Product Manager Hp

The main purpose of the job is to ensure growth through effective product planning, marketing, and sales of the products.

**Outputs and Responsibilities**
Management of the product lifecycle, by gathering and prioritizing the product and customer requirements, defining the vision, and working closely with suppliers, to deliver winning products and solutions to the market
Effectively working in conjunction with sales, marketing, and technical support teams ensuring that customer satisfaction and revenue goals are met
Ensure that all product and marketing efforts support Rectron’s overall strategy and goals
Effectively communicating with the chosen supplier and ensuring that all requirements are met, and providing proper feedback to the sales team, finance, and marketing where applicable
Take responsibility for recruiting customers to build up the customer base
By achieving this objective, you will be required to provide regular training for the sales team as well as customers on your product suite
Ensure that you will be the largest contributor in terms of customer recruitment on your product line and will need to personally cement relationships with the bulk of your customer base
Facilitate with the marketing department, for driving all go-to-market activities on your product line, within Rectron. (in accordance with Rectron’s full product offering, strategy, and customer requirements) This includes PR, Advertising, Social media, relationship building activities, Trade marketing, and direct communication where necessary
Enthusiasm in spending time in the market to understand their problems and find innovative solutions for the broader market
In conjunction with this is it your prerogative to spend time understanding industry trends and key developments
Understanding the competitive market, both supplier and Rectron competitors with regards to pricing, unique selling points, differentiators etc
Ability to communicate professionally within all areas of the company.
Identifying and liaising with marketing communications to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand the product positioning, key benefits, and target customer. You will also serve as the internal and external evangelist for your product offering, working with the sales channel and key customers
Effectively relay all information from the Supplier and will be Rectron’s main point of contact with the Supplier. Act as a point of first reference for all product related queries
You will be measured on Revenue and stock holding as well as GP percentage and it is imperative that you manage this and make sure that it is communicated to all incumbent staff
It is extremely important that you spend the majority of your time in communications with customers in order to educate and advise them on strategies for their businesses
Liaising with your counterparts in the branches ensuring that they have all the available information required, in order to support you in their own customer recruitment activities
In order to facilitate and assist you with this, you each need to nominate a second person as a backup for you when you are not available
Interacting closely with management to report decisions regarding the product

**Education/Qualification, Skills and Experience**

**Education/Qualification**
Matric or
Higher education - Diploma /Degree

**Skills and Competencies**
Strong sales ability
Excellent customer relationships
Motivated by additional sales
Ability to work under pressure
Well-disciplined individual
Excellent project management skills
Strong organisational skills and business acumen
Attention to detail

**Experience (experience required for the job)**
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in sales and/or product management
Detailed understanding of turnover and profitability, sales cycle, aged stock and key products
Driver’s license