Job Description
International Product Manager (m/f/d) Wood Screws
Region: Cologne or Künzelsau (mobile work partly possible)
Department: Product Management / Marketing
The BERNER Group is a European trading company for professionals in the mobility, construction and industry sectors. We are the leading B2B specialist and innovative manufacturer of chemical products. Our purpose is: "We are pushing the limits of the possible for the shapers of a better tomorrow". This means that our strong brands BERNER, BTI by BERNER and CCS help our customers to keep their business successful and running.
- Strategically develop the wood screw range
- Develop and implement category strategy in line with corporate strategy
- Continuously improve assortment offer and build innovation pipeline together with engineering and sourcing
- Define appropriate go-to-market approaches together with strategic marketing incl. pricing and sales teams to meet the needs of the joiner, carpenter and roofer
- Steer sales and margin of your category by ensuring assortment productivity, drive business development activity with the sales organizations and perform product lifecycle management
- Standardize and harmonize existing assortments according to defined international category targets
- Steer the product portfolio and ensure it is up to date with changing market conditions (technological, legal and environmental guidelines)
- Drive commercial success of your product category based on defined KPI set by continuous monitoring and definition of improvement levers
- Develop and implement assortment strategy for your category
- Define product roadmap as well as development needs incl. product lifecycle management and align with relevant functions
- Track your product/assortment projects in terms of time, cost and specification
- Drive innovation management, ensure continuous updates of your assortment according to customer expectations and strategic guidelines
- Roll out product roadmap based on accepted business cases with respective functions and regional marketing
- Manage cross-functional projects according to your area of product responsibility
- Bachelor or Master in Business Administration / Marketing or technical education with professional experiences in product management or category management of international assortments
- Previous work experience in an international setting
- Background in screws / timber construction
- Good knowledge of SAP BW, MS Office and PIM (Product Information Management)
- English at level B1/B2
- Excellent communication skills
- Proactive mindset; driven by results
- Customer- and process-centric approach
- Ability to manage tasks effectively, even in high-pressure situations
- Experience in leading projects
- Strong abilities in stakeholder management
- Permanent contract
- Mobile work partly possible
- Structured onboarding
- State-of-the-art workplace
- Künzelsau: canteen with daily, freshly prepared dishes
- Cologne: Pluxee meal vouchers (formerly Sodexo)
- Allowance for transportation costs
- Bike leasing (JobRad)
- EGYM Wellpass with more than 5.000 sport and fitness offers
- Company pension scheme and employee purchase with attractive conditions
- Many training and development opportunities within our future-oriented company