Director, Project Management -Tingley

Tingley Rubber, a Bunzl company, is nor hiring for a Dir, Product Management. The Director of Project Management’s primary responsibilities are to manage the product life cycle for product line; collects and translates market needs into requirements to meet sales and marketing plan objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures that product efforts support the company’s overall strategy and goals.
• Conducts margin analysis, industry/market research and product performance evaluation to determine product positioning, viability and profitability into existing and new markets.
• Supervises market pricing and price changes to ensure product line profitability.
• Assesses market trends and evaluates customer and sales feedback for new product development and business opportunities.
• Uses knowledge of the market and competitor activity to identify and develop the company’s selling propositions and differentiators for assigned products.
• Participates on cross-functional product design team and specifies requirements to develop new products and product line extensions/features from conception to product introduction.
• Develops and delivers product training and communication of new products/product changes to both internal and external customers.
• Attends and staffs trade shows; travels in the field to interact with customers and to assess the competitive landscape.
• Collaborates closely with sales, creative services and supply chain to ensure that revenue, brand awareness and customer satisfaction goals are met.
• Collaborates with creative services team to design collateral and promotional materials for new and existing products including catalogues, product sheets, brochures, point-of-purchase, packaging, and digital marketing.
• Directs price list management and collaborates with all team members to ensure accuracy.
• Performs all other responsibilities that may be necessary to fulfill the duties associated with the position or as may be assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or marketing and 5 years experience in product marketing, preferably with an industrial product orientation.
• Minimum of 3-5 years' management experience related to running a project management team
• Plan for a responsible succession plan for those partners who drop out of our approved partner category
• Travel as needed (domestically and internationally) to evaluate viability, build vendor relationships, and continuously expand supply chain options
• Document and maintain process for vetting of supply chain partners with Director of Sourcing (per Bunzl rules)
• Manage best in class strategies to maximize profitability and minimize risk
• Develop and maintain standard initial criteria
• Develop and enforce regular re-assessment procedure for ongoing relationships
• Maintain RRG’s Capabilities Matrix
• Provide oversight and establish priorities for team members in order to support desired outcomes
• Monitor and re-allocate staffing resources as needed
• Retain or expand manufacturing supply chain partners
• Achieve or exceed RRG’s annual goals with respect to supply chain operations
• Achieve or exceed goals related to margin %’s (year over year improvements resulting from ever stronger vendor relationships)
• Achieve reliable quality with managed lead times, manufacturing timelines, seamless experiences for our clients
• RRG’s Supply Chain strategy understood by every RRG team member and decisions made in alignment with the strategy
• New talent on-boarded and productive within 30 days
• Risks effectively managed so that margin goals or met or exceeded on average

*Salary range for this role is $130-160K annually based on experience, education and geographic location. 

So, what are you waiting for? A new career awaits you with endless opportunities.

Bunzl is a global leader in the Cleaning & Hygiene, Food Processing, Grocery, Health Care, Non-Food Retail, and Safety industries. We have grown both organically and through acquisitions to sales in excess of $10 billion.  Bunzl North America is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.  Bunzl North America owns and operates more than 100 warehouses and serves all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada and parts of the Caribbean and Mexico. With more than 5,000 employees and 400,000 plus supplies, Bunzl is regarded as a leading supplier in North America.

Bunzl Distribution offers competitive salaries, a comfortable work environment, and a full range of benefits including a 401k with a company match.

Bunzl Distribution has a tradition of commitment to equal employment opportunity. It is the established policy to attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex/gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status as provided by law.

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