Product Manager - Domestic Waste Water Treatment Unit

Tasnee Petrochemical Co.

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ref: MP203-78

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

To manage the overall product management and business development function of the Domestic Waste Water Treatment Unit for residential use, with focus on sustained and profitable growth of the product (focused on maximising business value). He will be managing the product throughout the product lifecycle and defining the product vision. The Product Manager is responsible for product planning, product strategy, product marketing and customer retention including preparing and developing MRD and PRD.

The product manager will be in charge of creating the awareness in the market and generating demand. He will work with concerned governmental authorities, for making effective legislations and gaining support, in creating and launching effective and innovative campaigns, geared towards increasing public awareness, of use of re-cycled water for residential purposes, and consequently generate demand.

In addition, he will be spending time in the market (i.e. property developers, governmental entities), to generate demand, and lead initiatives of generating the demand for the market. He should gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps and generate ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth and profitability.

Moreover, the product manager will be in full charge of getting the product approved and specified for residential targeted projects. Therefore, the Product Manager will be working closely and deliberately with 3 different groups: Project Owners (i.e. ministries and gov. entities), Project Engineering Consultants and Contractors. The product manager will be responsible to get the products approved and registered with all parties involved in the selling cycle mentioned above.

On the other hand, he will be in charge of developing the best and most convenient go-to-market channels. i.e. assigning distributors, contractors for installation and maintenance of the product in local and export market. He will also work closely with Channel Partners Program Manager to provide technical support to the chosen market channels (i.e. distributors and resellers) throughout the selling cycle. i.e. prepare technical prequalification materials, present product and materials to parties involved in the selling cycle.

In addition, the product manager will be communicating with all areas of the company (sales, production, technical team, supply chain), i.e. coordinate with production and supply chain operations to assure product availability.

The Product Manager will be in charge of ensuring that the product, business development and sales efforts support the companys overall product strategy and goals.

Requirements

- Minimum of 5 years experience as a Product Manager in the Saudi market. (preferably with B2B2C products).
- Proven ability to develop product and marketing strategies and effectively communicate recommendations to executive management
- Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle.
- Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products (must provide sample of an effective document delivered in the past)
- Proven ability to work effectively and influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
- Quantitative and business analysis skills
- Knowledge of marketing principles and practices
- Knowledge of business and management principles and practices
- Project management skills
- Must be able to travel 30% of the time (This position requires travel to customer and non-customer sites)
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office ( MS-Excel, MS- PowerPoint , MS- Word), MS Outlook
- Bilingual (Arabic & English)
- Working Knowledge of CRM

About the Company

Tasnee was established in 1985 as the Saudi private sector's first fully owned joint stock industrial company, with the aim of advancing the economic diversification in Saudi Arabia. Driven by best business practices and the goal of achieving profitable and sustainable growth for its stakeholders and society at large, Tasnee is today Saudi Arabia's second largest industrial company and one of the world's largest producers of titanium dioxide.

Tasnee is strongly committed to technology and innovation and supports product innovation through its NIPRAS Center for Research and Development in Jubail Industrial City. Tasnee allocates 1% of its profits to support charitable and humanitarian projects in Saudi Arabia

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