Position Summary

Support, educate, motivate and direct the International Product Management Team to have a clear understanding of duties, provide accountability for performance and help them maximize high pay off activities that will increase their productivity and profitability of product lines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

•Maintains accountability for the projects and objectives given by executives for the Product Management team

•Works as a liaison to promote and enhance the product cycle between departments

•Ensures all communication presented during meetings with various departments is communicated back to the Product Development team

•Interviews, hires and trains quality staff to meet the needs of the department

•Analyzes sales data, market trends, and competitive landscape to identify product selection

•Collaborates with Web Merchandiser to create digital product marketing materials (banners, landing pages, emails, etc.)

•Provides detailed and precise reports to Executive team to illustrate trends, predictions, and relevant strategies

•Works with Science to review industry trends for ingredients and product launches

•Approves final product information, materials, features, benefits, specifications, and pricing for catalogue to ensure accuracy

•Collaborates on overall product image plan and layout for catalogue and web to maximize sales

•Work with Executive VP to determine product strategy

•Research’s and establishes pricing and margins to maximize profits

•Approves samples of products to ensure quality standards

•Oversees Content Writer(s) to ensure correct content and consistency is maintained

•Manage employee relations inside and outside the department to develop successful working relationships to achieve goals and objectives

•Collaborates with the Scientific Affairs department to ensure proper support to move products forward upon approval and that statement of products are scientifically valid

•Collaborates with Quality Control Department to provide any needed information such as label review, vendor issues, and manufacturing changes

•Complies with company policies and procedures

•Performs other duties as needed

Supervisory Responsibilities

•Yes

Education and Experience

•Bachelors degree in Business, Marketing, or related field.

•Two to three years of experience in product management, marketing, or merchandising.

•Or combination of equivalent experience, education, and training.

Skills

•Proficient use of MS Office Products.

•Above moderate levels of English reading comprehension, speaking, and writing; active listening; critical thinking, complex problem solving, analysis and evaluations, judgment and decision-making, and negotiation, and innovation.

Working Conditions and Environment

•Intermittently lift, carry, pull, and push up to 20 pounds.

•Continuously see, sit, and have balance

•Frequently talk, hear, grasp, have visual acuity, and have repetitive use of arms, wrists, hands, and fingers.

•Occasionally walk.

•Frequent use of computer.