**OhioMeansJobs| Cleveland - Cuyahoga County is sourcing for a Product Manager for a Manufacturing Company in Cleveland

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Description of Job: The Associate Product Manager provides daily support to the Product Manager. This role supports the creation, development and commercialization of retail products throughout the product lifecycle, as well as the continued management of existing products. Responsible for researching and identifying market gaps, consumer trends and providing suggestions for current and future projects. Manage the creation of necessary marketing assets to support go-to-market launches including; packaging, sell sheets, training materials, video and images etc. Main point of contact for locating, updating and communicating existing product specifications to sales, marketing and customer teams. The Associate Product Manager will be tasked to ensure that the Enerco Group product line(s) is recognized as best in class by resellers and end users in the industry for value, quality, selection, innovation, features, reliability and ease of use. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Responsible for the execution of daily tasks surrounding product portfolio management. E.g. ensuring accuracy of existing product specifications and the dissemination of any updates or changes accordingly. • Receive, analyze, promote and present new project requests for appropriate stage gate and/or further analysis. • Investigate, verify and input product specifications into appropriate EGI data systems, as well as providing completed data sets to sales, marketing and customer teams for retailer setup. • Receive and direct sample requests including purchase orders and shipping requests to various domestic and international suppliers and customers. • Receive marketing requests and assist Graphic Designer with creation of product design assets. • Work with product managers to develop annual promotion/communication/advertising plans for their assigned product channels and customer accounts. • Conduct data analysis from multiple sources and provide reports to Product Managers and leadership teams. (e.g. market data, competitive information, etc.) • Work with the Product Manager(s) to ensure all new and existing products continue to meet cost, quality, and delivery targets. Provide consumers with the highest quality product experience with a focus on sourcing and identifying new suppliers as necessary. • Manage all product part numbers and sku creation by utilizing the company's ERP system. • Work with Operations on quality, on-time delivery, sour