Senior Project Manager

Primary Job Duties:

• Drives New Product Development
• Finds category growth opportunities
• Defines feature and specification and finds desired position amongst competitive set
• Presents business case and seeks organizational alignment
• Manages product introduction and initial growth wave
• Maintains competative pricing of goods
• Sets pricing for new product introductions
• Researches and continually monitors competitive market pricing to retain desired position
• Monitors and evaluates cost and adjust pricing or costs to maintain adequate margin
• Manages Product Lifecycle
• Initiates activities to bolster category growth as needed (including marketing and promotional activities)
• Monitors competitive set and evaluates for product improvements and line extension opportunities
• Works with Quality team to monitor quality issues and initiate actions
• Gains organizational alignment to move towards discontinuation of non-viable products
• Listens to Voice of Customer
• Maintains running dialog with key category customers
• Maintains a regular cadence of multi-day field visits with sales team (quarterly at minimum)
• Cast net to hear wide “voice of customer” using tools such as surveys, monitoring online reviews

Skills/ Experience:

Experience

• 7-10 years’ experience in the work truck industry in a category such as sales, marketing, planning, production, or product management
• 3-5 years hands-on experience with truck-upfitting
• Thorough understanding of work truck equipment including parts and accessories, electronic components, and hydraulic and pneumatic control systems
• Working knowledge of regulatory requirements set by: DOT, SAE, FMVSS
• Familiarity with materials and fabrication processes related to the work truck industry including: welding, machining, forging, casting, extrusion
• Proven experience with new product development, onboarding, and pricing
• Sourcing experience a plus

Organizational Qualities

• Highly organized; must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Process-oriented
• Confident in use of Microsoft Office Suite including: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Interpersonal Qualities

• Friendly, engaging, and cordial. Comfortable interacting with many departmental stakeholders.
• Confident presenting to all levels of organization including Executive Team
• At ease interacting directly with customers

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required in marketing, business, product management or related field