Product Line Manager

Job Description

Product Line Manager

Job Summary:

The Product Line Manager optimizes the development and performance of assigned product lines. The job holder builds relationships with key supplier stakeholders and serves as a trusted and collaborative partner. Product Line Managers create value by improving product line revenue and market share, delivering market intelligence and spotting opportunity, improving ROI and helping to ensure quality and delivery.

Job Responsibilities and daily tasks:

Manage and communicate the financial performance of product lines including performance-to-budget, ROI, margin, and macro inventory levels,

Manage the product line assortment and strategic pricing strategy; analyzes industry trends, customer requirements, and market/competitor data for strategic product intelligence and opportunities for increasing sales and performance,

Lead the strategic and entrepreneurial development efforts of product lines including investments, appropriate risk taking, and growth,

Provide technical product support to internal and external customers, including guidance in response to customer inquiries, LTA proposals, and RFQ’s and serves as the technical liaison between suppliers, the market, and the organization,

Lead the organization to opportunity through product training, campaigns, tools and business intelligence reporting, direct consultation and support for Sales and Business Development, and other efforts aimed at initiating and building awareness within the organization for their product line potential, innovative solutions, opportunities and challenges,

Manage various projects as required to meet customer, supplier and organizational needs,

Identify supplier needs and challenges and position Proponent as their ideal partner for mutual success.

Qualifications / Requirements for success:

Our ideal candidate has:

Bachelor’s degree in business or related field,

7+ years of related work experience in aerospace such as product- or program management, supplier management, business Development, or sales,

Breadth of aviation product and industry knowledge,

Financial acumen,

Advanced MS Office skills, including reporting & analytical functions of Access, Excel and Power BI.

Skills and competencies:

You could be a good fit if you are:

Proactive,

Customer/supplier focused,

Possess time management & prioritization skills,

Solutions oriented,

A relationship builder,

Collaborative,

A strategic thinker

Focused on continuous learning & improvement.

What do we offer:

Challenging work with an ambitious and fast-growing company,

Competitive salary and excellent benefits (including our profit-sharing plan),

Proponent is an ‘employee-owned’ company where all employees join in our success via our stock ownership plan,

Development and training opportunities,

A working environment in which your feedback is important,

A pleasant corporate culture with core values: empathy, intelligence, agility and integrity,

Full-time