Job Specification

JOB TITLE: Product Manager – Custom Procedure Trays
DEPARTMENT: Commercial
LOCATION: Mountain Ash
REPORTING TO: Commercial Director
SALARY: Negotiable and dependent on background and experience

PURPOSE OF JOB:

+ Responsible for directing the development of the custom procedure tray product group within the overall portfolio
+ Manage product life cycle of individual lines within the range from conception to deletion
+ Stock management to ensure optimal breadth and quantities are held to support growing market whilst minimising negative impact of high stockholding whilst also reducing the number of slow and non-moving lines
+ Margin analysis and cost management to maintain product line profitability

+ Define and drive value engineering projects to maintain product competitiveness
+ Working with Purchasing to identify and manage key suppliers to ensure highest service levels and access to innovation
+ Understand and monitor broader sales strategies in order to add value to key accounts across the business
+ Oversee market research and monitor competitive advantage to maintain Rocialle as key performer in its sector
+ Work with Marketing to design, develop and promote the range using the full marketing mix
+ Lead new product development and innovation within the range through the New Product Development process
+ Co-ordinate and own the process for introducing new or alternative materials into the product range
+ Work with Sales and Tender teams to ensure the successful and timely submission of tenders and quotes

BACKGROUND TO APPOINTMENT:

+ Sunlight Clinical Solutions is a leading provider of clinical procedure solutions, operating from a number of locations in the UK
+ This high profile position is critical to the development of the organisation and will assume full responsibility for shaping current and future product ranges to deliver top and bottom line growth through unrivalled customers satisfaction.

EXPERIENCE:

+ Ideal candidates will have:-
+ Sales or other frontline commercial experience.
+ Creative and strategic approach to marketing high cost, low volume products and vice versa.
+ A good standard of oral and written communication.
+ Tenacious belief in our product range and how they integrate with other product streams.
+ Member of a multi-disciplinary team, where communication and can-do attitude are as important as total sales.
+ Integrity and professionalism demonstrated by their career path.

PERSONALITY:

+ Enthusiastic, hard working, determined and positive self-starter to work for long periods without close supervision.
+ Close attention to detail and very well organised.
+ Self motivated and enthusiastic with a determination to succeed.
+ Planner with priority setting and meeting objectives.

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