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Senior Product Manager

Company: Kerr Corporation
Location: Orange, CA
Posted on: January 10, 2019

Job Description:

Develop strategies to drive category growth including defining product

development pipelines, product positioning, and key messaging; Lead

marketing efforts in product development from ideation to concept

through introduction to market; Support growth of category in key

markets as defined by strategic plan; Conduct marketing research and

analysis to develop product definitions; Develop and maintain an expert

knowledge of technology and market trends; Provide business case and

technical justification for new product development concepts; Develop

global launch plans for new products; Lead category global teams

ensuring timely communication of category information and input of

regional needs; Support regions with launch of new products; Prepare

Tollgate marketing documents for all phases of product development and

introduction to market; Collect and share best sales/marketing practice

and disseminate to regions and local markets; Manage day-to-day

communications with markets outside the U.S. to support business needs;

and Provide segment strategic plan for input into company strategic

plan. Position requires up to 25% travel.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field or related field

(willing to accept foreign education equivalent) plus five (5) years of

experience in job or in marketing, strategy planning, operations or

process improvements within global manufacturing.

OR

Master’s degree in Engineering or related field (willing to accept

foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years’ experience in job or

in marketing, strategy planning, operations or process improvements

within global manufacturing.

Skills Requirements:

Experience must include extracting data using Tableau and Discoverer to

analyze data to identify patterns and manage product lifecycle,

including creating statistical models to analyze unmet customer needs

and provide input to R&D to translate findings into engineering

requirements for new products. Performing and analyzing qualitative and

quantitative market research of new product launches to create

segmentation and define targeting and positioning. Using Pivot Tables

and VBA for Excel to create business plans, rollover plans and financial

forecast for new launches. Creating financial models to forecast base

revenue stream and value of potential synergies of potential acquisition

targets or PLA opportunities. Using linear regression software (SPSS,

Analytics for Excel) to intercept patterns in the demand and adjust the

product portfolio strategy accordingly. Performing conjoint analysis

using Sawtooth software to understand how customers value product

features.

Interested applicants should email resumes, with reference to the job

title, to Jimena.Pena@kavokerr.com

Keywords: Kerr Corporation, Long Beach , Senior Product Manager, Manufacturing , Orange, CA, California

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