Instrument Product Manager - Animal Health

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This role is in support of Securos Surgical, a Cencora business offering veterinary orthopedic and surgical products and services globally. The private label Product Manager position will own and manage assigned service offerings and product lines with the objective of increasing market share, growing sales revenue, improving margins, etc. This position will lead and perform complex competitive market analyses to provide guidance on product direction(s) and pricing strategies.

This position will also perform product management actions including; sourcing & identifying approved product vendors/manufacturers, establishing pricing, ensuring high quality standards, risk management/mitigation, inventory tracking & forecasting, etc.

• Take ownership and manager assigned product line(s) and service offering(s) including but not exclusively;
  Securos Surgical/Vet One branded instruments and Vetrilogix medical & diagnostic equipment.
• Creates and maintains product database to include competitive equivalents, warranties, and pricing data.
• Performs complex competitive product & market analyses to assess current & future market position.
• Provides guidance and recommendations on future product tactics and strategies.
• Generates reporting metrics to track and forecast product line costs and associated pricing requirements needed to meet business objectives.
• Prepares and presents monthly product line updates and forecasts to internal stakeholders.
• Creates and conducts on-going internal and external product training.
• Serves as point of escalation for highly technical questions from customers (internal and external) regarding complex products and services.
• Builds and maintains vendor/manufacturer relationships to include contract/pricing/supply chain negotiation, product changes/enhancements, product issue resolution, product development, and new product pipeline/market opportunities.
• Serves as a liaison and knowledge resource between MWI sales teams and applicable product/service line.
• Collaborates with Securos marketing team to develop and/or enhance marketing materials for assigned product/service line(s).
• Creates and drives a product line marketing plan that aligns with business strategies.
• Attracts and attains new customers via trade shows, events, outbound calls, site visits, product training, promotions, etc.
• Attends trade shows as a representative of Securos Surgical and/or Vetri Logix to promote and educate audiences of product/service lines and other business objectives.
• Conducts customer satisfaction surveys.
• Ability to travel (e.g. trade shows, regional sales meetings, internal meetings, vendor site visits, and ride along with reps).

This job profile description is a standardized, non-contractual reference description and global reference tool provided for organizational consistency and talent architecture purposes across Cencora. It does not alter actual job duties, responsibilities, reporting lines, working conditions, grading, compensation, or other essential terms and conditions of employment. Actual duties and responsibilities may vary based on business needs, local requirements, and operational practices.

Where a team member's role is governed by an employment agreement, local terms and conditions, prior job description or collective bargaining agreement, those documents shall prevail in case of any inconsistency. Mandatory local laws shall also prevail.

• ** Bachelor's degree in business administration, marketing, engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.**
• ** 4+ years of experience in product management, product lifecycle management, product operations, product strategy, or a related field required.**
• ** 3+ years in medical device, medical…