Marketing Product Specialist

Who are we looking for?

The purpose of this position is to support the Line of Business for Micromax.  The scope is existing products as well as new and developing products.  The position is also responsible for leading a variety of marketing related projects.

What will you be doing?

1. The Product Specialist is a key member of the Global Product Team, responsible for supporting Product Managers, Application Engineers, R&D, and Process Engineering. Key duties include maintaining product documentation, coordinating product data and compliance requirements, supporting product lifecycle activities, managing product-related systems and processes, collecting and analyzing market and competitive intelligence, and preparing technical communications and reports. The role also serves as a liaison across functions to ensure accurate product information and effective support for commercial and technical teams worldwide.

2. Contributes to bottom line results in high energy and dynamic situations that require teamwork, planning, communication and implementation / execution skills.  Emphasis should be on on-time project completion to drive revenue growth, market share gain, and margin enhancement.
3. Work with Operations and Global Process Engineering Group to ensure product samples are available pre-launch and that material is available for sale post launch.  Ensure that the appropriate items numbers are set up in the ERP system.
4. Manages day-to-day progress of projects and keep Global Product Managers, Project Champions and other interested parties updated via timely and responsive communication.
5. As appropriate, can assist the Project Manager for a PDP or Applications project that has been approved and resourced by the Steering Team.
6. Identify areas where processes can be improved, costs could be reduced,  or timelines can be accelerated to shorten time to market for new products.
7. Work with Global and Regional Marketing Communication teams to support creation of collateral for product launch, industry education and positioning, and promotions.
8. Conducts market research projects as needed and defined by the Marketing Team.  The market research can include basic data collection via internet, surveys and both internal and externally conducted interviews, collation and organization of the raw data and assessment of the implications of the data.  Finally working with the project sponsor in the development of a close out market research report and recommended actions from the project.
9. Have the ability to independently work in a research area without direct supervision given a well defined set of research goals.
10. Monitor/approve change management initiatives for potential customer and profit margin impact.

Who are You?

INTERNAL BOUNDARIES:  
This position may interact across all levels and functions of the organization.  Primary internal customers include:  Global Product Manager, Field Sales, Tech Service, Marketing colleagues, New Business Development, Research & Development and Senior Management.

EXTERNAL BOUNDARIES:    
The primary external customers include:  customers and OEMs of the Micromax business, industry consortia, certain universities and select suppliers.

What competencies will you need?

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:  
To successfully accomplish the essential duties of this job the incumbent of this position must possess a Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university in a technical discipline and at least two to five years of experience.  

LANGUAGE SKILLS:  
The incumbent of this position must possess the ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.  The incumbent must also have the ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals, and to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.