Head of Product Management - High Wycombe, United Kingdom - Airflow Developments Ltd

Airflow Developments Ltd
Airflow Developments Ltd
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High Wycombe, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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We are hiring and we have a great opportunity for a Head of Product Management with at least 3 years' experience in a technical product-related role.


We are looking for someone who is able to demonstrate a successful track record in understanding manufacturing, technical product development, supplier engagement, communication, and coordination.

Alongside the achievement of sustained sales growth, repeatableprofitability, and improved customer satisfaction.


This Head of Product Management role reports into the Managing Director and has the responsibility of directly managing two Product Managers and a Technical Lead.

The key responsibilities for this role are:

  • to be responsible for product management and developing new products.
- to be responsible for all product assortment, for all categories, for all sales channels.
- to provide product pricing analysis, sales analysis, market data; study future trends to inform all product-related decision-making.
- to be responsible for the product roadmap.
- to create a clear vision on product development and aligning product ranges with the overall market and competitors.
- to work closely with the sales and marketing leads, assisting with implementing the go to market strategy and delivering the sales and profit targets.


Benefits:


  • 25 days holiday per annum
  • 1 day leave on employee birthday
  • Group pension scheme with enhanced senior management employer contribution
  • Life assurance
  • Private medical insurance
  • Car allowance or company car (hybrid or electric)
  • Bonus linked to company sales and profit
  • Effective people manager and coaching ability
  • Track record of building and developing successful teams
  • Effective communicator with customers and colleagues
  • Able to do effective formal presentations
  • Able to undertake international travel
  • Minimum of 5 years' experience leading a product team and 10 years of product/category management experience
  • Experience of budgeting and forecasting at senior level
  • Working with outsourced manufacturing
  • Working for a manufacture of electrical branded products in the construction sector

Attributes

  • Data driven and market aware of customers and competitors
  • Strong and demonstratable commercial acumen
  • Flexible, versatile, resilient and pragmatic
  • Organised, structured and systematic
  • Analytical and detailed thinker

Desirable Skills:


  • Commutable distance to High Wycombe office as primarily office based in the early years
  • An engineering degree
  • Technical experience role (this is not for someone who has not worked with technical products previously)

About Company Airflow Developments was founded in 1965 by Alexander Conner Wilson with his expertise in fan design and air. Since then, Airflow has earned its reputation as a world leader in ventilation by continually providing innovative, quality products backed by in-builtreliability and developed by experts in air movement who manufacture to the stringent requirements of ISO9001 and ISO14001.


Initially based in one factory in High Wycombe, the company has since blossomed into a thriving multi-million pound international manufacturing and research group headquartered in High Wycombe.


With the search for new opportunities, the company's ongoing expansion was underpinned by opening subsidiaries in Germany and the Czech Republic, supported by a world-wide sales distribution network.


With a wealth of knowledge gained from over 55 years' experience, Airflow is widely regarded as a world leader in air movement and ventilation innovation.


Airflow has earned its reputation as a world leader by continually providing innovative, quality products backed by in-built reliability and developed by experts in air movement who manufacture to the stringent requirements of ISO9001 and ISO14001.


Our extensively equipped laboratories and state of the art computer aided design section allows our research & development department to constantly seek new ways of moving air, by incorporating the latest technology combined with environmentally friendlyenergy usage.


All of these basic components come together to provide energy efficient and reliable products backed by our commitment to quality and customer service which will continue for many years to come.

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