What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Manager position at STIHL USA?
About Us
As a family-owned company, it’s the people who continue to make STIHL a successful, world-class brand. Since revolutionizing the forestry industry in Germany with the first electric chainsaw in 1926, the STIHL name has remained synonymous with outstanding innovations, high-quality products and comprehensive service.
With competitive compensation, excellent benefits and exciting growth potential, it is a great time to join the STIHL team!
Why You’ll Love Working at STIHL:
- Competitive pay with multiple bonus opportunities and potential for annual merit increases
- Excellent health benefits including Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Onsite Health & Wellness Center for employees and eligible family members
- Company-paid Life Insurance and Short & Long-Term Disability
- Robust retirement offerings including:
- A fully vested Pension Plan after 5 years
- A 401(k) with generous employer match
- Paid time off including 11 Paid Holidays
- A strong culture of stability, community, and innovation
About You
We are looking for an onsite Product Manager to join our Virginia Beach team and help to drive innovation and deliver customer-focused solutions that align with our organizational goals. You’ll connect strategy to execution by leading cross-functional teams, managing roadmaps, and using data-driven insights to build products that make a real impact.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage the complete product lifecycle process, in collaboration with the product management team, from concept to delivery.
- Develop strategic product plans for assigned portfolios, to include situational assessment, portfolio and competitor analysis, strategic goal alignment, and action planning.
- Influence cross-functional teams (engineering, manufacturing, finance, etc.) to develop new products that meet strategic objectives.
- Apply a thorough understanding of the market, including competition, channels of distribution, competitive landscapes, and sales trend analysis, in order to drive successful planning and sound decision-making.
- Drive launch planning and promotional planning efforts.
- Knowledge of key financial metrics such as net sales standard margin, operating margin, etc.
- Strong working knowledge of milestone/phase gate development process.
- Industry knowledge, to include understanding of external market, customers, and competitors.
- Consulting skills, including ability to apply a customer-focused consultative process, relationship building, discovery, negotiation, implementation, and evaluation.
- Professional presentation skills, including ability to tailor messages to a variety of audiences.
- Ability to identify and communicate project risks.
- Ability to influence within a matrixed organization and cross-functionally.
- Strong financial acumen including a working understanding and application of financial KPIs.
- All other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Specifications
- BA Degree in Business Administration or Equivalent
- 2 - 4 years of related work experience
- Average travel requirements 25% or as required