Pricing and Product Manager

**Summary**

Are you looking for your next career step? We are looking for an exceptional Pricing and Product Manager to join the team

**About Us**

ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in door opening solutions, dedicated to satisfying end-user needs for security, safety and convenience. With offices in over 70 countries, we are represented in all major regions within both mature and emerging markets. Our iconic brands, such as Lockwood, Abloy, Whitco and Yale, are driven by innovation and have been recognised with ASSA ABLOY’s inclusion in Forbes’ Top 100 most innovative companies list, on four separate occasions.
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Spence Doors offers the broad range of commercial doors and frames as well as Door Solutions and is part of the ASSA ABLOY group. We work with architects, builders, and building owners to deliver doors and door solutions that ensure fit for purpose options and provide longevity and aesthetic value, in traditional and contemporary styles.

**About the Role**

Reporting to the General Manager, you will play a crucial role in driving the profitability and success of our products by developing effective pricing strategies and managing the product lifecycle. This is a senior role which you will be responsible for collaborating cross-functionally to make informed decisions that optimize product pricing and positioning. This role is based in Cheltenham.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Develop and Implement pricing strategies that align with company goals and market trends.
- Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify pricing opportunities and threats.
- Monitor actual cost of selling to and servicing customers at multiple levels, including product, channel, sales representative/geographic area.
- Work closely with the extended sales, marketing, and finance teams to align pricing strategies with sales goals and financial targets.
- Collaborate with product development teams to provide input on cost implications and feasibility of new product ideas.
- Responsible for product costings and Bills of Material / Routes and product manufacturing compliance.
- Deliver new products to market through sponsorship of new product innovation projects. Ensuring they are executed in accordance with the established process, from opportunity identification, development, implementation, launch through to post launch audit.
- Ability to understand new global technologies and combine these with market trends to generate meaningful strategies that deliver against business and customer objectives.
- Provide oversight on the execution of continuous product innovation projects, in-life management projects (including VA/VE, supply chain savings, marketing, pricing and quality improvement) and end of life management projects.

**About you**

You will be able to work autonomously with excellent organisational skills and strong attention to detail. You will be a clear communicator and an effective leader who can manage and prioritise multiple projects at once and work towards meeting deadlines, within budget.

**Key Skills Required**
- Relevant Tertiary education is preferred with 5 plus years’ experience in a similar role.
- High level of leadership, communication, and interpersonal relationship skills.
- Experience with leading, managing and driving change management
- Previous experience and knowledge of manufacturing processes will be highly regarded.
- Strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking coupled with an exceptional ability to project lead several projects simultaneously to successful outcomes.

**We are the ASSA ABLOY Group**
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 52,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces - physical and virtual - safer, more secure, and easier to access.

As an employer, we value results - not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions - supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.