Vice President, Product Marketing and Management – Ammunition
Leads the Ammunition business in the key categories of Marketing and Product Development.
Primary Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Responsible for overall P&L of the Ammunition business.
• Develops KPI’s for the business, over-deliver sales targets and gross margins.
• Communicates expectations to each member of the Ammunition Team and holds them accountable for their individual targets, departmental goals and the overall health of the business.
• Directs and manages all Product Management activities and provides direction for effective product positioning in Marketing Communications Efforts.
• Develops and tracks a three year product strategy.
• Researches, defines and implements user-driven new product strategy. Develops world class new product introduction plans to maximize impact.
• Champions projects utilizing the “Voice of the Customer” when it comes to product strategies and overall marketing strategy.
• Monitors competitive strategies and implements plans to combat competition.
• Fosters organic growth of the Ammunition business utilizing solid and well defined business strategies. Recommends the acquisition of industry related businesses that fit into company strategy.
• Develops and executes a comprehensive strategic plan for the profitable management of pricing, gross margins, collateral materials and point-of-purchase.
• Maintains an awareness of trends in the industry and related industries to incorporate these trends into successful new product launches.
• Directs and coordinates activities of department or division for which responsibility is delegated to further attainment of goals and objectives.
• Reviews analyses of activities, costs, operations and forecast data in order to determine department or division progress toward established goals and objectives.
• Confers with Chief Marketing Officer and other management and administrative personnel to review achievements and discuss required changes in goals or objectives resulting from current status and conditions.
• Develops forecasts based upon the seasonality of products and life cycles. Communicates forecast data to manufacturing facilities, ensuring proper production planning.
• Develops and implements pricing strategies to maximize profitability for the organization.
• Directs, coordinates and evaluates the activities of the department Director, Managers and Staff members.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws including; interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Skills and Education Required:
• Masters degree (M.A) or equivalent; or more than 10 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Solid industry-related relationships with key customers and a thorough understanding of our industry and our competition.
• Ability to execute quickly by leading strategic efforts, which are understood and valued by departmental employees.
• Ability to gain trust and maintain solid working relationships with direct reports, staff and others within our organization.
• Must be a decisive individual who possesses a “big picture” perspective and is well versed in company systems.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret the most complex documents.
• Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints. Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style.
• Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups and/or boards of directors.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must have working knowledge of SAP Inventory, Manufacturing and Order Processing systems and/or other ERP systems, as well as Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and color vision.
Freedom Group Family of Companies is committed to its policy of equal employment opportunity and fully utilizing all human resources. It is essential to value the diversity of our employees by respecting each and every individual, valuing their uniqueness and treating them fairly.
Remington offers a competitive benefits and compensation package. Don’t miss the opportunity to work for the most respected name in outdoor sporting goods.
Qualified candidates should submit resume, cover letter and salary history directly to:
jobs@remington.com
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