Product Manager (Textile)
Get involved in environmentally friendly and safe textile production - and become part of a sustainable worldwide movement.
bluesign technologies ag is a global company headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland. We offer solutions for the textile industry and related sectors to produce safe and environmentally friendly products.
Our customers include well-known brands, chemical suppliers, and manufacturers. Our employees include motivated professionals, focused specialists - and perhaps soon you too.
Job Description
Primary responsibility is to manage bluesign product portfolio and oversee the development and implementation of tools and services.
Specific responsibilities :
- Take charge of building and managing our product portfolio to ensure we stay ahead of the curve.
- Collaborate with the team, customers and market trends to generate and take up new ideas for products and services.
- Support the development and implementation of cutting-edge products and services that meet the needs of our customers and the market.
- Conduct primary and secondary market analyses, including trend analysis, consumer behavior, market shares, market saturation, competitors' analyses and forecasting.
- Define and describe product-related specifications, volume and functional goals, and costs to ensure our products meet the highest standards.
- Work closely with the Sales / CRM team to define our Product / Market strategy and ensure that our products are aligned with our company goals.
- Be passionate and knowledgeable about the sustainable value chain and bring this expertise to everything you do.
- Develop new training and sales promotion materials to ensure that our sales team has everything they need to promote our products and services effectively.
Qualifications
Profile :
- Strong industry-specific experience in the textile value chain
- A degree in Textile Processing and in Business Administration
- At least 5 years of experience in Product Management
- Demonstrate ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Strong Marketing experience (because we need someone who knows how to get things running)
- Experience in designing and executing research projects to identify customer habits and practices, satisfaction levels, product concept development, usage and awareness, purchase drivers, and branding and positioning
Required skills :
- Market analysis and project management skills
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks
- Extreme customer-centric, customer success perspective
Additional Information
This position requires hybrid working model with 3 days in the office per week.