Product Manager

Product Manager

Our Marine organization is a trusted provider of innovative solutions for the worldwide boating and boat building industry, and we recently expanded our scope to lead the boating industry into an electrified future. Dometic has won numerous NMMA Innovation Awards over the years, and we are always striving for new ways to make boating easier, safer, and more enjoyable.

We are on a journey of continuous growth – now looking for our next star – a passionate Product Manager. This position reports to the General Manager and will require onsite work in one of these locations: Sparta, TN, Litchfield, IL, or Huntsville, AL.

About the position

As Product Manager of the Marine team, you will help us drive our Freshwater Ride and Handling products portfolio for best in class user experience. You will be working with our Product Development team on the development of steering and controls systems for freshwater boating market. The Product Manager will support programs for new product development and stay current with market requirements and competitor market shares. You will be evaluated on your contribution to revenue growth, gross margin, and performance quality of the products you manage.

Your main responsibilities

• Products/product portfolio owner for growth and profitability of mechanical and electromechanical marine products.
• Responsible for product competitiveness, manage complexity by ensuring right strategic pricing between SKUs (Stock Keeping Units), manage product life cycle, proposes end-of-life, and drive modularization.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the markets, customer experiences, needs, segmentation, and competitor offerings.
• Support product development prioritization based on input from the market, develop end-to-end product business plan and identify needs for investment to ensure right products are built right.
• Identify and fill product gaps and generate innovative ideas that grow market share.
• Support sales and marketing function in defining product positioning, USPs (Unique Selling Points), product branding, selling content and value-based selling.
• Develop strong working relationship with key partner customers.
• Develop and manage product vision white papers, roadmap, presentations, and formal business cases.
• Create buy-in for the product vision internally and externally with key partner customers.
• Define mechanical, electrical, and UI/UX product requirements.
• Conduct margin analysis, industry/market research, and in-life performance measurement to determine product demand, positioning, viability, and profitability.
• Act as an internal voice of the customer for the development team.
• Drive product launch priorities including working with public relations team, executives, and other product management team members.
• Evaluate promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed.
• Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding.
• Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on products and services.
• Look for field feedback and warranty information and drive for product continuous improvement
• Pre-empt potential problems and provide effective solutions in reaction to the application of concepts, techniques, knowledge, or processes developed to support the new product or product change.

What do we offer?

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Disability insurance (STD/LTD)
• 401 (k) with company match
• PTO
• Company defined holidays and two floating holidays for you to use as you choose
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Tuition assistance
• Membership reimbursement (wholesale club and gym)
• Employee discounts on our incredible products
• Opportunities to make an impact

Skills & Requirements

• University or Institute qualifications in Engineering
• Minimum 5 years of work experience in an Engineering, marketing, or product management capacity.
• Candidates with prior Marine experience preferred
• Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities.
• Well-developed organizational skills with the ability to manage a variety of tasks.
• Strong proficiency with MS Office programs including: Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and PowerPoint; and the ability to learn other applications quickly.
• Excellent customer service, management skills and experience.
• Proficient at merchandizing and promoting products to target markets.
• Able to analyze target markets and develop forecasts based on this data.
• Summarize data for a broader audience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a cohesive team.

To be successful in this role, we believe that you possess the following skills, competencies & characteristics:

• Performance will be evaluated on revenue growth, gross margin, and quality of managed products.
• New product development market requirements.
• Market share in relation to competitors.
• Product creation and support programs for new product development.
• As this position is constantly evolving, please speak with your supervisor/manager regarding daily, weekly, and monthly objectives.

Dometic's Core Values

To thrive and succeed in this role, you understand the importance of our core values – Together We build our future, We play to win, We embrace change and We walk the talk; these values reflect the heart and soul of Dometic and they define what it takes to work here and how we do things.

Are you our next star? Then we would love to see your application. Selection is being made on a running basis. If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Taylor Webb, Human Resources Business Partner, at View email address on click.appcast.io

Dometic is passionate about building together an inclusive and equitable working environment, that respects individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that diversity enables us to thrive across our differences. Be yourself and join us!

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