Category Manager

Global Industrial • Milwaukee, WI

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About The Position

The Category Manager has "cradle to grave" product responsibility working in a team environment. Primary product group responsibility is industrial Motors and Power Transmission products such as speed reducers, belts and pulleys, couplings, actuators, etc. The Category Manager acts as a leader, with other Product Managers in adjacent product categories.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or approved equivalent degree.
• Requires experience in Product Marketing or Product Development and responsibilities.
• Must possess self confidence, organizational skills, time management skills and excellent communication skills.
• Must also be able to work on and manage projects independently, meet deadlines and have excellent interpersonal skills.
• The ability to handle a multi tasking environment; customer service a must; detail oriented and deadline oriented in a fast paced environment; the ability to develop positive, collaborative partnerships with customers, co workers and management.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with agency approvals (UL, CSA, CE, etc.) and CAD (AutoCAD, SolidWorks) is desirable.
• Previous work should demonstrate strong and professional interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop current and New Product lines, including filling offering Gaps and selecting appropriate supplier partners.
• Determine new product requirements, branding, vendor selection, negotiating supply agreements, developing marketing material for catalog and web, establishing product pricing, determining initial sales forecast, assisting with a product promotion plan, and product training for internal teams.
• Provide analysis of market/customer needs, the competition, and market segment trends to identify opportunities for new and existing products.
• Presentation of new product opportunities including thorough understanding of available market, pricing, our expected market share, and our overall cost of doing business.
• Keeps updated on revisions/improvements to vendors existing products and learns vendor new products.
• Maintains an awareness of the changes in technology used by customer it relates to assigned products.
• Develops an annual sales plan for addressing strategies for marketing the assigned products in partnership with account managers and vendors.

What This Job Offers

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