Product Manager

The Recruitment Co are currently recruiting for a Product Managerto work for an established, growing business in the Blackpool area.
Product Managersalary: 35,000 - 40,000 (depending on experience)
Product Managerhours: 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday (37.5 hours per week)
Product Managercompany benefits:

• Car Parking
• Employee benefit schemes
• Matching pension scheme (4% employee / 4% employer)
• 28 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Product ManagerRoles and responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for all aspects of UK new product development, leading all NPD projects cross-functionally.
• Work within a dual production site company, identifying new product introductions using capability and capacity of both locations.
• Develop products fit for branding, taking advantage of any development and investment in branding capability across the business.
• Market and competitor research to identify new product ideas and new material options.
• Prepare full Capex proposals for major NPD investments.
• Ensure all requirements are met for new product launches, such as data set up, initial launch stock and product samples.
• Visit relevant fairs and exhibitions to assess the market and new opportunities.
• Ensure all UK-made products are full compliant with relevant legislation.
• Monitor and analyse the performance of UK-made products in order to identify range gaps and products to discontinue.
• Ensure UK-made products are displayed in an accurate and appealing way, working in partnership with the marketing team.
• Communicate product launches effectively with all stakeholders, including sales, customer service and production.
• Act as FSC-co-ordinator for all certified UK-products, meeting the requirements of FSC standards.
• Explore product improvement opportunities, in terms of materials, pricing and packaging.
• Work cross-functionally as required on special projects.
• Line management for a team of two, based in the UK office.
• Travel to meetings in the Netherlands Headquarters, and European trade fairs will be required.

The idealProduct Managerwill be:

• Performance Focused
• Have a strong Quality and Technical focus
• Strong Planning and Organising
• Strong Communication skills
• Persuasive and gain good influence over the team / departments
• Resilient
• Business Focused
• Very strong problem solving skills

Required Skills / Qualifications:

• Experience in product management - Essential
• A high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office - Essential
• A bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in business, marketing, or product development, or a similar field - Desirable
• Experience in manufacturing environment - Desirable

If this sounds of interest, please do feel free to apply through the link below, or alternatively please do get in touch on (phone number removed), or drop me a message on LinkedIn - (url removed)/in/harry-greenhalgh/ and I will be happy to discuss further!
The Recruitment Co are an equal opportunities employer.
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