What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Manager - remote position at National Carwash Solutions?
National Carwash Solutions has grown over the past 45 years to become North America’s largest equipment, service, and cleaning solutions provider in the car wash industry. Our world-class brands are backed by the largest service network in the country with more than 300 dedicated service professionals and growing! Come join us for an extraordinary career in a high growth, team-oriented company!
The Gig…
A Product Manager at NCS – Chemistry has a pivotal role to lead and drive cross-functional teams to develop and grow our innovative chemical solutions, both current and into the future. NCS – Chemistry is the industry leader in chemical solutions for the vehicle wash industry and is focused on developing differentiated products to help drive the Car Wash industry into future. This dynamic individual will be responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition of the NCS – Chemistry product and program platform. The Product Manager will need to be laser focused on developing a differentiated product vision that delivers unique value and innovation, leveraging a multi-channel approach to drive diverse revenue streams and maximize profit, while delivering a delightful experience and customer satisfaction.
What You’ll Do…
- Leverage NCS Chemistry’s best in class consumer brands (Armor All Professional®, Rain-X®, Black Magic® and Blue Coral® to create a differentiated brand and product strategy to drive growth.
- Seek out and listen to Voice of the Customer (VOC) feedback and translate industry and market segment trends into business opportunities. Lead cross-functional teams and direct resources dedicated to the new product development process and execution.
- Lead sales and marketing collaborative effort to develop and execute successful program solutions targeted to secure long-term customers. Develop strategies and tactics that drive logical win-win step-up solutions to leverage and maximize NCS – Chemistry’s competitive advantage and market leadership.
- Lead the product lifecycle process including new product development, financial assessment, forecasting, pricing analysis, product launch activities, product evolution and end-of-life.
- Develop a product roadmap that will guide a technology transformation in the NCS – Chemistry product line.
- Provide critical support for customer-facing teams to make it easy to present and sell NCS Chemistry Solutions. Partner with the Marketing team to develop sales aids, marketing tools, field marketing activities, training and education to support the NCS integrated product solution portfolio.
- Assist with any future integration activities to bring acquisitions into the NCS operational structure, create go-to-market strategies, product line optimization and implementation of brand standards.
- Work cross-functional with the NCS Connected Solutions and Systems product team to ensure strategic alignment with long term vision.
What You Need…
- Bachelor degree in Marketing, Chemistry, Operations, Finance, Management or related field.
- Minimum of 3-5 year of professional product marketing, product management or technical sales experience.
- Management of P&L, NPD Process (Stage Gate) and project management a plus.
- Ability to execute high level program and pricing strategies
- Car Wash industry expertise with a technical understanding of chemical solutions and integrated wash systems is a plus.
- Demonstrated problem solving and analytical competency.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong MS Office suite skills, particularly PowerPoint and Excel.
- Product Roadmap and Project Management software experience a plus.
- Exceptional planning, organization, and time management skills.
- Ability to manage cross functional teams remotely.
- Ability to travel up to 20%, including overnight travel.
Grow your career supported by an energized and passionate team, professional development, training, flexibility and opportunities for advancement. We offer competitive wages and benefits including comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, matching 401(k), paid time off and more.
National Carwash Solutions is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are a drug free, EEO employer committed to a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, national origin, sex age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, education, political affiliation or veteran status.
