Project/Program Management

Position Description:

- Responsible for managing the complete life cycle of several accessory product lines-acting as the champion for those products within the cross-functional team required to manage them
- Develop and implement complete marketing strategies, including product positioning, merchandising, segmentation, promotion, pricing, and channel strategies that grow the revenue and contribution of each line
- Develop and communicate effective reporting and analysis to track product progress and trends
- Develop business cases for product extensions & fixes, promotions, and pricing recommendations.
- Coordinate internal operations with IT, Supply Chain, Sales Ops, PR, Customer Service, Field Marketing and Learning Services to maintain product performance and to ensure product is effectively trained, supported, positioned, and promoted to meet aggressive targets
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve product portfolio including new product categories and enhancements to existing products
- Develop plans to grow all channels of distribution, not just retail-primarily the consumer and business e-Store sites and indirect agents
- Develop and maintain product category roadmaps
- Develop accurate product forecasts in conjunction with Supply Chain

Position Qualifications:

- Strong retail product management experience-ideally with direct experience in implementing new merchandising strategies that significantly affect revenue and profitability growth
- Strong analytical, strategy development, project management and problem solving skills with superior abilities to analyze and assess business metrics
- Superior ability to synthesize and distill complex information into key areas of focus for executive presentation
- Superior interpersonal, written and oral communication skills with proven ability to motivate others across organizational boundaries-especially within a retail sales organization
- Strong financial, statistical and analytical skills
- Strong ability to evaluate business trends, assess market conditions and interpret strategy formulation
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple assignments simultaneously
- Advanced experience with Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- 5+ years experience of product marketing (wireless or high tech industry experience a plus but not required)
- MBA strongly desired

SKILLS

Product Development, Attention to Detail, Project Management, Retail knowledge, Strategic thinking, MS Word, Wireless/Mobility Industry, MBA

Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.