Job Details
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Labconco is a mid-sized, privately-held company dedicated to building superior laboratory equipment. For almost 100 years, we have lead the industry by focusing on our quality, customers, and people. We take genuine pride in ensuring we are providing the best equipment and service available on the market!
We are hiring for a Product Manager within our Marketing Department. This position has primary responsibility for management and growth of products within the Laminar Flow portfolio, including Class II biosafety cabinets, clean benches, and powder containment enclosures. Understands competitive landscape and identifies market opportunities. As needed, will serve as the technical resource for dealers, end users and Labconco associates requiring product selection, function and applications support.
The ideal candidate would have expertise within either the Life Sciences, Engineering, or Marketing and a desire to be a GO-TO person for all products within their assigned portfolio of products.
Requirements
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Responsible for managing the marketing activities necessary to promote product portfolio including, but not limited to, development of sales support material (literature, application notes, online content, etc.), dealer support material (fliers, webcasts, articles, etc.), promotions, annual marketing plans and other activities designed to support and enhance the positioning of the Labconco brand in the minds of customers and within the market overall.
- Research markets, product applications and competitive environment. Brings competitive product information, product improvement suggestions and new product development ideas to the attention of the New Products Committee.
- Understand competitive landscape. Builds and maintains competitive files for products within portfolio. Analyzes differences between Labconco products and major competitors and communicates information to Labconco Sales and Support teams.
- Lead Product Development Team(s) in assigned product portfolio, develops a Product Development Proposal and implements Market Introduction Plan for new and/or redesigned products.
- Use field travel to build market, product and competitive knowledge and to assist Sales Representatives or customers.
- Collaborate with Marketing Communications, develops appropriate promotional programs and educational content for products in assigned portfolio.
- Provide training, conducts seminars and develops training materials on assigned product portfolio.
- Understand applications and operation of products in portfolio. Gathers and publishes applications from end users (with their approval). Encourages product development that supports new and existing applications.
- Provide technical, application and sales support for assigned product portfolio to Customer Service, Field Representatives and Inside Sales Representatives; Inside/Outside Dealer Representatives; and End Users, when needed.
- Performs other job duties as assigned by the Marketing Manager.
- Associates in exempt positions are expected to work the hours necessary to complete assignments. For full-time exempt associates, the work schedule is 80 hours per bi-weekly payroll period. If the number of hours necessary to complete an assignment exceeds 80 hours within a payroll period, the associate is expected to work a reasonable number of additional hours as part of the associate's job requirements.
Supervisory ResponsibilitiesThis job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Education and ExperienceBachelor's degree in either Life Sciences and 5+ years of experience in product management and/or laboratory environment; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Benefits:- PTO, 9 paid holidays, medical, FSA, HSA, dental, vision, 401k (Traditional and Roth), Profit Sharing, company paid life insurance, LTD & STD.
EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled