Product Development Manager - Trailer Fleet
About The Position
The Product Development Manager, Trailer Fleet will provide guidance over the strategy, sourcing, and execution of the trailer fleet. In this role, the incumbent will be responsible for supporting the contribution of margin and customer satisfaction and lead programs aimed at driving profitability and winning share by balancing customer and market requirements with Operations and Sales resources. This position will manage to the assigned profitability metrics and represent Ryder at internal and external meetings as requested by senior management. He/She will work in tandem with the sales, marketing, and operations organizations to profitably grow market share in Trailer Fleet across the network.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, or Engineering
- 6 years or more in in Product Management, Transportation Operations management, role with solution focus. Experience in strategic development, financial analysis, and operating metric performance management
- Ability to professionally represent Ryder and competently interact with customer management required
- Strong sense of personal accountability and a proven track record of achieving desired results
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, externally with customers and across all levels within the organization to drive results
- Ability to influence without authority across the organization
- Ability to work independently and as member of a team
- Strong organization and presentation skills.
- Competent in basic computer skills and in a Microsoft Office environment
- Must be able to understand financial statements and operating metrics Intermediate
Nice To Haves
- 4 years or more in experience in logistics, operations, engineering, agile development or solution development.
- Demonstrated experience in new product development preferred.
- Knowledge of supply chain management and transportation industries Intermediate
- Ability to work with reporting systems to pull data for analysis and decision making is strongly
Responsibilities
- Achieve profitability goals set by Ryder by working closely with assigned Region staff.
- Ensure regular communication with our leaders and facilitate needed resources to meet objectives.
- Develop, propose, and implement competitive and profitable pricing strategies including internal and external communication plan.
- Create and manage RFP process for target accounts, including solution development, communication, and go-to-market strategy.
- Introduce and foster strategic external partnerships across the industry that inhibit profitable share-of-wallet growth.
- Lead design activities to identify growth opportunities and define product strategies including conducting competitive market analysis, customer research, capability and dependency analysis, defining objectives, and outlining key results.
- Evaluate, prioritize, and determine what product experiences is built, identifying the core user stories that will deliver optimal learning, and establish a shared understanding for all stakeholders involved.
- Ensure delivery of promised services to maximize satisfaction for our customers.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- comprehensive health and welfare benefits, to include medical, prescription, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance options
- paid time off for vacation, illness, bereavement, family and parental leave
- tax-advantaged 401(k) retirement savings plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
