ASSOCIATE PRODUCT MANAGER

JASCO PRODUCTS COMPANY LLC • Oklahoma City, OK

22d • Onsite

About The Position

Jasco is looking for a motivated Associate Product Manager to assist product managers in the development of new product introductions. This role involves maintaining and updating the Time Marker document/process (project management), coordinating with various departments to ensure project alignment, and assisting the Product Manager with daily correspondence to internal and external customers. The Associate Product Manager will also provide benchmarking relating to sku-rationalization, product life-cycle management, new product introductions, and supply chain. This position acts as a liaison with marketing, factory sourcing, engineering, supply chain, sales, and category management, and communicates daily project updates to JATC (Jasco Asia Technology Center) and other various suppliers. Additionally, the role supports the sales force and marketing department with presentations, packaging, and pricing requests, and assists with training and technical support to various internal teams and external representatives. Participation in U.S. trade shows and assisting the VP of Product Development on various projects are also key aspects of this role. Other duties include project management, assisting the product team with strategic roadmaps, coordination between departments, document preparation, RFQ submission, comparative analysis, pricing analysis, participating in the budgetary process, sales inquiry evaluation, and reviewing performance indicators to identify market opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in marketing or business or in a related field and/or equivalent experience is preferred.
• A minimum of six months of previous experience in retail marketing is preferred.
• Ability to obtain knowledge of direct importing to include legal requirements, trafficking of product, production/cultural variances by country.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of the retail market, corporate buying/plan-o-gramming, and various display methods.
• Technical skills to check and evaluate medium technical products.
• Ability to work independently and be accountable for major projects.
• Ability to perform complex mathematical calculations including the application of scientific approach analysis methods, calculations of landed costs projected quote, and retail prices, percent to total sales calculations, profit margins, and container cube calculations.
• Ability to assist in writing strategy presentations, product evaluation/comparisons reports, product instructions, package/custom copy, and internal/external communications.

Responsibilities

• Assist product managers in the development of new product introductions.
• Maintain and update Time Marker document/process (project management).
• Coordinate with various departments to ensure project alignment.
• Assist Product Manager with daily correspondence to internal and external customers.
• Provide benchmarking relating to sku-rationalization, product life-cycle management, new product introductions and supply chain.
• Perform liaison role with regards to interaction with marketing, factory sourcing, engineering, supply chain, sales and category management.
• Communicate daily project updates to JATC (Jasco Asia Technology Center) and other various suppliers.
• Assist sales force, marketing department with regards to presentations/packaging/pricing requests.
• Assist with training and technical support to Sales Staff, Representatives, Customer Service, Marketing, and Purchasing.
• Participate in U.S. trade shows.
• Assist VP of Product Development on various projects.
• Project management.
• Assist Product Team to define strategic roadmap.
• Engineering/Marketing/Sales/Customer Service/Supply Chain coordination.
• Document preparation (qualification process)/QC inspection and Analysis.
• RFQ (Request for Quote) submission.
• Comparative analysis.
• Pricing analysis.
• Participate in the budgetary process.
• Sales inquiry evaluation and process.
• Review and report on performance indicators.
• Identify current and future market opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level