Product Manager

Role Overview

• Grow revenue and overall profitability for the assigned product category
• Manage product, promotion, price, competitive positioning, and sales awareness
• Maintain expert knowledge in a product portfolio as the subject matter expert
• Develop marketing plans for their product portfolio
• Maximize sales revenue, profit, and vendor co-op for specific product categories through strategic planning and marketing
• Recommend pricing strategies, monitor competitive activity, oversees product information, and identifies customer needs
• Interface with vendors to develop or enhance the marketing of product(s) or product line(s), and manage Co-op and MDF funding
• Manage SKUs per product categories
• Optimize catalog and E-commerce merchandising strategy for the category
• Identify key emerging technologies and partners within the category
• Forecast sales volumes, run product forecasts, and proactively manage measurable category goals
• Analyze industry information to identify opportunities and strategies to increase vendor partner sales within CDW
• Build and maintain successful relationships with partners and act as the liaison and escalation point between CDW and the vendor
• Create annual Business plan for the respective category
• Align and communicate with Segment marketing

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years’ experience in merchandising, product management, category management, or marketing
• 9 years’ experience in merchandising, product management, category management, or marketing
• 4 years CDW PPM experience and 5 years’ experience in merchandising, product management, category management, or marketing
• Proven track record in marketing product lines with the ability to manage products through their lifecycle, customer engagement scenarios, and product positioning issues
• Strong understanding of the dynamics of cross-functional teams, with the ability to creatively problem solve
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with little direction
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively interact and present to all stakeholders including senior leadership
• Demonstrated financial and analytical skills
• Successful history of building and maintaining internal and external partner relationships at all levels
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

Benefits

• Annual bonus target of 10% subject to terms and conditions of plan