Product Manager

A great opportunity has arisen for an addition to our Product Management team to join an established and growing leader in the ventilation industry based at our offices in High Wycombe.

About You

This opportunity would suit a bright and motivated individual who has had previous experience in a product management role, has strong attention to detail, and is used to working in a busy environment.

This Project Manager role is ideally suited to a career-minded, ambitious individual looking for that unique opportunity to prove what they can do and then be rewarded for it.

Why Choose Airflow Developments?

We will test your skills and capability to their limits, but this will enable you to grow as you keep learning and evolving with the job.

We recognise that to be able to deliver our values and to be a positive and resilient person - we need to be able to provide you with the right tools.

All of our leaders are committed to developing and coaching you and celebrating your success. You will receive appropriate support, development and training to nurture an environment where innovation and creativity can grow.

This job will give you some fantastic opportunities to work across different sectors with a variety of people at all levels of seniority.

About the Role

The Product Manager is responsible for product planning, delivery, and marketing throughout the product lifecycle.
They will develop a vision and roadmap for the product based on input from internal stakeholders, customers, market research and their own industry insight.
The Project Manager will work closely with Engineering and other teams to deliver products that align with this vision, meet market needs and are delivered to a consistently high-quality standard.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Own the product roadmap for their portfolio and serve as a subject matter expert to the business.
• Identify market trends and requirements and possible product solutions.
• Manage and control the relationship of those suppliers where Airflow purchases finished items, including price, branding, packaging, etc.
• Accurately and precisely understand and illustrate market problems and desired solutions in the context of the markets we operate in.
• Translate high-level market requirements into detailed functional requirements.
• Create and maintain a competitive matrix that reflects the most current state of the competitive landscape.
• Support value improvement activities with the supply base and Procurement team.
• Foster close working relationships between the Product Management Team and Engineering, Procurement, Marketing, Sales and Customer Service departments.
• Coordinate with the Marketing team to ensure that NPI is positioned and communicated to stakeholders in a timely and effective manner.
• Deliver product training and demonstrations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Respond to requests for ad hoc reports in a timely manner, setting proper expectations for data quality, meaning, and time of delivery.
• Create and regularly update dashboards to provide the Product Team with clear, concise insights based on key performance indicators on a monthly/quarterly basis.
• Update product documentation, user help systems, market advisories, and presentations to inform stakeholders of changes made to a product and maintain product descriptions, pricing, technical documents and other content on (url removed)
• Understand product compliance for existing and new regulations, both UK and European and adhere to the Airflow Brand Guidance document.
• Monitor competitor activity and report/review new product launches.
• Attend trade association meetings, representing the best interests of Airflow and understanding issues affecting the business.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Additional birthday leave
• Contributory pension scheme
• Key performance bonus
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

Key Competencies

• 2+ years of experience within a Product Management team, ideally with a technology or engineering company
• College degree, preferably in a business or technical subject area
• Proven strong analytic, logic, and quantitative skills
• Strong communication skills, spoken and written
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Willing and able to develop a deep understanding of the ventilation and fan market, customers, vendors, service providers, users, products, and technology
• Passionate about delivering compelling products to customers
• Ability to work in a cross-cultural, cross-functional, matrix organisation
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines on a tight schedule and work in a team environment
• Self-motivated and confident with good attention to detail

Desirable Skills

• IOT product experience an advantage
• SAP & CRM experience an advantage

About Company

Airflow Developments was founded in 1965 by Alexander Conner Wilson, with his expertise in fan design and air. Since then, Airflow has earned its reputation as a world leader in ventilation by continually providing innovative, quality products backed by in-built reliability and developed by experts in air movement who manufacture to the stringent requirements of ISO9001 and ISO14001.