Product Manager

Job Title Product Manager Reference 02088
Area Bishops Stortford Type Permanent
Contact Samuel Fitter Remuneration £26k - £27k

Job Title: Product Manager


Location: Bishop Stortford


Salary: £26,000 - £27,000


Job Description:
Marketing and Sales Assistant
Location: Bishop Stortford
Salary: 26k-27k


We are looking for a marketing expert to join our client for a Fixed Term Contract. This would be ideal for someone looking to gain further experience within the Marketing sector. This role will cover a 12-month period of maternity leave on a fixed term contract. This individual will use their knowledge of our clients product portfolio across various categories and their knowledge of the UK market to enable clients and internal teams with creative new commercial ideas for achieving the UK Sales Division strategic objectives.
Responsibilities
Key accountabilities will include:
Marketing Strategy
Provides marketing support for the strategic objectives of UK Division
Supports commercialisation of new innovations and products to drive profitable growth
Share regular updates on new trends and opportunities with account managers, perfumers and evaluation department.
Market Insights
Develops great market insight across various categories to support commercial targets
Provides marketing support and insight to allocated category team.
Build and develop a clear understanding of the regions key markets by doing category reviews, integrating data, conducting gap analysis, identifying trends.
Use insights to inspire ways of maintaining a competitive advantage in the market
Use up to date knowledge and understanding market trends to inspire teams (Sales, Marketing, Evaluation, Perfumery) with new creative ideas
Innovation
Keeping up to date on the latest market innovations and updating the team on any relevant and interesting product developments
Support Marketing Manager, R&D team and Innovation Project Management to deliver customer presentations on new technologies to target customers
Interaction
Visit Clients to present market finding in relation to the Client`s brief and pro-active briefs
Work closely with internal stakeholders throughout the process to ensure timelines and client expectation will be met
Translate cross category market trends and consumer lifestyle into relevant product and brand concepts
Provide inspiration and innovative thinking to develop relevant concepts/insights and support new winning fragrance creations
Develop excellent presentations to inspire both internal and external customers in the region

The ideal candidate will have:
Strong knowledge of the UK market
Able to think creatively as well as commercially on behalf of customers
Proven exceptional abilities in process management and working with detail
Professional highly developed ability in written and verbal skills
Technical capability using Microsoft; Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Creative aptitude with experience in product marketing
Ability to inspire and promote creative ideas working cross-functionally