Product Portfolio Manager (m/f/d) 100%

About the job

The Schenker Storen Group is one of the leading Swiss companies in the field of sun and weather protection, employing over 1,300 staff. For 145 years, the company has stood for reliability and the highest standards in all areas. As an internationally active provider, Schenker Storen covers the entire value chain from development and production to assembly, service, and sales, setting standards in the industry.

At our headquarters in Schönenwerd, we are looking for a Product Portfolio Manager (m/f/d) 100% to start immediately or by arrangement

Product Portfolio Manager (m/f/d) 100%

What we offer you – attractive working conditions and development opportunities

• Scope for creativity and personal responsibility – in a company that values team spirit and cohesion
• A fair salary with additional performance bonuses
• Progressive social benefits
• Whether internal or external – we invest in your future and support your development
• 40-hour week with flexible annual working hours
• At least 25 days holiday
  Additional benefits:
• Fixed expenses and participation in sports activities
• Reka checks and other attractive employee discounts

Your tasks – responsibility with scope for creativity

• Comprehensive management of the responsible sun protection product categories throughout the entire product lifecycle – from product and range development through market launch, pricing, and marketing to portfolio optimisation and phase-out
• You gather product ideas and action requirements from various channels: opportunistic inputs from sales evaluated with market experts, ideas developed with the innovation department from strategic fields of action, as well as insights from competitive and portfolio analyses
• You assess, condense, and prioritise these inputs according to market potential, customer value, strategic fit, profitability, and technical feasibility, and convert the most relevant topics into well-founded product initiatives
• You develop and maintain the product group vision and strategy and derive a prioritised product group roadmap from it
• You ensure the professional quality of requirements as well as customer focus, product-market fit, business value, and profitability for new and ongoing product development projects
• You take on the professional lead in go-to-market conception in close coordination with product marketing, pricing, development, sales, training, and technical editing
• As a central interface between market stakeholders, development, and strategy, you are responsible for the conception, positioning, and further development of market-oriented product solutions and coordinate collaboration with the involved internal departments
• Building and maintaining a cross-departmental network with internal and external stakeholders, including suppliers, architects/façade builders, and sales partners
• Conducting trend, market, range, and competitive analyses as well as preparing key figure analyses and sales forecasts as a basis for the economic management of the product category

Your profile – what you bring

• A degree in business administration, industrial engineering, engineering, product management, or an equivalent qualification with relevant further training
• At least five years of experience in product management, ideally in the construction supply industry, building trades, or a technically oriented serial product environment
• Proven experience in market and competitive analyses, product strategies, roadmaps, business cases, market launches, and product positioning
• Solid methodological product management knowledge as well as a good understanding of product lifecycle, portfolio and range management, and requirements definition
• A strong understanding of product economics, price positioning, and economic target figures
• The ability to evaluate, prioritise, and translate ideas and market, customer, and company requirements as well as market, competitive, and portfolio analyses into clear initiatives in a structured manner
• Good technical understanding of concepts, variants, dependencies, quality requirements, and industrial serial products
• An analytical, structured, and data-oriented working style as well as quick comprehension and high learning ability, confidence in dealing with uncertainty, grasping complex contexts and conflicting interests, and making well-founded decisions
• Strong team orientation and enjoyment of cross-departmental collaboration
• An entrepreneurial mindset, proactive approach, and decisive personality with the necessary drive to consistently advance topics and implement them effectively
• Strong communication and cooperation skills, persuasiveness, as well as very good German and good English skills

Apply now – we look forward to hearing from you

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