Junior Product Manager
- Reference: Junior Product Manager
- Closing Date: 31/01/2025
- Type: Jobs
Welland Medical brings to market the best and most innovative products that enhance the lives of people living with a stoma across the world. Investing in the most talented people, collaborating to create world-class, ground-breaking products and services devoted to improving peoples’ lives. We are passionate about making a difference in the world. Our reputation is based on a tradition of improvement, ethical leadership, and total commitment to quality and safety.
Welland Medical, established in 1988 is part of the CliniMed Group, and has over 240 colleagues committed to enhancing people’s lives.
As a Junior Product Manager, your main responsibilities and duties will include:
- With managerial support and guidance manage the Welland pouch and accessory product portfolio
- Monitor competitor and market activities and produce a quarterly update for distribution to Welland colleagues and distributors
- Complete key market research activities in collaboration with the R&D and Sales teams to gain market information, market feedback and data to support product development objectives and long term strategy
- Support R&D and Sales teams at customer meetings and to see and hear first-hand the need/want for new products
- Responsible for collating research data and market insights and translating identified opportunities and trends into recommendations for new products
- Support R&D and be involved in the development of and reporting on progress of the Product Road Map
- Assist the Product Manager and Senior Product Manager in defining product requirements that meet the needs of the business, our customers and our end users
- Work within a cross functional team including R&D to make recommendations/develop marketing specifications for new products in light of research outcomes
- Provide product marketing support to internal and external customers and supporting the implementation and communication of the Welland brand throughout all markets
- With managerial support and guidance manage specified NPD projects in accordance with the company’s core objectives and NPD procedure.
- Liaise with Welland’s Clinical Marketing Manager, Sales and Marketing Assistant and R&D to ensure product evaluations are conducted and reported on as part of specified projects
- Management of product instructions for use, labelling and packaging for the Welland product portfolio
- Organise and coordinate product launches in conjunction with the other members of the marketing team and the sales team
- Providing information on product features and benefits, positioning and messaging to support the development of product launch materials/sales tools and campaigns
- Support the commercialisation of new products by contributing to launch plans designed to ensure distributor/HCP and end user engagement
- Further develop level of technical and clinical understanding of the product portfolio
- Participate as necessary in distributor meetings and other key meetings as directed by the Marketing Manager
- Present at internal and external meetings as and when required to support sales growth
- Develop strong relationships and have regular contact with distributors and market influencers
- Responsibility to adhere to the Company’s Health and Safety policy at all times and operate and promote the development of quality standards and procedures taking ownership of tasks and to seek new improved ways of doing things
For more information please contact our recruitment team.