We are hiring a Senior Product Manager to join our Product Management team!

DISCOVER

Are you an experienced Product Manager looking to make an impact at a high-growth global company? As Senior Product Manager, you will oversee the life cycle of spa products sold through North America Specialty Retail, both rotomolded and acrylic, in support of the company’s product strategies and initiatives. For this role, the product lifecycle begins with ideation, continues through product development, launch, and maintenance to end of life. You will identify and analyze market trends and data to support and justify the development of new products or product enhancements. You will monitor sales, product costs, and applicable margins for the products you oversee and make pricing recommendations to support company objectives for profitability. This position reports to the Director, Product Management, and collaborates with other Product Managers, Design, Engineering, Operations, Marketing, Sales, and Finance. Finally, you will ensure all assigned products meet established company objectives for quality, ease of manufacturability, and profitability.

YOUR RIPPLE EFFECT

Are you passionate about monitoring and evaluating existing products? This includes data related to production output and quality, field performance, product reviews, dealer/customer feedback, marketing campaigns, sales, and margin performance. Assess assigned products periodically for strengths and weaknesses in the marketplace and against relevant competitor products. Advocate for PLM decisions such as quality improvements, enhancements, VAVE, repositioning, and end of life. Recommendations should be well supported with VoC, market, and internal data whenever possible.Can you manage product life cycles? Initiate the development of new product ideation and develop business plans for new products, evaluating their potential and overseeing progress through various stages of development. Prepare MRS documents, including business cases for new product assessment and approval. Manage part numbers and related information in the ERP system, ensuring all required reviews and approvals are completed prior to product release.Do you work well cross-functionally? Work with the Director of Product Management to provide input into the development of the overall strategy for assigned products. Key to success will be the ability to succinctly summarize and articulate collected insights from customers, dealers, distributors, employees, conference and competitors. Present insights quarterly during a product pipeline review meeting.

WHAT YOU BRING

Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) in Business Administration or related field preferred.A minimum of 5-7 years of Product Management experience, similar in scope to the responsibilities outlined above, is required.Experience should include a strong understanding of consumer products, brand and product positioning, product and project management, dealer and mass channel marketing and distribution.High-ticket durable goods or pool and spa industry experience preferred.Demonstrated ability to multi-task and prioritize competing tasks successfully.High proficiency in MS Office products, especially MS Excel.Experience with ERP systems (e.g., Navision, Oracle).Knowledge of Smartsheet or Workfront is a plus.Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels within the organization as well as a strong ability to work in a team environment, are required to be successful in this position.

WHAT YOU’LL GET

At Watkins Wellness, we believe everyone should ‘Feel good. Live well.’ We offer employees the opportunity to join a dynamic, growing industry leader with an outstanding and well-deserved reputation for leadership and commitment to our employees, customers, and community. Our employees are eligible to receive exceptional health and wellness benefits, paid time off, company bonus, profit sharing, 401k match, education assistance, and much more. We are proud of the people we are and the products we make — products that make a difference to the health and well-being of others.

As we move beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, our newly created One Watkins Return-to-Work policy is designed to meet the needs of both our business and our employees. The One Watkins program offers remote, hybrid, and onsite employment opportunities based on business needs, employee preference, and business performance. Ultimately, our goal is to remain One Watkins, with one vision and one set of values that dictate Who We Are and What We Do, regardless of where we are physically working.

We look for candidates that exhibit The Watkins Way (always Ethical, endeavors to be Transparent, embraces Inclusion, welcomes Diverse backgrounds and perspectives, is Accommodating, believes in Work-Life Balance, puts Safety First, is Accountable, values Relationships, and is a Passionate, Goal Driven Team Player.

The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The position requires approximately 10% travel for the following activities: overseeing product development in Mexico, visiting channel partners and/or vendors, training onsite at channel partner facilities, attending conferences and trade shows.

Hiring Range: $ 135,900 - $149,490.

Many factors affect actual compensation including but not limited to experience, education, skills, and geographic location

Company: Watkins Manufacturing

Shift 1 (United States of America)Full time

Watkins (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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