Job Title: Assistant Product Manager
Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Salary: Competitive plus benefits
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
The Company is an award-winning UK manufacturer and one of the fastest growing brands in the central heating industry. Their success is built on innovation and quality products. They are now looking to recruit an Assistant Product Manager to join the team. This role would be suitable for a recent graduate or someone with a couple of years of experience.
As Europe’s largest water treatment manufacturer, it is their mission to work towards a future where every heating and cooling system is protected and maintained thus eliminating the headache of system breakdowns for everyone. Their best practice approach is being adopted by installers and heating engineers around the world.
At the forefront of pioneering technology, they provide innovative products and chemical solutions for all types of commercial and domestic buildings in the UK, France, and the DACH region, Norway, North America, Canada and China. Growing UK and international markets is part of their growth strategy.
Their leading approach to system maintenance best practice is supported by a comprehensive range of magnetic filters and water treatment premium chemicals, UKAS accredited laboratory and water testing services. Their best-selling range of MagnaClean filters have been installed in more than four million UK homes alone to date. This is further supported by their own range of premium quality chemicals.
In addition to a competitive salary and benefits, the successful candidate will have the satisfaction of joining an ambitious and high growth International Company.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the Product Team with the management of products throughout the lifecycle from concept to end-of-life
- Provide input into business cases
- Identify and manage product requirements, including feedback from sales and customers
- Be knowledgeable about the product range, the market, relevant technology and the competition
- Support the delivery of product marketing plans for existing products and new product launches
- Create and perform product demonstrations to customers
- Participate in product testing
- Monitor, report and improve product performance
- Co-ordinate field testing programs and focus groups
- Represent the voice of the customer internally
- Provide project management support for new product development
- Maintain competitor information for the product range
- Monitor the market and provide feedback to the Product Managers and Marketing
- Work with Marketing to ensure collateral is updated to reflect any changes to product
- Work with Product Managers to create Installation and Servicing Guides for new products
- Responsible for maintaining Team Sharepoint site, ensuring technical documentation is up to date
The Candidate:
Essential:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent
- Experience in a technical or marketing role
- Managing multiple projects and working to tight deadlines
- Strong focus on business case outcomes from financial and customer perspective
- Drives results and continuous improvement
- Problem solver
- Effective communicator at all levels
- Ability to grasp and translate technical capabilities into benefits
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Diplomatic
- Attention to detail
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Proven ability to motivate and drive cross-functional teams without formal authority
- Adaptable and flexible
- Strong work ethic
- Assertive
- Able to travel if required
Desirable:
- Experience within a global operation
- Product Management experience
- Working in a fast paced, expanding company
- Advanced knowledge of their products
- Knowledge of the Heating industry
- Project Management experience
Benefits:
As well as a competitive salary, the successful candidate will also benefit from a range of excellent benefits which includes:
- A generous pension scheme
- Private healthcare cover
- Life assurance
- On-site parking
- Employee discounts
In addition, the successful candidate will have the satisfaction of joining an ambitious and high growth International Company, offering great scope for career progression and a commitment to your ongoing training and development.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV for this role.
Please note: This vacancy may close early if they receive a particularly high volume of applications. If you are interested in this fantastic opportunity, do not delay.
Due to the large volume of applications, it is not always possible to reply personally, with a detailed response on every occasion. Therefore, if you have not heard from them within 14 days of submitting your application, please assume that it has not been successful at this time.
No terminology within this advert is intended to unlawfully discriminate on the grounds of age, sex, race or disability and they welcome all applications.
No agencies please.
Candidates with experience of: Marketing Assistant, Graduate Marketing Assistant, Marketing Officer, Graduate Marketing, Marketing Project Management, Marketing Project Executive, Project Coordinator, Project Management, Project Lead, Assistant Manufacturing Project Manager, Project Team Leader, Assistant Product Development Manager, Assistant Product Manager, Product Manager’s Assistant, Assistant Sourcing Manager, Assistant Manager, Assistant Brand Manager, Assistant Manager also be considered for this role.
