line with strategic goals
- Commercially creative
- Tactful and diplomatic – able to vary communication style to build effective internal and external relationships at all levels and across a range of audiences
- Proactive problem solver who demonstrates an eye for detail and is a completer finisher
- Relevant professional qualifications or experience would be advantageous
- Full UK driving licence
What’s in it for you?
At RM we recently introduced My Work Blend @RM which provides office-based colleagues with multi location and hybrid working options to suit them. As well as your office base, you can spend a proportion of your time working at other locations that suit your role and your life, including home, other offices, customer sites, distribution centres or on the move. We encourage you to discuss arrangements for this role with your potential line manager during the recruitment process. We expect how we make best use of hybrid working may continue to adapt as we adjust to our new ways of working.
RM is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all permanent and temporary staff to share this commitment. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.
At RM we are committed to making the recruitment process as inclusive as possible for everyone. Should you require additional support with your application or through the interview process, please contact us at recruitment@rm.com.
As well as a competitive salary and our core benefits package which includes private medical healthcare, life assurance and a Group Personal Pension Plan with higher contribution levels available, some roles are also eligible for a performance-related bonus.
There are lots of voluntary benefits too. You could buy additional annual leave, join our dental plan, sign for a health assessment, or take part in our cycle to work scheme. You could even earn yourself an extra bonus for successfully recommending a friend or family member for a position within RM.
