The Director of Product Management will be responsible for more products or product families or lines distributed through Sage Parts. The position is considered a commercial function and will be based in one of the company offices, reporting to the Chief Commercial Officer. The successful candidate will work side by side with the rest of the Commercial organization and will leverage the internal resources of Sales, Marketing, Product Sourcing, Purchasing, Inventory, Freight, Engineering, Quality Control, and Warranty teams.
Private label management experience is a must.
Financial results of the assigned product families: Brand positioning (Premium, Value for money)
· Supply Chain and Inventory
· Promotion and marketing
o Product warranty tracking/management
o Data Support
Manage the entire product line life cycle from planning to market
· Routine scheduled key customers visits to each region to support customer sales process, regional range development and training
· Manage the development of marketing content to accelerate the customer buying process
· Training of Sales, Customer Service and other internal teams to understand the needs of the customer and solutions we offer
· Minimum 5 years of product or category management role in a B2B industrial or aftermarket distribution organization with international exposure
· Data and Analytics
· Commercial and business acumen
· Effective project management and organization
· Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time (National and International)
· English speaking native, Spanish or any additional language would be a plus