Assistant Manager Product Marketing (all genders welcome)

at  Kia Europe GmbH

WHO ARE WE?

Kia is a global mobility brand with a vision to create sustainable mobility solutions for consumers, communities, and societies around the world. Founded in 1944, Kia has been building motorcycles, cars and trucks for more than 75 years.
Kia is now spearheading the popularization of electrified and battery electric vehicles, developing a growing range of mobility services while encouraging millions of people to explore the best ways of getting around. Our brand slogan – ‘Movement that inspires’ – reflects our commitment to inspire consumers through our products and services.
Kia Europe is the European sales and manufacturing arm of Kia Corporation. From our headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, we lead 39 markets across Europe and the Caucasus, employing more than 5,500 persons, including about 3,500 blue collar workers in our state of the art car plant in Zilina, Slovakia.
Our headquarter is home to 37 different nationalities and this diversity is truly inspiring! This means that every day at Kia is an opportunity to learn something new and to grow personally and professionally. The mix of ambitious and dynamic employees from all over the world is the fuel to our success. Do you have what it takes to join our team? We are looking forward to getting to know you!

The following are main tasks and main responsibilities, but not limited:

• Support product management activities for new launches with international cross-functional teams.
• Research industry and market trends for current portfolio lifecycle management.
• Support special value package development and implementation for peak sales periods.
• Collaborate with the Pricing team for market-appropriate pricing as well as for specific lifecycle actions and special packages.
• Liaise with peers from the sales subsidiaries to gather market insights and build a strong network.
• Address market challenges quickly and proactively with product lifecycle actions.
• Provide updated product information to markets and internal teams.
• Represent Kia during launch activities for external stakeholders.
• Provide feedback to the Product Planning team on current models.
• Support Pricing team in setting prices and provide updated product specifications.
• Provide regularly updated product specifications files in the required format to Pricing team including features analysis (forecasted) cost data and market values.
• Support the development and implementation of a Pan-European timeline strategy.