Product Manager - #1719541

Farnell

Farnell, an Avnet company, is a global high-service distributor of technology products, services and solutions for electronic system design, maintenance and repair.

Our team in Leeds, West Yorkshire are currently recruiting for the role of Product Manager. This is a role where you will proactively manage our global portfolio of Circuit Protection Products. A role where you can use your knowledge and understanding of the world of electronic components and can be proactive in a company where teamwork is essential in working together for the greater good!

As the lead for this segment, you will play a key role in managing supplier relationships, negotiating pricing, reviewing product portfolios, marketing and product training, in short the end to end process of adding products into our online portfolio for this product segment. You will also look after the overall profit and loss, managing new product introductions, existing products and slow-moving inventory.

We are looking for someone passionate about this product range, who can work to ensure our pricing and marketing is on point and using data analytics, work collaboratively with internal teams such as ecommerce to ensure our product are in the best saleable position that they can be.

No two days are ever the same, there are always challenges and new solutions to find, if technology and supporting future designs, and ever changing market trends or IOT is something you have an interest in, this could be the role for you.

Why Join Our Team

You will be part of a winning global team, with the ability to work in a hybrid role, with sometime in the office and time working from home. You can be based anywhere in the UK, as long as you have the willingness to travel to our head office in Leeds. There also may be some travel involved and on occasions the requirement to work outside the usual UK working hours.

In addition to offering a competitive salary package, we also offer:

• Free On-site Gym
• Life Cover and Income Protection
• Simply Health Medical Cover
• Subsidised Canteen
• Long Service Awards
• Company Sick Pay
• Recommend a Friend
• Staff Discount
• Online Shopping Portal – Reward Hub
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing Training and Development via LinkedIn Learning Access.
• Enhanced matched employer pension contribution (up to 8%)
  
  

What will you be doing?

• Accountable for creating and driving the overall product strategy to achieve the defined sales, margin, asset management and market share KPI’s
• Managing the portfolio of products throughout their life cycle – specifically new technology and franchise negotiations and introductions, product range extensions, inventory depth decisions and exiting end of life products
• Managing the full relationship and business development plans (including review meetings and industry events) within the product business unit to help achieved the defined KPI’s/commercial terms. Potential to lead the strategic relationship with suppliers that sit across several business units. Accountable for the commercial and contractual supplier terms
• Accountable for both the buy and sell price aspects of the product business unit to deliver margin growth and price sustainability.
• Managing the overall inventory health : including budgets, influencing turns, line fill and provision & excess to achieve the defined KPI’s
• Partners with stakeholders to ensure all marketing programs are planned and executed on time, Product strategy is communicated and training provided to sales teams and strategic e-commerce plans developed
• Providing market insights and knowledge to influence the success of the business unit and wider company, including new suppliers, technology trends, and changes in customer demand within assigned portfolio including supplier market data.
• Working with Product Assistants responsible for predominately the administrative aspect of the business unit, this includes prioritization, workflow planning & content quality checks.
  
  

What will you need to have?

• Experience creating and executing product strategies
• Strong communication skills
• Strong commercial and business knowledge.
• Strong collaborative and relationship management skillset
• The ability to work autonomously & drive results.
• Experience in supplier management
• Strong quantitative and data management skills
• Experience managing of internal & external stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to research and understand regional and global markets
• Experience working with or in Sales and Marketing
  
  

Our people are the most critical component of our long-term success. For over 80 years, the most common answer our employees have given to "What’s your favourite part about working for Farnell (an Avnet company)" is "the people." Not working on space shuttles. Not bringing the newest AI-powered IoT innovations to market.

Our true success doesn’t come from products. It comes from people. People like you!

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills.

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