What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Manager position at STAR PIPE PRODUCTS, LTD?

Essential Functions

Build products from existing ideas and help to develop new ideas based on your industry experience and your contact with customers and prospects.
Must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy with a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality
Must be able to communicate with all areas of the company:
- Engineering as a counterpart to define product release requirements
- Marketing communications to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand the product positioning, key benefits, and target customer
- Serve as the internal and external promoter for your product offering, occasionally working with the sales channel and key customers

Duties and Responsibilities

Gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth

Managing new product development from strategic planning to market entry
Handling warranty issues with our product internally and externally
Provide technical assistance to both customer and sales department
Work closely with engineering teams to deliver with quick time-to-market and optimal resources
Analyzing potential partner relationships for the product
Specifying market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by ongoing visits to customers and non-customers
Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on the company
Develop sales tools, i.e., presentations, application notes, demo CDs, technical documentation, and competitive analyses to assist the sales force
Provide input for literature and advertisements
Participate in trade shows
Other duties as assigned