Manufacturing Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in product management, product development, sales, marketing, or a related role.
• Ability to gather and analyze customer, market, competitor, and product information and translate findings into recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively with customers, dealers, sales teams, engineers, and other cross-functional partners.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Comfort spending time with customers and dealers in the field and developing a practical understanding of equipment applications.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to approximately 30%.
• Follow company policies and OSHA safety regulations and wear prescribed safety and protective equipment.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, engineering, agriculture, construction, or a related field preferred.
• Experience with construction equipment, attachments, agricultural equipment, heavy equipment, or a related industry preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support identification and definition of market requirements and customer needs for assigned product lines.
• Gather and analyze customer, industry, and competitive information to identify product opportunities, market needs, and gaps in the existing product offering.
• Work with senior Product Management leadership to identify opportunities for new products and improvements to existing products.
• Represent the voice of the customer by gathering feedback from dealers, customers, sales teams, and other stakeholders and communicating those needs to Engineering and Product Development.
• Participate in new product development projects and support product planning, schedules, market requirements, product positioning, and stakeholder communication.
• Support development and maintenance of market-based pricing by gathering competitive pricing, product positioning, cost, and market information.
• Monitor the performance and competitiveness of assigned products and recommend product, pricing, or positioning changes when appropriate.
• Develop knowledge of assigned products, competitive products, customers, applications, and market segments.
• Support product launches by developing product information, sales tools, training materials, and other dealer and sales resources.
• Provide product training to dealers and sales teams on product features, applications, positioning, and competitive advantages.
• Attend trade shows, dealer events, customer visits, sales meetings, and other industry events to support assigned product lines and develop market knowledge.
• Work with Sales, Engineering, Marketing, Operations, Purchasing, and other functional teams to support product initiatives.
• Maintain Product Management systems, product information, competitive data, and other tools used to manage assigned product lines.
• Travel domestically and internationally to visit customers, dealers, suppliers, trade shows, and support sales activities, up to approximately 30%.
• Follow Great Plains Manufacturing policies and OSHA safety regulations and wear prescribed safety and protective equipment.