Product Development Manager jobs in Arlington, TX

▶ Who we are

Imagine working in a place where continuous improvement and innovation is celebrated and rewarded; where fast-paced, high-impact teams come together to positively drive results for one of the largest & most iconic brands in the world.

As the only rapidly growing retailer, you may know us as your friendly neighborhood store. You probably know our familiar name, have seen our pervasive logo, and have tried our highly sought-after products, such as Slurpee® and Big Bite®.  “Brain Freeze” is a 7-Eleven registered trademark for our 53-year old Slurpee® and with over 77,000 stores globally (more than any other retailer or food service provider), we sell over 14 million a month.

But there’s a lot more to our story and much more left to be written.  We are transforming our business, ensuring we are customer obsessed and digitally enabled to seamlessly link our brick and mortar stores with digital products and services. 

At 7-Eleven the entrepreneurial spirit is in our DNA and has been ever since our inception 90 years ago. It’s what drove us to invent the convenience industry in 1927 by envisioning how a simple ice dock could provide household staples such as milk and eggs to better serve the needs of our customers.

Today we are redefining convenience and the customer experience in big ways...we are fundamentally changing our culture and we want talented, innovative, customer obsessed, and entrepreneurial people like you to come make history with us. 

▶ How we lead

At 7-Eleven we are guided by our Leadership Principles.

1. Be Customer Obsessed
2. Be Courageous with Your Point of View
3. Challenge the Status Quo
4. Act Like an Entrepreneur
5. Have an “It Can Be Done” Attitude
6. Do the Right Thing
7. Be Accountable

Each principle has a defined set of behaviors which help guide the 7-Eleven team to Serve Customers and Support Stores.

▶ About This Opportunity

General Description:
The 7-Eleven Private Brands team is looking for Associate Product Development Manager to help support the development of new products, platforms and packaging for their business unit. This individual will help cultivate consumer insights, market data and trends that help the Product Development Team identify opportunities to grow the 7-Eleven Private Brands business.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Help translate the Private Brand TeamÆs vision and strategy into a pipeline of innovation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Leverage market data, consumer insights and trends that identified ideas and platforms that resonate with 7-ElevenÆs consumer base.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external partners to collect, generate and proof documents required for the successful launch of a new item.
• Lead the coordination, with our supplier partners, to provide product samples and item sales sheet informaton to our regional Operational meetings.
• Generate post launch item recaps on inventory levels, sales performance and take rate opportunities.
• Help organize and execute product sampling  with potential consumers as well as in-house product reviews.
• Assist supplier with New Item Form submission process and validate New Item forecast with wholesale partner.
• Lead the process of collecting and archiving all critical documentation including product opportunity plans, item specifications, financials, and supporting supplier information.
• Assist in the analysis and presentation of existing and new item verification.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Education: Bachelors/4 Yr Degree
• Experience: 2 years, New product development or related experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with Private brands in general merchandise, electronics, health and beauty or clothes categories

Additional Skills that will make you successful in this role: 

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office - Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience using marketing metrics, consumer insights and data to drive business decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with attention to detail.
• Time-management skills; the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and to manage multiple, competing priorities.