Product Manager, Gloves, Chemical & Disposable category - Ejendals

Ejendals is an international company with its roots in Dalarna. The company was founded in 1949 and the head office is since then in Leksand. Ejendals specializes in developing and manufacturing quality products that protect hands and feet. Our products are marketed under the brands TEGERA® (gloves) and JALAS® (shoes). Ejendals has its own factory in Finland and a long-term cooperation with some selected factories in Asia.
Our vision is "Zero injuries to hands and feet for the benefit of both the employee and the company and society". Ejendals has around 400 employees in over 30 countries, of which about 150 are employees in Sweden. Sales approx. SEK 1.6 billion.


Product Manager, Gloves,
Chemical & Disposable category
Do you want to work in an international environment where we are aiming for continued growth? Are you an organized person with good communication skills? Then this might be your next step!


Within Product Management & Marketing and the department Product Line Management for Gloves we are looking for a Product Manager for the product category chemical & disposables gloves. In this role you will be responsible for strategic product planning, product development, business intelligence and optimization of the product assortment. You will initiate, anchor and lead development projects within our organization and will work with supporting our sales teams around the world in collaboration.




Main tasks will be:
As a Product Manager you will be responsible for our Chemical & Disposable portfolio of gloves in collaboration with a colleague.
You will successfully drive new development projects to secure that we are developing competitive products meeting our customers need. To enable this, you will work closely with our suppliers, sourcing, marketing and sales teams and ensure we capture their engagement with our products.
You will also be:
Responsible to monitor the product life cycle and work with sales maximization activities as well as phase in/out analyzes. Planning and follow-up will be important part in this role.
Evaluate new business opportunities together with the PLG team and ensures that product launches are well planned, implemented and followed up with internal and external stakeholders.
Support sales with product trainings, RFQ's and customer meetings up on request
Perform Product administration in SAP and other systems

You will be a part of our Product Management and Marketing team and report to our Product Line Director for Gloves which is based in Leksand, Sweden.



Education and Experience
Relevant University degree or long experience from a similar field
We value experience from related areas within product management, new product development and work safety. It is an advantage if you are familiar to run development projects based on gateway models. Moreover, product administrative experience including pricing, preferably in the SAP environment is needed in this position.
We value knowledge from chemical industries for this role.
In our group we use SAP as our business system, and we expect a high level of experience from working administratively with Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

As a Product Manager you will take responsibility for your actions to secure that you achieve your targets. Gathering of customer needs is part of this role and to achieve this you need to travel and meet customers frequently in selected markets. You’re a good team player and wants to share your experience and knowledge with your group and colleagues. You have a good analytical ability, structured way of working and you have good communication and presentation skills in both Swedish and English.



Additional Information
Location: Leksand
Schedule: Full-time
We collaborate with Hansson & Partners.
Send your application to www.hanssonpartners.com no later than January 16, 2022.
For more information contact
Martin Ogemar, 072-237 21 30. martin@hnpar.com
Anna Hansson, 070-695 64 63, anna@hnpar.com