Product Manager

The Opportunity: Product Manager

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About the role:

As a Product Manager for the Wheeled Loading Shovel Product team, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success and growth of our product line.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

· Managing a multifunctional product team: You will lead a dedicated team, ensuring collaboration across various functions to achieve product goals.

· Supporting current products in all markets: This involves developing sales, marketing, and training collateral, and delivering product training to ensure our products meet market demands.

· Developing product strategies: You will create strategies for new and existing products/markets to grow market share and volume, contributing to the Wheeled Loader 5-year product plan.

· Acting as the “Voice of the Customer”: You will represent customer needs and feedback within the Earthmover business unit, ensuring our products exceed customer expectations.

· Travelling for dealer events and exhibitions: You will coordinate local dealer events and large-scale national and international exhibitions, serving as the primary contact for worldwide wheeled loader product training and sales support for our dealer network.

· Maintaining demonstration stock: You will ensure our demonstration stock is maintained and demonstrated to the highest possible standards.

· Advising on marketing collateral: You will advise the marketing department in the creation of marketing collateral, such as photoshoot and video-shoot coordination.

· Managing dealer-facing content: You will manage the creation of dealer-facing content such as sales flashes, selling guides, and email updates.

· Benchmarking and product evaluations: You will conduct benchmarking activities and liaise with customers for product evaluations.

· Machine configuration and management: You will handle machine configuration and management for NPIP and the existing product portfolio.

This will be suited to you if:

· You have a keen interest in product, applications, and interacting with customers and dealers

· You are capable of leading and coaching a team to release their full potential, and possess good communication skills

· You are degree calibre, preferably qualified to degree level in an engineering discipline or equivalent

· You have a proven track record in managing a team

· You have proven experience with product or regional sales management in the UK or Export markets

· You possess proven, multi-project, planning and time management skills to achieve set goals and objectives

What happens next?

Ordinarily, our Resourcing Team reviews and shortlists CVs. If shortlisted, you’ll speak to one of our Recruiters to discuss the role further. Our interview process usually consists of an initial Teams interview followed by an in-person interview. We’ll keep in touch throughout the process but if you have any questions, please get in touch at recruitment@jcb.com.

What’s in it for you?

This is your chance to join a company that values expertise not only in rewards but also in real employee care. At JCB you don’t just get a competitive salary, 33 days’ holiday and access to our company pension—you can also use our onsite gym, in-house doctor, dentist, and visiting optician. We have an ULEV car scheme available for our employees too. Then there’s the JCB Rewards Hub, which gives you discounts with high street retailers. Feel like biking to work? There’s our Cycle to Work Scheme.

We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re committed to ensuring our recruitment process is fair and inclusive. If you face any accessibility challenges with your online application and require additional support, you have the option of speaking to a member of our Recruitment Team who can support you to complete an application in an alternative format. If you would benefit from this support, please email recruitment@jcb.com, and a member of the team will be in touch.

Recruitment Agencies: JCB does not accept any speculative approaches to present candidates for advertised vacancies.