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Location: Hitchin, UK
Type: Permanent | Full-Time
Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Benefits
Are you a commercially focused Product Manager with experience in engineering or manufactured goods?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established engineering group at their UK manufacturing HQ, where you'll play a key role in shaping product strategy, driving growth and supporting the full lifecycle of a global product portfolio.
Working closely with cross-functional teams, you'll be responsible for both NPD and the commercial performance of existing product lines. This is a hands-on role with real influence over product revenue, margin improvement, pricing strategy and forecasting.
What You'll Be Doing as Product Manager:
- Leading product management across NPD, existing product ranges and business model optimisation
- Creating detailed product remits including technical specifications, pricing, forecast sales and launch timelines
- Managing product launches in collaboration with Marketing, Sales and Technical teams
- Supporting the Engineering Change process to ensure smooth product introduction and lifecycle updates
- Monitoring product performance against sales, margin and market share targets, taking corrective action where needed
- Conducting market and competitor analysis to identify opportunities and threats
- Developing and implementing pricing strategies to maximise gross profit
- Leading product lifecycle reviews, range rationalisation and portfolio optimisation
- Estimating demand forecasts and contributing to the SIOP (Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning) process
- Working with Supply Chain and Manufacturing to optimise inventory levels and business models
- Supporting the preparation of strategic and operational plans
- Degree in an engineering or business-related discipline
- Proven experience in product management of engineering or manufactured goods
- Strong commercial acumen with experience in financial reporting, forecasting and margin analysis
- Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
- Strong project management and analytical abilities
- Advanced Excel and solid IT proficiency (Word and PowerPoint)
- Proactive, detail-oriented and able to work independently across departments
- Competitive base salary
- Annual bonus scheme
- 7% matched pension contributions
- Life cover
- 25 days holiday with the option to buy an extra week
- Discounted healthcare cash plan
- Career development in a progressive, innovation-led environment
This role is based in Hitchin and commutable from Hitchin, Milton Keynes, Bedford, Stevenage, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Aylesbury & Watford.
Apply below to find out more.
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Progressive Recruitment, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom| Partnership Number | OC(phone number removed) England and Wales
