Product Manager

at  ITW

Company Description
ITW Construction Products is one of seven segments of the US multinational group Illinois Tool Works family, innovating, designing and manufacturing advanced industrial technology. ITW Construction Products divisions are known for their innovation and remain a leader in technology, research and development. This enhances our interaction and relationship with our customer and generates increased productivity for our end users.
Our strategy and company decentralized culture is based on Entrepreneurship and our core values of Integrity, Respect, Trust, Shared Risk and Simplicity are the assets for an inclusive and supportive work environment that can challenge people, giving them space to reach their full potential as unique individuals. We believe this support career growth and ensure a sustainable talent pipeline for the success of the business
Job Description
The Product Manager will support the Business Unit in developing long term competitive strategies for the Paslode product range in the Nordic region. This involves supporting and managing a portfolio of products and providing continuous intelligence on product performance and customer attitudes, in terms of Distribution Channels and Trade End Users in each of the Nordic markets.
The Product Manager will support the products at internal and external customers, with competitor profiling and coordinating product improvements and new product development field testing.
Reporting to the Nordic Product Manager, you will work closely with the Commercial team. In this role you are a functional product expert, responsible for translating deep customer and market insights into differentiated marketing action plans and sales support. This role acts as a brand and product expert both internally and externally.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Marketing or equivalent strategic marketing experience
• Strong IT & Microsoft office (Excel, PowerPoint) skills.
• Great communicator with a creative mindset thatcan apply an analytical approach to problem solving.
• Culturally aware with some international experience preferred.
• Passion for product and industry
• Flexibility to travel nationally and internationally
  Additional Information
  At ITW we are committed to ensuring we recruit the best people for our roles and welcome all candidates, wholly accepting of and celebrating diversity. As an employee for ITW you will work for a business that puts service delivery, inclusion and safety at its core and we have a number of employee resource groups in place to support this including Health & Safety forums, a Diversity & Inclusion Committee, ITW Women’s Network, Young Profes-sionals Network & Pride @ IT

• Acts as the ultimate Nordic end market advocate within the business unit.
• Promote the “voice of customer” /”opportunity evaluation” by visiting Trades on jobsites and Channel Partners across the Nordics to improve the understanding of their needs
• In collaboration with the Nordic Product Manager, develops a clear and compelling product/innovation road map that achieves short term and long-term business goals.
• Build a clear and compelling overview of Jobs to be Done for wood-to-wood fastening by country, to identify new opportunities for growth
• Demonstrates the ability to look ahead and anticipate future customer/market trends based on outside in research