Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager for temporary 1-year employment

Do you want to help shape the future of Professional hygiene products? Hays Specialist Recruitment is now recruiting a Senior Product Manager for a customer located in Gothenburg. This is a permanent recruitment for a 1-year temporary contract and you will be employed by the customer. The ideal candidate can start in August/September.

About the role
The Business Unit (BU) Product Management team are responsible for implementing the BU product strategy and executing the tactical plans based on priority segments across Europe as the Product Champion of a specific sub-category and towards a dedicated region, this role covers Region North.

What will you do
* Manage and execute Life Cycle Management by capturing insights and creating a compelling value proposition
* Develop ideas and secure alignment with key stakeholders such as Product Directors, Commercial Directors & Manufacturing Directors
* As subject matter expert, provide product support to customer marketing, segment marketing, customer service & sales
* Participate in innovation projects by securing BU input, developing project briefs, defining value-based pricing attributes, and defining relevant product claims
* Run product development/optimization initiatives by securing input, developing project briefs, and defining relevant product claims
* Develop, align, deliver launch plans including defined KPI's and return on marketing investment. Support execution & follow up of these product launches
* Contribute to the business success through the setting, tracking, and achievement of category KPI's
* Support Product Phase-In, Phase-Out (PIPO) process resulting from product changes and launches including coordination with sales, customer service, product supply, production planning
* As product responsible work collaboratively with Manufacturing colleagues to execute product initiatives
* Implement and drive regional market execution of centrally developed product plans, aligned with segment strategies
* Drive forecasting effort in collaboration with Regional Customer Marketing, to be consolidated at BU product level
* Set local pricing within pricing guidelines given at launch preparation
* Manage IP local infringement issues: gather evidence to build case, update local organizations and communications
* Conduct and support product training to Sales

Who you are
* University Degree or equivalent
* Preferably +5 years of relevant experience
* Strong experience in a product or related marketing management role
* Deep functional knowledge in Product marketing
* Relevant (ideally B2B) business understanding
* Experienced in effectively executing product/marketing plans, engaging cross-functional stakeholders
* Fluent in Swedish and English


You are entrepreneurial and a natural collaborator who has an engaging communication and presentation style. It comes natural for you to create and maintain good relationships both internally and externally. Furthermore, you have a passion for teamwork and an ability to thrive in a collaborative and goal-oriented business environment. You possess strong analytical skills and have a solution-oriented mindset in your work.