Minimum Requirements: - Grade 12
- 5 years experience in application or product management
- Experience from the Dairy, Beverage, Food or Chemical industries
- Food Science or Technology Degree
- D-Portal experience beneficial
- Experience with SAP
- Reside in/near Paarl/Wellington
This position can work in one of two ways: 1. Focus is on a specific region or market. - Identifying trends and opportunities in that market.
- Helping to decide which products to sell in that market.
- Supporting the overall strategy for that region.
2. Focus is on a specific manufacturing plant. - Understanding the technical details of products made at the plant.
- Helping to decide which products the plant should make.
- Working with the research and development team to create new products.
Duties and Responsibilities: - Develop a strategy for the products, considering factors like business goals, market trends, and customer needs
- Assisting in creating new and innovative products that are competitive and profitable.
- Managing the product range, ensuring it's complete, competitive, and profitable.
- Working with global teams to align regional strategies with global goals.
- Analyzing market trends and competitor activities to identify opportunities.
- Supporting the sales team by sharing product knowledge and helping with customer interactions.
- Contributing to innovation projects and ensuring new products are successfully launched
- Working with the pricing team to optimize pricing and margin.
- Communicating product information to internal and external stakeholders, and providing training to the sales team
** This position allows for hybrid working. ** PLEASE NOTE : Thank you for your interest in this position, we will review and be in touch if you are suitable.
Due to the amount of applications we receive for each position, we are unable to respond to each one individually.
Please accept your application as unsuccessful if you had no feedback within 7 days of applying . Your CV will remain on our database and we will be in touch for other suitable positions.
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