We are hiring a Product Manager to join our Product Management team

DISCOVER

Are you an experienced Product Manager looking to join a close-knit, fun-loving team and make an impact at a high-growth global company? As Product Manager, you will lead all aspects of the life cycle of spa products sold through North America Specialty Retail, both rotomolded and acrylic in support of the company’s product strategies and initiatives. This position reports to the Director, Product Management and will collaborate with other Product Managers, Design, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Customer Service, Operations, Marketing, Sales and our customer channels to advance new and existing product initiatives.

YOUR RIPPLE EFFECT

• Are you driven by a passion for the customer? We are looking for someone who understands the Voice of Customer (VoC) and can translate customer needs into product requirements. We’ll look to you to drive market research activities to identify unmet customer needs, improve product features and benefits, create competitive differentiation, and develop solutions to optimize the business.

• Can you lead product life cycles? You will initiate the development of new product ideation and will develop business plans for new products, evaluating their potential and being responsible for progress through various stages of development. You will also be tasked with evaluating strengths, weaknesses, and sales and margin performance of existing products, and making recommendations for additions, enhancements, phase-outs, etc. In this role, you’ll manage the product life cycle from ideation through end of life.

• Do you work well cross-functionally? As a member of the cross-functional New Product Introduction (NPI) team, you will participate in weekly meetings and work frequently with members of the Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, and Sales departments. This role will require you to collaborate with other departments to evaluate new product concepts, existing product improvements, and cost savings.

• Can you tell the story behind the numbers? As part of your forecasting duties, you will collect insights, analyze data, and succinctly illustrate the story behind the numbers in order to recommend the related forecast go-forward plan. You will build, monitor, and update sales forecasts and work closely with Production Control and Purchasing to lead end-of-life product cycles and ensure adequate product inventory is available to meet customer demand. • Can you effectively lead projects? You’ll advise project progress by adhering to timelines and motivating cross-functional teams to work toward well-defined goals. You will also provide strategic analysis and recommendations to define parameters related to project resources, scope, and costs.

• Are you a reporting specialist? In support of various business activities, you will develop monthly and annual sales and marketing reports. You will also be responsible for developing key performance metrics and regularly reporting them to senior management. Other reporting duties will include analyzing market trends and competition and evaluating product margins to make pricing recommendations.

• Are you an effective communicator? You will build and/or lead all aspects of product communications, announcements, and trainings. Additional communication duties will include preparing and presenting product information to senior management, the Sales team, and channel partners, including in large group settings such as meetings, channel partner conferences, webinars, etc.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) in Business Administration or equivalent preferred. • A minimum of 3-5 years of Product Management experience, similar in scope to the responsibilities outlined above, is required.

Discover your ripple effect

• Experience should include an understanding of consumer products, brand and product positioning, product and project management, channel marketing and distribution, product costing, and public presentation.

• 1‐2 years of related experience in account management, customer service, sales support or dealer support; the equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered.

• Proven ability to multi‐task and prioritize competing tasks successfully.

• High proficiency in MS Office products, especially MS Excel. • Experience with ERP systems (e.g., Navision, Oracle). Organized and detailed.

• Knowledge of Smartsheet or Workfront is a plus. Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels within the organization as well as strong ability to work in a team environment, are required to be successful in this position.

• The position requires approximately 10% travel for the following activities: being responsible for product development in Mexico, visiting channel partners and/or vendors, training onsite at channel partner facilities, attending conferences and trade shows.

• This is a hybrid role, with the expectation that you will be in the office 3 days a week.

WHAT YOU’LL GET

At Watkins Wellness, we believe everyone should ‘Feel good. Live well.’ We offer employees the opportunity to join a dynamic, growing industry leader with an outstanding and well-deserved reputation for leadership and commitment to our employees, customers, and community. Our employees are eligible to receive exceptional health and wellness benefits, paid time off, company bonus, profit sharing, 401k match, education assistance, and much more. We are proud of the people we are and the products we make — products that make a difference to the health and well-being of others.

We look for candidates that exhibit The Watkins Way (always Ethical, endeavors to be Transparent, embraces Inclusion, welcomes Diverse backgrounds and perspectives, is Accommodating, believes in Work-Life Balance, puts Safety First, is Accountable, values Relationships, and is a Passionate, Goal Driven Team Player.

The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Hiring Range: $68,500.00 - $110,000.00 Many factors affect actual compensation including but not limited to experience, education, skills, and geographic location

Company: Watkins Manufacturing

Shift 1 - 10 (United States of America)Full time

Watkins (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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