Job Summary:
Deflecto provides products that make life more efficient and safer at home, at work, and on the road. A long-time leader in office, personal safety, transportation safety, and air distribution innovation, Deflecto is known for looking at ideas from every angle to uncover even better solutions. Over sixty years into our story we continue to invent and improve our products with your needs in mind.
This position reports directly to the General Manager of Air Distribution and is responsible for performing liaison activities between the Strategic Business Unit, Marketing Communications, and Engineering. The role will oversee projects and timelines, working with various cross-functional departments.
Essential Job Functions include but are not limited to the following:
• Work closely with current and new customers within the consumer product/home improvement/air distribution/HVAC product lines
• Responsible for contributing to the business activities related to the product life cycle
• Analyze and manage current and new relationships and be responsible for delivering improvements to products and packaging
• Product strategy and direction: Continually assess the needs of end users, market trends, competitive opportunities, and threats
• Serve as a leader and advocate (internally and externally) for your product offering, helping to outline the product positioning and key benefits
• Work closely with all functional groups such as Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales, Operations, IT, and Finance
• Set goal expectations for targeted cost structure and manage variances
• Assist with pricing strategies throughout the product lifecycle and during bid processes
• Manage and monitor product performance through product lifecycle
• Lead and implement SKU rationalization
• Serve as a valuable member of the Marketing team with flexibility to achieve overall marketing goals outside specific product responsibility
• Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications and/or Skills Needed:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing or related field
• Minimally 5 years in a relevant position
• Must possess a high level of self-motivation
• Ability to manage multiple projects with a sense of urgency and a focus on meeting company goals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must possess strong analytical and math skills
• Creativity is essential to this position
• High skill and comfort level with doing presentations in front of an audience
• High degree of knowledge and experience with all of the software in the Microsoft Office Suite as well as Project
• Willingness and ability to travel as required
• Overall understanding of manufacturing capabilities
Work Environment:
This position involves frequent contact with personnel inside and outside the company requiring reasonable tact, discretion, self-expression, and a working knowledge of the company’s product lines and sales processes as well as departmental policies and procedures. This position may require occasional travel.