Job Description
Sr Product Manager
Hybrid, 2-3 days a week.
Key Competencies
Understanding Retail and Various Retail Channel environments, Influence and Negotiation, Financial Acumen and Data /Analytics, Consumer/Customer focus, Planning and Priority setting, Product Development Innovation, Communication
Duties & Responsibilities
Creation of the commercial activation and innovation plan for the core business and new concepts
- Research on consumer trends, market trends and competitor monitoring
- Execution of the annual innovation review in partnership with the US and Global Product Development team
- Lead product development activities to include recipe, packaging, price, etc from partnership with sourcing, quality and operations to the launch of mandatory testing and implementation in market
- Collaboration with the global team, partnering on successes and validation for recipe adjustments as well as calculation of sales and volume forecasts
- Delivery of the launch and communication plans, providing toolkits to Operations for a successful launch to include monitoring and management
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPI) on the existing range and innovations; elevate trends as needed
Management of the existing item launch in support and collaboration across multiple commercial corners
- Mastery of the 4 Ps (product, price, packaging, place/merch) on the existing commercial platform
- Validation of assortment recommendations by retailers looking at sales performance and margin KPIs
- Lead with regards to pricing strategies in relation to product performance and material costs
Responsible for product teams on strategic projects
- Take the lead on strategic calls for sourcing across the product landscape, i.e. fresh and frozen salmon, tuna, etc.
- Coordinate key projects to include monitoring product cycle, updating production algorithm
This job posting describes the general duties and responsibilities for the position. Other duties may be assigned as needed.