Director Product Management

Summary:

The Director Product Management is charged to lead management and health tracking of the GEODIS portfolio of supply chain solutions. Collaborates cross-functionally to create, manage and implement the short- and long-term plans that are required to support successful product management of existing products and development of new products up to the point of go-to-market readiness.

Job Duties: -

• Responsible for pro-active management of the GEODIS portfolio of supply chain offerings and solutions in the Americas region

• Product Documentation – Authoring, maintenance and distribution management of all standard and supporting product documentation of existing products, including P&Ls.

• Sales Support – Direct support and training of the sales team to help best represent, sell and inform customer of the value add of product

• Catalog product capabilities and validate internally with SMEs

• Manages collaboration of cross-functional teams to gather information critical for managing key products in portfolio

• Assures common understanding, clear and transparent decision-making based on reliable documentation for future product decisions through the creation of product templates

• Supports cross-functional collaboration of go-to-market readiness for two global product launches

• Evaluate product performance to determine necessary product enhancements or changes. Translate strategic direction into project plans

• Communicate product performance and project results to senior executives

• Collaborate with Market Research to conduct competitive analysis and research to innovate and improve product offering and experience

• Leverages resources to gather analytics, competitive intelligence, and information to support formulation of product strategy

• Develops and shapes the value proposition of new and current products through available resources and internal voice of the customer data; confirms that products meet thresholds for being feasible, viable and desirable

• Partners with business development and account management, meeting with customers/prospects when requested to support research or adoption of identified products

• Works in close partnership with Market Research to interpret regular industry trend analysis combined with the mega trend identification, to shape the product portfolio

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, supply chain or related field from a 4-year college or university; MBA preferred

• Minimum 8 years related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination education and experience

• Experience with product, marketing and/or supply chain management

• Experience in third-party logistics industry (3PL) preferred

• Experience with data analytics and manipulation

• Ability to think and act strategically with a working knowledge of short, medium and long term company goals

• Demonstrated professionalism with excellent executive communication skills

• Knowledge of leading industry technologies with a strong knowledge around marketing governance, project planning, and the technological usage/alternatives available in a multi-platform environment

• Ability to develop and interpret technical documentation for training and end user procedures

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists

• Ability to model effective collaboration across all levels and functions of the organization

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize with limited direct supervision. Self-motivation and time management skills are essential

• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language

Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus. The employee is regularly exposed to ambient lighting and temperate climate conditions.