Rescue Tools Category Manager

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If you're looking for a special place to build or grow your career, you've found it. Whether you're an experienced professional, a recent college graduate or somewhere in between, IDEX is a place where you can apply your existing skills and learn new ones in an environment where you can make an impact.

With interesting opportunities in engineering, marketing, sales, supply chain, operations, HR, finance, and more across more than 40 diverse businesses ( around the globe, chances are, we have something special for you.

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES : Responsible for both product planning and product marketing for all rescue tools and extrication products globally. This includes managing the product throughout the Product Lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with stakeholders to deliver products to market.

REPORTS TO (Title) : Director NA Loose Equipment & Tools

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Continuously identify current product gaps, understand future trends, and translate specific market segment needs into agreed upon plans for product modifications, new products and services.

• Assure assigned products are equal to or better to competition from a feature function benefit, cost and breadth of line

• Work closely with sales leaders to ensure they have the tools to deliver budgeted sales and margin targets.

• Work closely with engineering and manufacturing to ensure product modifications and new products are brought to market on time and on budget.

• Educating and training of customer base and sales organization.

• Working closely with operations to identify productivity opportunities within the product segment

• Execution of pricing strategy ensuring margin targets

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND REQUIRED ABILITIES:

• Communication ability both verbal and written.

• Product knowledge is a plus

• High energy strategic thinker.

• Exceptional Organizational, communication and people skills

• Confronts and overcomes barriers to successful completion of a task or project.

• Works well in team environment.

• Good PC skills to include Microsoft Office Package

• Ability to learn mechanical and electrical operation of new and existing products.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical degree.

• Three to five years' experience in sales, marketing, product management or customer support

Are you ready to join a different kind of company where our people, our culture, and our commitments are centered around providing trusted solutions that improve lives around the world?

IDEX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action Employer. IDEX gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other consideration or protected category made unlawful by federal, state or local laws (Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled).

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