Associate Product Manager Corporate Headquarters 12575 Uline Drive, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158
We're passionate about our products because our customers rely on them to run their businesses. Manage your own product line and watch it grow!
Better together! This position is on-site, and we are looking for people who share our passion.
Position Responsibilities<ul><li>Become an expert in a given product category.</li><li>Research and source new products from domestic and international vendors.</li><li>Visit vendors and attend product tradeshows to increase knowledge of manufacturing processes and market trends.</li><li>Provide product recommendations after reviewing competitors’ offerings, customer comments, and market trends.</li><li>Participate in vendor meetings and lead some negotiation sessions.</li><li>Assist in the catalog layout preparation processes and strategize with Product Manager on new product placement within the catalog.</li><li>Seek creative methods to increase company profitability, product quality, and efficiency.</li><li>Collaboratively work with the Purchasing, Creative, Quality Control, Compliance, and Pricing teams.</li><li>Mentor and train Marketing Associates.</li></ul>
Minimum Requirements<ul><li>Bachelor's degree.</li><li>2 to 5 years of experience in Product Management, Supply Chain, or Marketing.</li><li>Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.</li><li>Persuasive written and verbal communicator.</li><li>Organized and analytical, with relentless attention to detail.</li></ul>
Benefits<ul><li>Complete medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage and other wellness programs.</li><li>401(k) with 6% employer match. Multiple bonus programs, including profit sharing.</li><li>Paid holidays and generous paid time off.</li><li>Tuition Assistance Program that covers professional continuing education.</li></ul>
Employee Perks<ul><li>On-site café and first-class fitness center with complimentary personal trainers.</li><li>Over four miles of beautifully maintained walking trails.</li></ul>
About Uline
Uline, a family-owned company, is North America’s leading distributor of shipping, industrial, and packaging materials with over 9,000 employees across 13 locations.
Uline is a drug-free workplace.
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Position Description: At a Glance Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Product Manager to join the Lighting Sector Kenall Team. This is a hybrid position reporting to Kenosha, WI. This role will be responsible for the complete management of designated product lines, including new product development, quality, cost, offer rationalization, sales support and training, marketing, promotional activities, forecast, inventory management, operations performance, long-term planning/road map, budget planning, market & competitive research, Voice of the Customer, and strategic planning. Relocation will be considered for this role. What Will You Do?<ul><li>Subject Matter Expert for product line.</li><li>Optimizes revenue and profit of existing product lines. Monitor and review product line performance and trends to evaluate the budget throughout the fiscal year.</li><li>Drives new product development through field visits, meetings with customers (ED, specifiers, end-users), and initiates research with engineering & operations to maintain a constant flow of innovative, cost-reduced, and high-quality products.</li><li>Leads the long-term vision and strategic plan for designated product line(s), ensuring sustainable growth, market share and profitability, keep an eye on the market: attend trade events, competitive benchmarking, initiate & conduct research into long-term trends & customer needs.</li><li>Prepares and leads monthly S&OP meetings for designated product line, monitor & act on inventory levels, production capacity, service rates, and production costs to meet or beat corporate targets.</li><li>Provide sales support and training for Field Sales and Customer Support. Respond to sales questions, prepare sales events (National Sales Conference), support pricing strategy, travel with sales team, initiate and respond to training requests.</li><li>Participates in sales and marketing collateral development, including catalogs, sell sheets, product bulletins and promotional campaigns with the sales & marcom team, manages product launches.</li><li>Performs other similar and related duties as required.</li></ul> Qualifications: Required Skills Education: <ul><li>BS in Engineering, Marketing, Business, or related degree.</li></ul>Experience:<ul><li>Minimum of 5 years of experience in product management, marketing, sales, engineering, or related field or masters degree and applicable internship experience.</li><li>Specific commercial lighting or commercial lighting industry knowledge is a plus. </li></ul>Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:<ul><li>Requires strong organizational and time management skills, close attention to detail, and be able to handle multiple priorities effectively.</li><li>Must possess excellent project management skills, including demonstrated ability to develop and manage to a project plan, establish priorities, work to deadlines, and control many projects at various stages of work.</li><li>Strong computer skills, proficient with word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software, e-mail, and meeting management software. Ability to use internet and web-based resources efficiently and effectively.</li><li>Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization. Must be an effective listener, able to maintain focus, extract necessary information, and validate understanding of the information.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to understand customers needs and identify new ways to serve/satisfy customers.</li><li>Must be highly collaborative and able to work in a team-based environment. Ability to lead cross-functional teams. Promotes an environment that encourages cohesiveness and fosters trust and open communication with the team, peers, and all business partners.</li><li>Must have solid business acumen and understanding of a variety of functional areas within the business. Must be proficient in negotiation and influencing skills.</li><li>Creative problem-solving skills.</li><li>Analytical capabilities.</li><li>Knowledge of electrical products and applications.</li></ul> Company Info: About LegrandRepresenting more than 150 years of innovation, Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our purpose is improving lives by transforming the spaces where people live, work and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative and sustainable. Every day, over 39,000 Legrand employees work hard to enhance the buildings of tomorrow. