Senior Product Manager

With more than 2,000 employees at 21 locations worldwide, we are one of the market-leading manufacturers of innovative coating technology. Do-it-yourselfers, craftsmen and industrial customers all over the world trust in our innovative products, resource-saving technologies and our personal, fast service. We know that inspiring technology only comes from inspired people. In our quest for ever new, forward-looking technologies, we therefore need talented people who think and act like us: enthusiastic all-rounders, thinkers and doers, technicians and tinkerers who, in all their diversity, respect, trust and complement each other in order to shape the future of coating technology together.

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Plymouth, US, 55447

Regular

Full-Time (Hybrid)

• Starting at 4 weeks PTO per year
• 401(k) and a company match
• Profit Sharing Medical + Company HSA contribution
• Wellness Program
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Disability
• 6 Weeks Parental Leave
• Long term care insurance
• Employee Resource Groups
• On-Site Gym

The Senior Product Manager will be responsible for the development and management of short-term and long-term product plans and global roadmap focused on product extensions for the Wagner brand. The roadmap creation will take into consideration product positioning and product/technology roadmaps that target identified consumer needs with new and existing product types. This position is a working manager that will be involved in all aspects of the product lifecycle from ideation to launch, with sustaining work and end of product life execution.

The Sr. Product Manager will also guide cross functional teams to bring products to life that lead to the fulfillment of strategic goals. The relevant KPI’s for this work include time to market, target costing, and product acceptance and competitiveness.

• Develop and lead the creation of a product roadmap and market entrance plan for the interior and exterior surface cleaning and caring segment. To steer this development the Sr. Product Manager will evaluate international market dynamics, competitive positioning, and consumer needs, both unmet or under delivered. Metrics for measurement include time to market for new products, specification generation, product acceptance and competitiveness, and usage of the phase gate process to deliver defined revenue and profitability goals.
• Work closely with cross functional teams to develop new products identified in the roadmap and strategy. This will include working with nearly all functions in the organization throughout the NPD process with a shifting emphasis in each stage of the project. The Sr. Product Manager and their team will be representing the consumer to assure the product delivers unique benefits prioritized by VOC research and other data collection.
  
  They will also be responsible for being the communication conduit between project team and sales, marketing, and the customer.
• Work with direct report to assist in their management of assigned products and implementation of roadmap strategy. Provide communication of organizational strategies and goals and how they apply to the product portfolio managed by the reporting product managers. Guide prioritization of key projects as well as daily work to assure the PM’s are driving towards the strategies and timelines needed for the business.
  
  Develop the product managers’ abilities and skills to link to the dynamic direction of Wagner’s business.
• Contribute direction and execution of full product lifecycle management. Ensuring the product line(s) are appropriately rationalized, refreshed, and supported with advanced technology development to deliver on current and future requirements for the segment. This will include regular maintenance working activities including updates, corrections, and bill of material changes. It will also include working with manufacturing and procurement to ensure competitive product cost and a continuing focus on maintaining targeted cost/quality objectives to ensure competitiveness and customer satisfaction.
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