Job Description
GENERAL PURPOSE
The Product Manager, Furniture serves as the product champion for the specified product line(s) globally by developing, implementing, and managing product management activities to provide optimum sales and profits. You’ll compile and evaluate research on assigned product line(s) to establish product management strategies. You’ll be responsible for product direction, pricing, profit plans, and product development, to manage the product line(s) life cycle. Manage the assigned product line(s) to approved performance metrics. May lead product business teams and the development of product strategy for select products. This is an onsite role in Holland, MI.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Defines market opportunities, determined by an analytical assessment. Translates the market need into a product specific criteria and supports the product development and commercialization process with various product management tactics.
- Develops, drives, and implements individual product plans and strategy.
- Directs ongoing analysis and leads the pricing and discounting strategy to provide greatest financial performance.
- Provides direction, makes recommendations, and makes decisions in support of data management system functionality and usage.
- Creates necessary product sales support and training information including product feature summaries, competitive evaluations and pricing comparisons.
- Defines analytical tools and observes research, forming insight and observations necessary to provide insight necessary for decision making.
- Fields general questions including competitive inquiries and make decisions or recommendations to resolve.
- Owns the effort to resolve quality issues, evaluate and drive changes that affect P&L.
- Manages the product life cycle of the product lines from identification, introduction, through growth and maturity, to decline and discontinuation and provides input on product simplification/discontinuation for product lines.
- Acts as a mentor to help develop other Product colleagues.
- Defines and observes research, forming insights and observations. Conducts some research with customers, users and other stakeholders.
- Participate in and support new product exploration data inputs for an assigned product. Ability to serve as Core Team member representing the product category.
- Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's Degree required. Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration, or interior design preferred.
- Proven understanding of product management best practices and processes, typically gained through 4-7 years of experience in product management/product marketing or related experience.
- Contract furniture of capital goods marketing experience and / or premium consumer merchant experience preferred.
Skills and Abilities
- Proven understanding of the customer and sales process with demonstrated customer and field interaction.
- Understands channels and markets globally. Applies understanding of the market and channel in developing effective product strategy for one or more products.
- Full understanding of operations, production, supply management, and full value stream.
- Applies understanding of Herman Miller’s channels, including dealer and/or retail, and understanding their main functions (sales, design, and operations) to develop product strategies for one or more products.
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to investigate and analyze information to make recommendations.
- Ability to handle multiple concurrent responsibilities and work in a constantly changing environment. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple major projects and priorities simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- Outstanding leadership skills with proven creative problem-solving skills and the ability to lead through influence and relationship building within all areas of the company.
- Demonstrated mentoring, people development, and leadership skills, including experience leading cross functional development teams.
- Prior product platform team and market research experience preferred.
- Demonstrated analytical and project management skills. Ability to develop project plans and manage activities for a medium or large cross functional project.
- Strong business, financial, manufacturing, and purchasing acumen and integrate this knowledge into decision making.
- Understands how Product Management impacts the financial positioning of the product line and makes decisions around improving the overall P&L of the product line.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively use office automation and communication software and tools currently being used in the Herman Miller office environment.
- Willingness to travel to customer sites.
- Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodation.
Pay: $95,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- This is a non-technical Product Manager. Do you have experience in Product Management of consumer goods?
- How many SKU's have you managed in the portfolio's you've worked in?
Location:
- Holland, MI 49423 (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Holland, MI 49423 (Required)
Work Location: In person
