Product Manager

Ålö, with the Quicke brand and several OEMs, is one of the world's largest manufacturers of loaders and implements for agricultural tractors. With production in 4 countries, sales companies in 10 and customers in more than 50 countries, Quicke is the best choice for many farmers and entrepreneurs. Ålö stands for approx. 30% of the world market for loaders for tractors over 50hp and had sales of approximately SEK 2 billion in 2020. Ålö has been owned since 2020 by JOST, which is a leading manufacturer of safety-critical systems for the commercial vehicle industry. With its strong brands JOST, ROCKINGER, TRIDEC and Quicke, JOST employs more than 3,500 people worldwide and is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

For more information about Ålö, please visit (http://www.alo.se/) (http://www.quicke.nu/) www.quicke.nu (http://www.quicke.nu)
For more information about JOST, please visit (http://www.jost-world.com/) www.jost-world.com (http://www.jost-world.com)

Do you want to work in an international environment for a world-leading company? We are now looking for a Product Manager to join our team. Would you like to have the opportunity to drive the commercial success of our products throughout the entire life cycle? Take the opportunity and apply today! Working for Ålö means being part of a team with strong ambition and drive - always with the customer's best interests in focus.

About the role
As a Product Manager at Ålö you will have the opportunity to drive the commercial success of our products throughout the entire life cycle - acting as product champion within the company together with our customers and other stakeholders. Your work will require teamwork and project management skills to bring R&D, Sales & Marketing colleagues together to work with purpose and urgency. This includes initiating new concepts, defining product requirements that drive development projects, launching new products, defining and executing the product strategy, driving revenue via the sales team and obsoleting products from the market.

What you will be working with:

- Develop expert knowledge of market, competitors and customer needs to drive strategy and product positioning that will ensure strong growth.
- Develop launch plans in close collaboration with the Sales & Marketing team.
- Develop product positioning, value propositions and value based sales arguments in close collaboration with the Sales & Marketing team.
- Monitor the success of new launched products. Analyze the effectiveness of recent projects.


Your qualifications
You are highly driven and structured in your approach to product management, you know how to turn goals and strategies into plans and actions. You have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant scientific field or other relevant experience with minimum 4-6 years of experience in product management. You have the ability to create and present materials appropriate to the level of audience.

To succedd in this role it is important to have the ability to communicate in a clear, concise manner and have excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills. Furthermore we see that you have an advanced understanding of marketing concepts, product lifecycles, product positioning and financial analyses.

We also see that you have:

- Excellent organizational skills, including good interpersonal skills, flexibility and the ability to successfully work with internal and external customers and stakeholders.
- Previous experience and knowledge of agriculture and farming is a strong merit
- Fluent in English.
- Ability to travel domestically and/or internationally.



Your application
If you have questions about the role, please contact CEO Niklas Åström at 090-170670 or Head of HR Susanne Sarin at 090-170613. Please send in your application with CV and cover letter latest 9th of February.