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Newell Brands is a leading $8.3B consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands such as Graco®, Coleman®, Oster®, Rubbermaid® and Sharpie®, and 25,000 talented employees around the world. Our high-performance culture, unparalleled curiosity about the world around us, and talented people fuel our success. Our culture is enabled through our core values which guide all we do and how we win as One Newell. They are Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership & Leadership.

OBJECTIVES OF THE POSITION

As pilot of the Mechanical range innovation and communication strategies, he/she draws up and implements the global marketing plans for Mechanical products and leads a short/long-term innovation plan, in collaboration with R&D, to meet established business objectives.

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Newell Brands

Newell is a leading $8B global organization with over 29,000 employees and more than 100 beloved brands.

Newell’s vision is to become an innovation powerhouse and an amazing place to work, grow and thrive.

We are on a journey to accelerate brand growth, generate disruptive and high incremental innovations.

Mapa Professional

Our Vision is based on the belief that the hand protection industry is rooted in the absolute trust that users put in their gloves. We firmly believe this trust can only be built through permanent user-centric approach, effective innovation capacity and positive collaboration among all stakeholders.

So, placing the users of our hand protection solutions at the heart of all our initiatives is the only way to earn their trust.

Our Mission is to protect millions of hands worldwide by mutualizing our expertise with our users, clients, and partners.

Our Promise is that, in a complex and highly regulated environment, we provide the most reliable hand protection for each of our users, thanks to an intimate knowledge of their needs and the available technical solutions.

Through our closeness and care, we enable them to carry out their activity with confidence.

So, ‘we protect the most valuable hands in the world, yours’.

Reliability, active listening, sharing, and commitment are the fours values we are drawing on to deliver our promise. With Mapa Professional, ‘the future is in our hands’.

Position Summary

The Mechanical Product Manager position is a critical role at MAPA Professional with global mechanical range responsibility and participation on elaborating short-medium-long term strategy, developing user insights driven innovation, working on renovation projects, and taking care of the portfolio management.

The ideal candidate will bring 5 + years of brand & innovation management experience.

MAPA SPONTEX is a $370m Net Sales BU.

MAPA Professional activity is $130m Net Sales, 55% in EMEA, rest mostly in USA and LATAM.

Key responsibilities

- Participate to the elaboration of the 3-year global strategy and tactical plans for the Mechanical range that align with overall business objectives, both in terms of growth & profitability. Pilot the Mechanical range deployment

- Lead and coordinate new products developments with the different departments of the company, from concept stage to the elaboration of launch kits (communication tools, sales selling stories...)

- Carry out market, range performances analysis & benchmark

- Lead range renovation projects and portfolio management (regulatory update, pack changes, savings projects…)

- Participate to decisions meetings and strategy meetings (marketing plans…)

- Lead specific task forces to identify new business opportunities (i.e. Industry focus)

- Train newcomers and sales teams on new products

- Work on transversal topics (brand visibility, website optimization)

- Management of 1 Junior product manager + 1 assistant.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS & PROFILE

- 5 + years of brand management experience including innovation management experience ( Personal Protective Equipment / BtoB or BtoC)

- Proven ability in team management.

- Prior demonstration of being a range steward, driving brand value on the market

- Experience of collecting insights and competitor/c ategory benchmarks to make meaningful recommendations

- Proven ability in managing priorities and building solid recommendations

- Interested by technicity and complexity even if not an expert yet of the products and rules

- Not afraid of complex and long developments

- Key soft skills include proactivity, rigor, autonomy, motivation, integrity, accountability, and positive mindset.

- We are looking for someone that can go ahead of the given tasks and able to see the big picture. A future driving force for the team

- Fluent English essential.

Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmer’s, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments.