Take charge of the complete Emergency Lighting product portfolio within the professional digital lighting solutions.
Senior Product Line Manager - Emergency Lighting
Based East Sussex 3 to 4 days per week and 1 - 2 days working from home.
Salary: Competitive base + bonus
Role Purpose
To take charge of the complete portfolio of Emergency Lighting products. Leading the Emergency portfolio, you will be instrumental in defining the systems that will meet client’s needs and driving the go to market strategy. You will be responsible for the full lifecycle of the solution to drive the business in creating modular concepts to adopt standardised emergency kits. You will onboard strategic partners to support the resale of key system parts through custom solutions.
Key Responsibilities
• Develop a deep understanding of market dynamics, customer needs, technology trends, product legislation & competitor offerings, gaining recognition as an authority within the business.
• Lead other product manager(s) by example and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Identify, specify and justify new and improved product opportunities.
• Drive the NPD process to ensure timely and successful product launches, working closely with R&D, Sourcing & Manufacturing to achieve launch on time..
• Work with the Segment Marketing Managers to develop and implement the 'go-to-market' strategy for new product launches.
• Work with Head of Connected Solutions to create the product line strategy & product line.
• You will make frequent visits to suppliers in Asia and Europe to identify and develop new
products and maximize cost savings.
• Manage both product and solution from strategic planning to tactical delivery.
• Collate, understand, and define product and service requirements for a given range of solutions through market research, customer and sales force feedback.
• Facilitate and drive luminaire product development to enable a complete solution.
• Generate and maintain the solutions’ technical support material and training materials.
• Manage and maintain the product information system and report development progress and sales/profit revenue.
Person specification and background
• Experience in defining new products, working with both European and Asian suppliers to develop emergency products.
• Hands on, proactive approach with cross-functional management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to clearly communicate both verbally and in
written form and motivate, guide, educate and influence others about vision and needs.
• Able to articulate design needs and lead design and commercial negotiations with suppliers.
• Excellent skills in leadership, creativity, communication, and strategic analysis, coupled
with a strong eye for detail and a willingness to make things happen.
Education
• Fully trained and well versed in emergency lighting and emergency lighting legislation.
• Educated to degree or equivalent level in a technical or engineering discipline.
• Knowledge of lighting controls and smart lighting or software development solutions
preferable.
Experience
• Experience in a senior product management role within Emergency lighting.
• Experience in identifying, building, and commercially deploying technical solutions to market.
• In depth experience of a formal New Product Development / Introduction process.
• Experience of effectively managing teams / coaching / mentoring and leading in-direct teams to develop
products to meet market and company needs based on Emergency and Custom Smart products.
• Willing and able to travel internationally.