Senior Product Manager- Durban - Platinum Recruitment Solutions

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Product Manager

Product Manager

Join our team as a Product Manager and play a key role in shaping the future of our products. As a Product Manager, you will be responsible for developing and executing product strategies that drive business growth and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with Global Category Product Managers to create long-term and short-term product range plans that meet business objectives.
  • Lead the product development process, ensuring alignment with Global Product Manager teams and maintaining key product development files and systems.
  • Manage multiple brands across the region, with a deep understanding of brand mapping and price positioning.
  • Monitor and communicate relevant legislation affecting products across Sub-Saharan Markets, ensuring compliance and minimizing risk.
  • Work closely with production plants to provide product briefs, guide on market size, product design, innovation, technology trends, and market-related cost and performance issues.
  • Provide timely and effective communication and support to internal customers, including Sales, Customer Support, Supply Chain, Finance, and Service teams, on product-related issues.
  • Manage and report on stock keeping unit count and commercial performance of category product ranges, taking necessary actions to improve performance or discontinue models.
  • Drive and contribute to marketing communication plans, highlighting product technologies, innovations, and design stories that support brand equity targets.
  • Conduct regular idea generation sessions with consumers to identify current and future trends, needs, and integrate them into the long-term roadmap.
  • Develop business presentations to update internal stakeholders on product performance and evaluate the continuity or improvement of products.
  • Run product training content and sessions for Instore Salesmen and/or brand ambassadors in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Support the marketing team at a global, regional, and country level to ensure alignment of Marketing Plans and product launches.
  • Manage the phase-in and phase-out of products across the region.
  • Engage with stakeholders to plan assembly lines in various markets.

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