Global Product Management Analyst

Job Description:

Analyst, Global Product Management

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3

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This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

• Managing the product lifecycle across launch, growth, maturity, renovation, and phase-out, ensuring alignment with retailer reset calendars, pack-price architecture, and promotional strategies to deliver financial and strategic targets.

• Updating SKUs and artwork to ensure compliance with global regulatory requirements

• Executing the new product roadmap by partnering with R&D, supply chain, finance, marketing communications, and area commercial teams to bring innovations to market on time, on cost, and on quality, while meeting Stage-Gate requirements and retailer acceptance criteria.

• Optimizing portfolio performance and leading corrective actions as needed, including pricing, SKU mix, margin management, and trade spend effectiveness, leveraging syndicated data, POS analytics, and shopper insights to guide decisions.

• Translating customer, consumer, and market insights into actionable product decisions, refining packaging, claims, positioning, and promotional support to win at point-of-sale and digital shelf.

• Developing product business cases and forecasts using elasticity analysis, price/mix modeling, and demand planning tools to inform investment decisions and prioritize resources across channels and packs.

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)

• Six (6) years of data and reporting analytics experience in Marketing, New Product Commercialization, Sales, and/or Business in a private, public, government, or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• MBA or graduate degree from an accredited university, with focus on marketing, strategy, business development, and/or innovation

• Previous experience working in the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry

• Previous experience working in the automotive industry

• Knowledge or experience in mass retail, online, and/or other consumer channels

• Knowledge and interest in cars and consumer behaviors and trends in auto appearance

• Demonstrated success leading projects and cross functional teams to create winning solutions

• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret various data and drive to decisions

• Familiarity with AI-based tools

• Excellent presentation and communication skills

• Knowledge and experience with the theories and practices of one or more disciplines such as: market research, channel marketing, business/market development, branding, new product development, marketing communications or sales.

• Work location:

This role follows an on-site working model, requiring the employee to work at least four days a week at the Meguiar’s Headquarters in Irvine, CA

• Travel: May include up to 10% domestic/international

• Relocation: Not authorized

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