About the position
This Associate Product Management position is with the Carrier Replacement Components (RC) business and will focus on management of HVAC aftermarket parts including electrical components and controls. The role is responsible for products across all channels and brands that RC offers. The focus will be on driving growth and profitability in sales to distribution as well as new channels and will require cross-collaboration with Carrier RC and Residential teams.
Responsibilities
- Participate in cross functional teams to achieve goals
- Prepare business opportunity plans & product roadmaps in support of potential new business & utilize Passport (Phase Gate) review process to gain business unit approvals.
- Execute the tasks associated with the plan, including sales and product forecasts, new part setup, pricing, gross margin analysis and execution of market strategy.
- Analyze competitive product features, benefits, and pricing and take appropriate actions to provide competitive portfolio of products
- Provide project management leadership for new product development as well as corporate strategic initiatives.
- Provide guidance to marketing and sales team, including product value proposition and technical specifications as needed.
- Provide support for product videos and on-line learning modules script development.
- Provide and analyze sales and product reports by customer and by channel
- Manage select product offering specifics including pricing, forecasting, inventory reviews (assist with last time buys, obsolete and excess), etc.
- Support the RC Parts Information Management (PIM) process to ensure there is electronic PIM data to be used in e-commerce.
- Support customers and the RC Sales Force on product-related inquiries
- Conduct product training sessions online & face to face at customer training events for 50+ attendees.
- Support distributor events such as open houses and trade shows to discuss and demo products.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 2 + years of work experience in product marketing or project management.
Nice-to-haves
- 3+ years of work experience
- Experience working in HVAC or Parts preferred
- Product or project management experience desired; specific knowledge of the HVAC/R or related industry is a plus
- Demonstrated successful track record of managing complex projects involving multiple stakeholders
- Business and financial acumen including forecasting, pricing, and gross margin calculation is desired.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Project, Word and PowerPoint) is required
- Strong communication skills with the ability to interact and collaborate with a cross-functional team
- Use or knowledge of RC systems (C10, EPIC/EPMS, PowerBI, SAP, Sales Force) is a plus
- Demonstrated sense of urgency, self-initiative, and sense of ownership
- Willingness to learn and flexible approach is a must
Benefits
- 401k
- Health Insurance
- Paid Holidays
- Flexible Scheduling
- Professional Development
