RBC Bearings Incorporated is looking for an Associate Product Manager to manage the day-to-day business processes of their product lines, aiming to achieve year-over-year sales growth and improve product line margins.
Requirements
- Technical sales experience, technical training or mechanical aptitude.
- Strategic thinking and analytical skills (e.g., pricing, market segmentation).
- Bearing experience or knowledge is a plus.
- Excellent computer skills; familiarity with AS400 and ASI is a plus
Responsibilities
- Manage pricing activities of the product line. This includes as needed the development and execution of strategies and policies related to the product line.
- Develop and track product line management plan and forecast.
- Maintain accurate status of all major opportunities, including activity history and next actions required.
- Manage the new product launch process.
- Provides the tracking data associated with the product line – Ops packages, Sales forecasting for the product line, gap analysis, top 20 analysis and actual product line performance compared to plan.
- Responsible on a shared basis with the plants for driving product line margin improvement.
- Select and prioritize projects to meet sales and profitability goals.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree in a science or engineering related field.
- Ability to influence and lead without formal authority.
- Effective team player and leader.
- Strong communication skills across all functional areas and with customers.
- Results-driven with a strong focus on achieving targets.
