Product Manager - #261330

Dometic is a global market leader in the mobile living industry. Millions of people around the world use Dometic products in outdoor, residential, and professional applications. Dometic Land Vehicles Americas is a trusted provider of high-end products for recreational vehicles, commercial passenger vehicles and overlanding vehicles in North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. We are on a journey of continuous growth – now looking for our next star – a passionate Product Manager within our Product Management capability. This position reports to the VP of Product Development & Product Management and will work in Elkhart, IN, Chicago, IL, or Troy, MI .

About The Position

As a Product Manager in the OEM, CPV or Service and Aftermarket team, you will be involved in shaping our company's future by driving the success of our products from conception to market. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of our product portfolio and contribute to our company's ongoing growth and innovation. This role ensures that the product categories within assigned scope are optimized so that they meet the ambitions of Dometic, deliver against the financial targets, and create products and concepts for the target customers. This position will create and manage various product categories, define market needs and consumer trends, and ensure flawless execution from cradle to grave. This is a position that requires extensive travel, potentially even between 25% and 50%.

Your Main Responsibilities

Product Strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive product strategy aligned with the company's business goals and market trends. Formulates and recommends strategic plans, roadmaps and objectives for marketing, product, service, and distribution activities. Identified white spaces for growth, blue oceans, and red seas.

Market Research: Conduct market research to identify customer needs, industry trends, and competitive landscapes to inform product development decisions.

Product Roadmap: Create and manage a clear and actionable product roadmap, prioritizing features and enhancements based on customer value and business impact. Manages product development schedules to ensure critical launch windows are delivered on with the full complement of go to market support.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, and sales, to bring products to market successfully. Creating plans and driving execution of marketing initiatives of products and services while working closely with sales/marketing to coordinate promotional programs, advertising support, product launches and distribution needs within the assigned products. Key partner with Marketing to support advertising, digital content creation and creative input.

Product Development: Lead the product development process, from concept to launch, ensuring that products are delivered on time and within budget. Recommends and executes new products, product modifications, and/or improvements based on market research, consumer feedback, market knowledge, and sales personnel information.

Product Lifecycle Management: Monitor and manage the entire product lifecycle, including product launches, updates, and end-of-life strategies. Continually evaluates the timely adjustment of key strategies to meet changing economic and business environment conditions.

Customer Focus: Maintain a deep understanding of customer needs and gather feedback to continually improve product offerings. Significant interactions with outside customers, coordinated with sales through extensive travel and event attendance, to include trade shows, customer presentations, dealer events, etc. Own voice-of-customer activities to understand market need and key stakeholders, manage product launches, and distribution strategies.

Competitive Analysis: Stay informed about industry trends and competitors' products, identifying opportunities for differentiation. Utilizes sales planning and market research to accomplish ongoing analysis of competitive products, selling techniques, consumer research, marketing legislation, new products, pricing, and distribution.

Financial Management: Manage the financial aspects of product development, including budgeting and forecasting. Ensures that business meets crucial strategic plan elements including revenue and profitability, while maintaining adherence to budgeted spending parameters. Administers pricing programs and policies, including quantity breaks, terms and conditions of sales.

What do we offer?

You are offered an interesting role in a dynamic, fast paced, and global environment with great opportunities to grow and take on new challenges. The growth at Dometic is continuous – which gives you great possibilities to evolve with the company.

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Disability insurance (STD/LTD)
• 401 (k) with company match
• PTO
• Company defined holidays and two floating holidays for you to use as you choose
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Tuition assistance
• Membership reimbursement (wholesale club and gym)
• Employee discounts on our incredible products
• Opportunities to make an impact
  
  
  

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A suitable background would be a solid experience within product management and consumer products and/or services – as well as the following qualifications and experiences:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, engineering, or a related field. MBA is a plus.

Experience: Proven experience as a Product Manager, with a track record of successfully bringing products and/or services to market. Strong preference for background with Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning.

To be successful in this role, we believe that you possess the following skills, competencies & characteristics:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Technical background or understanding of product development processes is advantageous.
• Knowledge of mobile living industries (e.g., RV, outdoor living, camping) is a plus.
• Ability to travel domestically
  
  
  

Dometic’s Core Values

To thrive and succeed in this role, you understand the importance of our core values – Together We build our future, We play to win, We embrace change, and We walk the talk; these values reflect the heart and soul of Dometic, and they define what it takes to work here and how we do things.

Dometic operates with a 4+1 policy, 4 days per week in the office and the possibility to work 1 day per week remotely. We see the social aspect of being in the office, meeting colleagues, having short coffee break interactions or a quick face to face meeting as key to success as we become more productive and fast paced in terms of problem solving, learning, cross functional collaboration and not the least in a way to have fun at work!

Are you our next star? Then we would love to see your application.

Dometic is passionate about building together an inclusive and equitable working environment, that respects individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that diversity enables us to thrive across our differences. Be yourself and join us!

Dometic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Dometic evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.