Product Manager - Water Management
If you like change, change to us
We are an international mid sized group with appetite for innovations, approachable management, lead by objectives / targets which give the opportunity of a wide range of empowerment. We as a growth oriented market leader invite you to join us on our journey from good to great!
With over 30 years’ experience in the Australian market, NORMA Pacific prides itself on supplying highly engineered products with excellent performance for Water Management and Industry applications.
NORMA Pacific is part of the global NORMA Group and services Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific islands, via distribution centres located in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia.
Are you ready to make a splash in the water management industry?
About the Role - As a Product Manager – Water Management for NORMA Pacific, you'll be at the forefront of developing innovative solutions that help customers thrive. Under the guidance of our General Manager, you'll oversee the entire product lifecycle, from conception to commercialization in the area of Stormwater solutions whilst continuing to evolve our existing categories through range extensions, promotional activities and providing the necessary technical support.
Responsibilities
Product Life Cycle Management (45%) – Management of product pricing and part numbers, competitor benchmarking and assisting to manage inventory through advice and/or promotions.
Product Development (20%) – Product strategy execution including product quality and market viability assessment, stock level recommendations, allocation of part numbers, input into product packaging and marketing collateral design, internal product training / demonstrations and promotional activity.
Marketing Collateral (10%) – Working with the Marketing Coordinator to produce and maintain brochures, catalogues & tech data sheets. Review and maintain all online information including company websites as well as customers.
Promotional Activities (15%) – Working with all departments to release effective promotions, analysing, and reacting to market and product trends, analysing, and reacting to inventory requirements.
Event Management (5%) – Collaboration with the Marketing Coordinator to determine appropriate products for display at trade shows and event-specific product promotions, product samples, merchandising and general stand presentation.
Technical Support and Sales Liaison (5%) – Providing support internally and externally with pricing enquiries, technical enquiries, specification & warranty claims.
To be successful in this role, you will need the following: -
- 2+ years’ experience in a similar role preferably with Water Management industry.
- Demonstrable experience in new product development and its successful launch into the market.
- Demonstrable experience in establishing and maintaining highly successful relationships with local and overseas suppliers.
- Demonstrable experience in successful project management – both as a leader and as a team member.
- Demonstrable experience of managing a challenging workload and meeting deadlines, occasionally at short notice to meet business needs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Highly defined analytical skills, appropriate to level/role.
- The ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
- A high level of problem solving and initiative e.g., able to review and recommend changes to existing processes and procedures (the ability to think laterally and business wide).
IT Skills:
- Excel and PowerPoint– Intermediate to Expert
- All other MS Office software – Intermediate
- Previous experience of working with Deltamaster, Microsoft CRM and Microsoft Dynamics 365 would be highly regarded.
Contact for this position: Stephanie Stemmer
NORMA Pacific Pty. Ltd.
76 Bazalgette Crescent
3175 Dandenong South, Australia
