Assistant Product Manager

Pbi/Gordon - Shawnee, KS

Full-time

Shawnee, KS

Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers

About the position

At PBI-Gordon Companies, including our subsidiaries PBI-Gordon Corporation, Pegasus Laboratories, and PetAg, Inc, we prioritize our people, pets, and the environments they inhabit. As employee owners, we are committed to supporting one another in our career growth and the success of our companies. Our core values are rooted in integrity, innovation, partnership, and pride, and we invite you to grow with us! The Assistant Product Manager will play a crucial role in managing assigned product portfolios across various channels, overseeing the entire product lifecycle from concept to discontinuation. This position will support product strategies that drive demand over a 1-3 year horizon and act as a liaison across departments as needed. The successful candidate will participate in and lead cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring that all aspects of the product portfolio are managed effectively to meet financial objectives and maintain reliability as a supplier. Key responsibilities include establishing pricing strategies, managing supply chain operations, measuring product performance against outlined goals, and developing a deep understanding of market needs through analysis of market conditions and competitor information. The Assistant Product Manager will also assist in the development of marketing strategies to achieve sales targets and organize product training materials and promotional activities. This role requires collaboration with Product Managers to evaluate production opportunities and support product setup during launch phases, along with other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Participate and lead cross-functional teams through assigned product portfolio life cycle up to and including discontinuation.
• Responsible for the achievement of Gross Profit for assigned products.
• Establish pricing including proposed discounts and allowances to support programs and activities needed to meet financial objectives.
• Manage all elements of assigned product portfolio relative to remaining a reliable supplier - managing all aspects of S&OP, including regulatory, packaging, volume forecasting, manufacturing and production.
• Measure performance of the product line vs. outlined goals - by SKU/by total brand.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of product need, by analyzing market conditions, competitor information, and consumption research.
• Act as liaison to cross-departments regarding product labels, packaging and product information.
• Assist in development of Marketing strategies to achieve Sales targets.
• Assist in organizing product training materials, presentations, advertising, promotion and media activities and act as liaison from a product perspective, with the Market Manager.
• Support Product Manager(s) in evaluation of production and S&OP opportunities - e.g. costing, forecast and inventory management.
• Support Product Manager(s) product set-up process during launch phases - across all product channels - as needed.
• All other duties as may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, general business, turf science or agronomy.
• 5+ years' experience in B to B Marketing; Sales or business role.
• Turf & Ornamental Industry related experience preferred.
• Fluency with large data sets, data modeling and analysis.