Sr. Product Marketing Manager

Position: Sr. Product Marketing Manager - The Toro Company
* The selected candidate may choose their work location, either in in Bloomington, MN Toro's International Corporate Headquarters;  or Ditch Witch Division Headquarters in Perry, OK.
Fully remote is not available at this time.
* Typical office environment as it pertains to lighting, temperature, and noise level when in administrative/operations offices.
* This position will work closely with key channel partners and must collaborate among a wide variety of internal teams including marketing, retail and sales channels, business segments and more.
* Travel 25% domestic and international, an related expense reporting duties for VOC events and other relationship building.
* Develop annual and long range, multi-generational product roadmap for residential product offering.
* Obtain approval for long-range vision, goals and strategies for Product Management.
* Develop business modeling of different customer types.
* Execute Voice of the Customer research in support of product development activities to translate present and future customer needs to define capabilities and long term competitive advantages – own requirements, specifications, and release plans.
* Continuously evaluate product vitality and competitive threats via visits to the field and data gathering among channel partners.
* Recommend and develop innovative new/improved products in conjunction with Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales and other key departments, to serve all end users.
* Establish and maintain an effective method to determine customer satisfaction on new/current products and ensure timely corrective actions/changes are made where appropriate.
* Monitor market share, profitability of product lines, and competitive positioning.
* Collaborate across teams – create alignment between related products, engineering teams and other stakeholders.
* Monitor quality levels of products, and put in place methods to improve quality and reduce warranty.
* Develop and execute competitive benchmarking activities in order to ensure leadership in products and programs.
* Support the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process to drive organizational excellence with phase in and phase out of product lifecycle.
* Investigate, assess, and recommend new business and cost reduction/avoidance opportunities for the Division.
* Build and maintain a high degree of understanding and cooperation between the departments, supporting functions, and customers served.
* Represent the Division/Company at trade/civic functions as appropriate.
* Travel 25% domestic and international, an related expense reporting duties.
* Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision;
Distance vision;
Peripheral vision;
Depth perception and ability to adjust focus Specialized equipment, machines, or vehicles used:
Lawn Mowers.
* Bachelor's degree, preferably in the fields of marketing, business or engineering.
* 5+ years’ experience in the outdoor power equipment industry required.
* Strong analytical skills and demonstrated superior interpersonal, supervisory, and leadership abilities for product/team management.
* Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, exhibit initiative and be a team player fully supportive of division and company objectives and culture.
* Build strong cross-functional working relationships with Engineering, Sales and Customer Care departments.
* Strong customer orientation, including experience with Voice of Customer.
* Passion for providing market-leading products on time and within project scope.
* Master's degree preferred, preferably in the fields of marketing, business or engineering.
* Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Suite, SAP preferred. A reasonable salary estimate is $120,000-$140,000  for this opportunity.
The pay range takes into account skills, experience, education, and location. It is not common to be hired at or near the top of the range; compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Cash compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package. If you need to, you can access your pay early with the One@Work app, formerly the Even app.
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