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JOB SUMMARY:

Bennington is the market leading pontoon boat manufacturer and a wholly owned subsidiary of Polaris Industries, a Fortune 500 company. We pride ourselves on delivering a boating experience that’s second to none through our emphasis on innovation, design, product quality, and relentless focus on customer satisfaction. Our team members live that passion every day and have fueled our growth across 6 buildings in Elkhart, IN.

The Product Manager is a key contributor to the success and evolution of Bennington Marine’s product portfolio with primary responsibilities for PG&A product lines for the entire Polaris Marine portfolio. This role will support the Director of Product in executing strategic initiatives across multiple product categories. The Product Manager will require a blend of strategic thinking, analytical skills, and hands-on execution to ensure product profitability, innovation and customer satisfaction.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Support the Director of Product in developing and executing product strategies, lifecycle management, and innovation roadmaps.

• Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify trends, customer needs, and growth opportunities.

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Finance, and Operations to ensure alignment and execution of product plans.

• Create and implement policies for PG&A aftermarket operations (shipping, returns, SLAs).

• Monitor product performance and recommend adjustments to drive profitability.

• Effectively influence cross-functionally teams including Engineering, Supply Chain, Suppliers, Marketing, and IT to successfully bring products to market and drive on-going fulfillment strategies.

• Provide input and own product launch planning, timelines, and readiness activities.

• Own PG&A product line strategy, including assortment, pricing, and margin optimization.

• Drive PG&A sales to meet revenue, margin, and KPI targets through effective go-to-market strategies.

• Ability to travel up to 20%, including overnight stays and domestic flights when necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university and a minimum of five years in sales or product management including:

o Significant experience in the market research and financial/technical analysis of emerging markets and products. Financial and technical justification of existing products.

o Experience in leading multi-functional teams in strategy development through plan execution.

Other Skills/Abilities

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret complex documents.

• Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints.

• Ability to write product presentations, articles, surveys and product launch materials with original or innovative techniques or style.

• Ability to make clear and effective presentations to top management regarding product line justifications.

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as profitability and statistical inference.

• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Protected Veterans/Disabled