Product Manager- Microsoft, Modern Work
CDW
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 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
- Approve content for respective manufacturer ads
- Prepare sales training
- Prepare category summaries, category reviews and market share reports on monthly/quarterly basis
- Watch pricing for specific product categories, along with monitoring rebates and promotional offers
- Secure industry research
- Bachelor's Degree OR 4 years CDW PPM experience
- 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
- Working knowledge of WinPurch, Pricing Matrix, FileMaker, Attribute Editor, SPS, CoreMetrics, ProClarity , Microsoft Office Suite.
- MBA
- Product Management background
- Technology industry experience
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Product & Brand ManagementLocation:
Chicago, IllinoisRemote Type:
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