Product Specialist - Staff Solutions
Sandton, Johannesburg 1 month ago Permanent Salary - Market Related
Product Specialist
Staff Solutions
Sandton, Johannesburg
Date Created : 1 month ago
Job Type : Permanent
Salary : Market Related
- Manage product and customer requirement research.
- Benchmark products against competitors and monitor industry developments to identify threats and opportunities.
- Develop strategic product plans addressing customer needs, including rationale, range, specification, positioning, pricing, volumes, and model mix.
- Represent marketing in cross-divisional project team meetings for product plan implementation.
- Coordinate and negotiate product details in meetings.
- Create product information bulletins for dealers on innovations or changes.
- Approve point-of-sale material for specification accuracy, including website content.
- Manage unique product requirements for car rental and government markets through cross-divisional collaboration.
- Supervise price indexing to ensure correct product pricing and positioning relative to competitors.
- Plan and conduct feasibility studies for potential imported models, including vehicle clinics.
- Oversee new vehicle introduction processes to meet deadlines and prevent launch delays.
- Ensure timely and accurate delivery of vehicle specification sheets and order templates.
- Optimize Functional Unit ordering processes to ensure unit availability for launches.
- Manage SAP Sales Distribution system vehicle specification tables to control wholesale pricing.
Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Commerce, Engineering, Finance, or Marketing.
- Experience:
- 5 years of product planning experience in the automotive industry (preferred).
- 2 years of experience in engineering, sales forecasting, market research, or brand management (beneficial).
- Skills and Competencies:
- Strategic and conceptual thinking.
- Strong understanding of Marketing, Sales, and the competitive market environment.
- Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication.
- German language proficiency (beneficial).
- Attention to detail and high computing proficiency, including MBV systems.
- Effective presentation skills (internal and external).
- Ability to interact with customers in diverse situations.
- Structured approach and project management abilities.
- Strong negotiation skills.
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