Assistant Product Manager

Job description / Role

- Responsible for reviewing product data to ensure that the sales force is kept up to date on new developments regarding the company or competitors’ products
- Proactive and creative in suggesting and influencing marketing initiatives to ensure the product portfolio is continually enhanced
- Participate in development and execution of the product roadmap
- Support the Product Manager in decision making
- Prepare market and product documentation

Daily monitoring of our market and analysis of data to include:
- market and competitor research
- key health trends
- competitor product developments and communications strategies
- customer needs and buying behaviours

Requirements

- Educated to degree level in a relevant qualification, preferably in a Business or Marketing discipline
- Experience of product management in a fast paced role
- Experience of sourcing, sorting and drawing conclusions from a variety of information sources
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Use of reporting and presentation packages
- Excellent planning and organisational skills.

Skills:
- Sound planning and organisational skills
- Excellent written and communication skills
- A self-starter with the ability to work without constant supervision
- Strong interpersonal skills with excellent written and verbal communication
- A proactive individual who can be relied on to deliver
- Ability to work alone or as part of a team
- Able to multi-task and flexible and adaptable in your approach to things

About the Company

Mark Williams is a Dubai recruitment company with a wealth of Search & Selection experience. Mark Williams International is a subsidiary of the Williams Group UK and in December 2009 set up the Middle East business.

Mark Williams is a fully licensed recruitment firm currently focused on fulfilling clients needs in; Emiratisation, Financial Services and Information Technology related position within the United Arab Emirates. The initial focus was looking at Emiratisation into the Financial Services sector across all seven Emirates. With an increased demand for over the subsequent years for Emiratisation we have broadened our scope to place UAE Nationals into Industry & Government with dedicated teams for Emiratisation into Financial Services and Industry. Given our focus is primarily on the local market it gives us a depth of understanding & knowledge that enables us deliver our business partners an unrivaled service in terms of; speed and most importantly, quality.

Founding the Middle East business in adverse market conditions has enabled us to capture market-share and establish ourselves as a house hold name within our specialisms. Within two years we had outgrown our initial office and moved to the prestigious Business Central Towers in Media City. Mark Williams, at the end of 2014 has completed its third upscaling of operations to Bay Square, Business Bay. This was a strategic move to enable continued business growth by servicing clients and candidates with improved infrastructure, access and parking. Mark Williams provides candidates and clients private meeting rooms, testing facilities and board room access to facilitate screening and interviews. With our current capacity and growth ambitions Mark Williams is now one of the fastest growing Recruitment agencies in the region.