associate product manager

Job Summary
Under guidance of a Product Manager, assist and provide day to day support to product managers with sourcing, marketing and sales support of assigned product lines. Interact with sales force to answer questions, cross reference and prepare quotes. May present training material to sales forces

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Provide follow up to sales force by answering product questions via e-mail and phone, cross referencing competitive products to Medline products and preparing quotes.
• Assist in development of marketing plans for assigned product lines; tasks may include supporting efforts around market research, existing line extensions, new product development, collateral creation and pricing.
• Develop and run reports that summarize and analyze marketing promotional results.
• Monitor inventory levels and react to troubleshoot potential problems.
• Assess product samples against desired specifications, develop production plans and manufacturing forecasts, and evaluate vendors by working Quality, sourcing resources and product managers.
• Assist in creating and delivering training programs for sales reps and follow up with them to ensure timely and efficient field support. May deliver training to sales reps.
• Set up new products into management system.
• Manage all item data inputs to SAP, , PDM and other rep facing content.

Required Experience:

Education

• Bachelor's degree.
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers and footers and/or print scaling).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: applying a theme, formatting character spacing, inserting a picture, changing slide layout and theme colors, adding transitions, customizing slide numbers, changing chart style and/or formatting font).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: inserting headers, page breaks, page numbers and tables and/or adjusting table columns).
• Willing to travel for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in marketing environment (including internships, etc.)
• At least 2 years of general office/administration experience including internships.

Benefits - Medline is committed to offering competitive benefits and a variety of choices to best meet the needs of you and your family. For employees scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week, this includes health and well-being, financial fitness, career development, paid time off and more. Employees scheduled to work less than 30 hours per week can participate in the 401(k) plan, access the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Employee Resource Groups (ERG) and Medline Service Corps. For a more comprehensive list of our benefits, please click here.

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