Product Manager

Kingspan Roofing + Waterproofing is hiring a Product Manager to own its product portfolio and grow market share. The role leads product strategy, positioning, lifecycle management, and cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Technical teams.

Responsibilities:

• Owns Product value proposition. Work closely with Marketing to deliver impactful message to target market
• Defines Product Management plans from strategic level – product roadmap, to tactical level. This requires the ability to operate efficiently at different levels
• Gathers intelligence on customer insights and competitor activity (product, codes, promotion). Analyze data and define tactics to win in the market with products
• Establishes strong connection in the market to be able to keep updated with customer needs, market trend and competitive activities
• Lead cross-functional interaction with Sales, Marketing, Technical and Product Development to maximize customer engagement and a customer focused approach to products
• Owns Product Lifecycle Management, SKU rationalization, product line extension and ongoing margin improvement (reformulation, strategic sourcing, etc.)
• Keeps updated with Codes and Testing evolution, work closely with technical team to leverage codes and testing in our market approach
• Participates and collaborates in industry associations and events to inform and develop outside-in knowledge base

Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Thorough understanding of PM and market developments
• Excellent interpersonal and customer interaction skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; data driven decision making
• Strong business/financial acumen
• Strong understanding of user experience
• Strong building/roofing code knowledge
• Ability to roll up your sleeves and get engaged with the team to deliver on an ambitious roll out. Hands-on attitude while being able to build and communicate plans and strategies to win with products
• Can-do attitude, challenge him/herself and the team to deliver best-in-class tools and solutions to win with our customers
• Self-motivated team player with good organizational and interpersonal skills
• Leadership abilities, lead by example. Fosters collaboration and excellent communication and interpersonal skills interacting at all levels
• Intuitive understanding of how to effectively assign responsibilities and leverage AI
• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering or Marketing
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in Building Material industry, preferably Building Envelope
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel as well as AI tools