Product Manager
Why join us?
Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. Its the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand.
We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.
Manage the product life cycle of an assigned product line(s) from introduction, through growth and maturity, to decline and discontinuation.
You'll provide input on product simplification / discontinuation for product lines.
- Hold P&L (pricing, forecasting, revenue, costs, and gross margins) accountability for assigned product(s). You will direct ongoing analysis and lead the pricing strategy to maximize financial performance.
- Use market insights to develop, drive, and implement individual product plans and strategy within the context of the broader category strategic plan.
- Define market opportunities, determined by an analytical assessment. You will translate market needs into product-specific requirements and / or marketing needs.
- Define and use analytical tools to provide insight necessary for decision making regarding product mix, pricing, discontinuation, etc.
- Make presentations internally and externally for critical product situations and to create followership affecting assigned products.
- Own the effort to resolve high impact quality issues and product changes.
- Act as a mentor to help develop other Product colleagues.
- Perform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.
Sound Like You?
You might be just who were looking for if you have . . .
- A Bachelor's degree (Business, Merchandising or Interior Design preferred).
- A proven understanding of product management best practices and processes, typically gained through four to seven years of experience in product management, product marketing, category management, or related experience.
- Contract furniture or capital goods marketing experience and / or premium consumer merchant experience (preferred).
- Product development and / or market research experience (preferred).
- Strong business, financial, manufacturing, supply management, and marketing acumen with the ability to integrate this knowledge into sound product decision making.
- An understanding of how product management impacts the financial positioning of the product line and decisions to improve the overall P&L of assigned product line(s).
- An understanding of sales processes with demonstrated customer and field sales interaction.
- Outstanding leadership skills with creative problem-solving skills.
- Analytical and project management skills.
- The ability to develop project plans and manage activities through influence alone for cross-functional project.
- The ability to handle multiple concurrent responsibilities and work in a constantly changing environment.
- The ability to manage multiple major projects and priorities simultaneously and meet deadlines.
- Willingness to travel to customer sites.
Our Values
Our values speak to our shared beliefs. They describe how we live our purpose through the way we lead, the way we see one another, and the way we approach our work.
We are better together demonstrates how challenging one another, making room for everyone, and working and winning as one makes us stronger.