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR) with revenue of 7 billion, and products sold in 180 countries. For more information, visit <a href="www.legrandgroup.com/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.legrandgroup.com/en</a> About Legrand North and Central AmericaLegrand North and Central America (LNCA) employs over 6,500 associates in 50 locations, working across six divisions/sector: Audio Visual, Building Controls Systems, Data Power and Controls, Electrical Wiring Systems, and Lighting. We hold a leading position in every North American market we serve and focus on exceeding our customers needs within the commercial, residential, and industrial industries. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. LNCA is an employee-centered, growing company with tremendous opportunity. For more information, visit <a href="https://www.legrand.us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">legrand.us</a> About Legrands Lighting SectorLegrands Lighting Sector consists of five lighting brands; <a href="https://www.pinnacle-ltg.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pinnacle</a>, <a href="https://www.finelite.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Finelite</a>, <a href="https://www.focalpointlights.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Focal Point</a>, and <a href="https://ocl.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OCL</a> which focus on architectural, decorative, and downlighting and <a href="https://kenall.com/Home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kenall</a> which focuses on lighting for demanding environments. We employ a talented group of employees that love lighting to design and manufacture high performance, energy efficient LED lighting solutions for applications in commercial, educational, healthcare, as well as challenging environments such as tunnels and correctional facilities. With an eye toward sustainable design, our focus is on specification-oriented products and solutions that meet the functional needs of spaces while working in harmony with the designers vision for those spaces. We work with architects, engineers, and contractors to supply lighting built specifically for their clients projects. <a href="http://www.legrand.us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.legrand.us</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/legrandna" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.youtube.com/legrandna</a><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/company/44580" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.linkedin.com/company/44580</a><a href="http://twitter.com/legrandNA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://twitter.com/legrandNA</a> Equal Opportunity Employer

Overview: Maintain the Build-A-Bay product line for service bays, parts rooms Industrial, Industrial Education, and GSA. Develop a product manual and configurator with the sales team's latest product information and specifications. Support the sales team by reviewing quotes and drawings before a sales presentation. Maintain current products and develop new products to enhance the BAB offering. Oversee all BAB suppliers and develop new ones. Responsibilities: <ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li>Participate in all BAB team meetings and project hand-off meetings to ensure quality and product accuracy. Support the sales team with quoting and reviewing drawings. Suggest changes that may enhance the offering. Keep product information updated with Snap-on Tool Storage Product Managers and Snap-on Tool Storage engineers. Maintain full knowledge of the full BAB product line.</li><li>Work with Snap-on manufacturing (Algona) and 3rd party BAB suppliers to obtain quotes, pricing, and product information. Includes negotiating pricing, submitting supplier quotes, and making independent decisions regarding the companys acceptance of quotes and terms.</li><li>Support the sales team with quoting and reviewing drawings. Suggest changes that may enhance the offering.</li><li>Keep current with product information with Snap-on Tool Storage Product Managers and Snap-on Tool Storage engineers.</li><li>Maintain quoting tool, product manual, and configurator for field RMs and the BAB team.</li><li>Must be a team member who consults on best practices to help design the Bay. Includes reading blueprints and conducting feasibility analyses given scope and dimensions. Offer recommendations to the field team for better designs.</li><li>Review CAD drawings prepared for accuracy for the field RMs and the BAB team. </li><li>If needed, attend client meetings to provide product design and support the field sales team.</li><li>Provide quarterly product training for all sales staff.</li><li>Provides advice and recommendation to other team members utilizing breadth and depth of experience.</li><li>Maintain full knowledge of BAB product line and processes. Offer product suggestions to the Snap-on Tool Storage team and 3rd party suppliers to improve quality, cost, and ease of installation. </li><li>Develop new products to add to the BAB product line. Collaborate with field sales for needs. Determine the viability of production and quantities that will be sold, giving the corporation a competitive edge.</li><li>Provide product information updates to the sales field and internal BAB team.</li><li>Maintain new, discontinued, superseded part numbers and Business Partners in LN</li><li>Connect and collaborate with internal customers to define areas of growth. Examples: OEM partners and Industrial.</li><li>Prepare a margin analysis of all projects sold.</li><li>Ensure Sarbanes-Oxley controls all transactions, documentation, and processes.</li><li>Provide back-up tracking support for the BAB program specialist for order tracking.</li><li>Participate in Snap-on Value Added Creation Process through RCI to improve the customer connection and experience.</li><li>Oversee all BAB installers, ensuring their process aligns with Snap-ons standards. Help evaluate and train new installers. Visit with legacy installers to ensure best practices. Must be able to resolve all installation issues.</li><li>Evaluate all warranty issues and verify their validity.</li><li>Maintain all pricing and part numbers in Salesforce.</li></ul> Qualifications: <ul style="margin-top: 0in;"><li>Bachelors degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.</li><li>5-7 years of relevant work experience</li><li>Proficiency working with Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint required</li><li>Working with AutoCAD or relater software is a plus.</li><li>Ability to build strong relationships with internal/external customers as required</li><li>Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism</li><li>Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and keep all organized with proper revisions.</li><li>Ability to work effectively in a team environment.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication required</li><li>Excellent organizational skills required</li><li>LN experience is preferred but not required.</li><li>Some travel may be required.</li></ul>This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions as associated with a job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

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