Product Management Specialist

Skill required: Marketing Operations - Product Requirement Definition
Designation: Product Management Specialist
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:7 to 11 years
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What would you do? Product Line Specialist The purpose of this role is to support the PU marketing team in product line(labelling) activities, responsible for managing the process of introduction of the new products in the market. Liaising with Technology, compliance, and marketing teams to ensure the products are credible also to ensure the labels have the right information and are formulated diligently. The product line specialist works with stakeholders in marketing, Operations, Technology, compliance and other service providers to deliver agreed activities. Support regional marketing operations manager to deliver Strategic Initiatives. Support Marketing Manager with Product Portfolio Management. Marketing plays the key role to initiate the product change requests in the process and create competitive product offer to our customers. The role will act as focal point in country to ensure that the Product Line Management Process works as efficient as possible. Wherever applicable, support PU Marketing Manager to facilitate the CMR (Country Marketing Review) and NPI (New product introduction) LT meeting within the PU. The Marketing Manager in market will chair the meeting with support from the Product line specialist.
What are we looking for? Education University degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Chemistry OR equivalent desirable Experience: • Project Management experience of 8 to 9 years, with a core understanding and application of the processes, tools & techniques employed - essential • Ability to work closely with teams at all levels and all functions in the organization - essential • Ability to manage large throughputs of change and workloads, with experience in a methodical approach - desirable • Use Kanban, tracking tools or logs to enable successful delivery as well as report progress to stakeholders - essential • Demonstrated planning and / or performance management ability desirable • The candidate needs to have an eye for details, to ensure every change is accurate and compliant to internal, and external regulatory standards - essential • Experience of Castrol processes and systems, and familiar with product line management approach - desirable. • Knowledge of the current product range is advantageous. Including brand hierarchy, applications, and product performance profiles Skills and competencies: • Demonstrate continuous improvement mindset – Skilful • Solution driven mindset to seek solutions – Skilful • Project & stakeholder management- Skilful • Attention to details - Mastery • Internal functional navigation in service of customer - Basic • Managing the OD&I Pipeline & Stage Gate Process- Basic • Ability to hold teams accountable to drive our strategic objectives – Basic
Roles and Responsibilities: •• Co-ordinate product line, labelling changes for projects • Complete assigned stages/activities in product line management like label market review and labelling within agreed SLAs. • Co-ordinate relevant requirements with stakeholders in marketing (where applicable) and other service providers (like labelling artwork agency) to deliver changes. • Supply inputs for process improvement and simplification of activities through digital for activities and processes. • Own and maintain the label data for the market in Fusion Packs and Labels, including the artwork review process with countries to ensure compliance with local legislation. • Act as the subject matter expert on labels and recommend the business on all matters regarding labels design, use, efficiency, and capability. • Support quality-related queries as they relate to packaging and or formulation issues. • Liaise with supply chain teams and local marketing colleagues when managing change to current processes. • Support the Marketing Operations Manager in maintain mapping files for big label change projects. • Manage labelling and simplification projects across EMEA working cross functionally across markets. • Responsible for managing the process of approving of introduction of the new products. • Manage relationships by setting expectations, priorities and influencing key stakeholders, relevant parties from Lubricants Supply Chain and Lubricants Technology functions and global Marketing teams. • Ensure that all steps of the process have been completed prior to making the SKUs saleable. Ensuring that SKUs are managed in the local ERP (sales) system. Ensure that the local product line is accurately reflected in the Fusion System • Understand and fulfil agreed specific Product Quality & Compliance accountabilities which apply to the role, as part of the Marketing role card.