ASSISTANT PRODUCT MANAGER Belkin Corporation
uWhat you?ll do
As an Assistant Product Manager you will, provide daily support to the Product Management team in the development of global products for a particular product line.
How you?ll do it
Drive development projects with Program Managers and vendors. Complete product development deliverables, i.e. draft product development schedules, PVP, PRD, etc. and ensure they are met.
Work with industrial designers, engineers, quality assurance, and other cross-functional teams to ensure newly developed products are manufactured to the highest quality and deadlines are met.
Provide Marketing Department with sufficient information to develop product packaging, documentation, bulletins, and training material.
Perform ongoing market research through direct customer contact and surveys, trade shows and journals, sales evaluations, monitoring competitors and industry trends, store visits and vendor contact. Update competitor file continuously.
Prepare budgets and break-even analyses for all new development type projects.
Assist contract negotiation with management approval, with design consultants, design firms, manufacturers, and other vendors.
Provide sales training information and classes as they relate to product, competitors, and the marketplace.
What you?ll need
Expert PPT skills.
Ability to thrive within a fast-paced environment.
Experience or demonstrated interest in product development/product marketing.
Experience performing market research.
Ability to refine raw data into presentation-friendly material.
Able to converse in Mandarin is a plus.
What you?ve done
Four-year college degree in Business Administration or Marketing; engineering or technical degree is preferred.
Two years of start-up applications company experience is a plus
What you?re getting into
We?ve got big collaborative spaces for your big ideas, so bring an open mind and leave your suit in the closet. We all are committed to creating unique and rewarding consumer experiences. Everyone is interested in succeeding ? for the team, for themselves and for the business. Cross-functionally and across the company, everyone has common goals and aspires to be their best.
You will learn something new or at least look at things differently every day. There are so many smart and creative people around that you?ll be motivated to pursue the ideal.
Team spirit is infectious. Belkin is an extremely open workplace, where communication is essential. Not every idea will be accepted, but you?ll be asked for your point of view. Innovation thrives on multiple and varied levels. At Belkin we challenge conventional wisdom and refuse to accept that something cannot be done.
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Los Angeles, CA
United States
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