General Line Product Manager- Composite Decking

Boise Cascade Company•Dallas, TX

6d•$51,400 - $99,800•Onsite

About The Position

Boise Cascade has an exciting opening for a General Line Product Manager! This role will purchase, price, and market a group of general line products, with a focus on composite decking, for warehouse and customer sales. The Product Manager develops and implements sales strategies, new products, and promotions, and conducts sales presentations. Key responsibilities include monitoring and maintaining acceptable inventory levels, turnover, and margins to maximize branch profitability, soliciting direct and warehouse sales, and working closely with location management to promote assigned and new products. The role involves maintaining direct control over replenishment, pricing, and inventory, changing prices as necessary, and maintaining catalogue price pages. Developing an annual marketing plan, maintaining technical product knowledge, determining product market potential, and identifying/evaluating competitive products, new markets, and new product opportunities are also crucial. The Product Manager will work closely with division merchandising in supplier selection, maintain customer relationships, quote prices, sell additional products, and assist the operations manager in warehousing assigned products. Presentations at dealers’ meetings, sales meetings, and builder shows are expected. A strong commitment to safety, quality, environmental awareness, and continuous process improvement is required, along with performing other assigned duties.

Requirements

College Degree or equivalent work experience in related job function.
Proficiency in utilizing computer software applications necessary for performing job responsibilities.
Typically more than seven (7) years in building products industry or general line sales.

Nice To Haves

Effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

Purchase, price, and market a group of general line products (focused on composite decking) for warehouse and customer sales.
Develop and implement sales strategies, new products, and promotions.
Conduct sales presentations on assigned general line products.
Monitor and maintain acceptable inventory levels, turnover, and margins to maximize branch profitability.
Solicit direct and warehouse sales on all general line products.
Work closely with location manager or location sales manager in promotion of assigned and new products.
Maintain direct control over replenishment, pricing and inventory of assigned products.
Change prices as necessary and maintain catalogue price pages.
Develop annual marketing plan incorporating vendor, division and product promotions.
Maintain technical product knowledge.
Determine product market potential.
Identify and evaluate competitive products, new markets, new product opportunities, and competitors.
Work closely with division merchandising in selection of suppliers.
Maintain customer relationships, quote prices, sell additional products.
Assist operations manager in warehousing assigned products.
Make presentations at dealers’ meetings, sales meetings, builder shows, etc.
Demonstrate strong commitment to safety, quality, environmental awareness, and continuous process improvement.
Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.