Description:
Be heard with your fresh ideas in sales & marketing to assist with sales growth across the business with an industrial market leader.
- Dynamic company – Work within Hydraulics, Hose, and Fittings
- Rewarded for your contribution
- Research, develop and support in strategy execution.
- Challenges in activities at a broad level to keep you keen and interested.
- Hands on role with senior level support to ensure your success.
- Diversified and fast-growing business to keep you interested.
Hardy Spicer, Australia’s foremost specialist in driveshaft and hydraulic products to the Australasian industrial, agricultural, and automotive markets, has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, self-motivated Product Manager to join the team.
As the specialist in our Hydraulic Hose Product category, your purpose is to assist with achieving sustained sales growth targets by providing market research and collaboration across the business with Product Specialist and Category Managers.
What will be your challenge in this role? You will be part of a great change transformation where you can make your mark by bringing on fresh ideas in sales and marketing and bringing people on the journey to work towards a common goal. With change transformation, you as a valued employee will have the opportunity for career growth across the wider group upon success in your role.
Your role:
- Develop plans and delivering support to the Sales teams for the product category.
- Recommend category product ranging and branding including the development and growth of our PBL (Home Brand) range.
- Develop and presenting internal technical support and training.
- Research and advise on market segment management and growth.
- Provide sales force with category appropriate training, information and selling tools.
- Work with sales teams to optimize product pricing to drive both growth and profitability.
- Work directly with your strategic supply partners to drive win/win outcomes ensuring that both parties’ performance expectations are met, and that Motion is the channel of choice for our key suppliers.
- Ensure the service centre network has appropriate technical call support.
- Contribute to S&OP team to ensure accuracy of inventory and sales planning.
- Champion new product, services and/or channels relating to product categories.
- Responsible for the resolution of warranty issues for products within your category.
What are we looking for you?
- Formal qualification in Business and or Marketing desirable.
- Demonstrated experience working in high volume sales within the Hydraulics, Hose, and fittings industry.
- Understanding and experience with global sourcing and working in a branch network environment.
- ERP and CRM experience is desirable – analytical reporting.
- Demonstrate marketing experience and good commercial acumen.
- Committed to engaging and working with the team to deliver success.