Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Join Koozie Group!

We’re the creators of the iconic Koozie® Can Kooler and a leading supplier in the promotional products industry, imprinting logos on items like pens, tumblers, and calendars. Our Keep It. Give It. mission drives us to make a positive impact for our people, customers, and communities.

Join a people-first culture at Koozie Group, where we prioritize your growth, well-being, and work-life balance with flexible schedules, comprehensive training, and great benefits like medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with employer match, generous PTO, and tuition reimbursement. Enjoy shift differentials, recognition programs, referral bonuses, and opportunities to advance while contributing to our charitable giveback initiatives.

Position Summary

The product manager will contribute to the success of the marketing strategy of the assigned product families for North America.

• Independently manage multiple categories’ sales goals, budgets and profitability
• Represent product innovation viewpoint into strategic supplier discussions and implement outcomes with team and supplier partners
• Collaborate with internal teams (trade marketing, web teams and sales teams)
• Ability to present to senior leadership
• Own NPD (New Product Development) and PCR (Product Change Form) organizational flow processes with Koozie Group Asia and associated factories/suppliers in Asia and domestic suppliers
• Assist in demand and capacity planning, as needed
• Provides supportive leadership both domestically and internationally.
• Identifying additional opportunities within the category of new products and subcategories based on consumer trends, research, competitive analysis, etc.
• Analyze market position, price positioning, competition and product line efficiency
• Implement pricing and annual forecasts for categories
• Ensure product images and specifications are accurate in all category marketing materials (including the website). Provide merchandising recommendations, as needed, for cross-category materials
  

Minimum Knowledge, Experience, And Education Required For The Job

• 10+ years’ experience in merchandising / product management, preference in the Promotional Products Industry
• Experienced in sourcing and expanding suppliers throughout Asia and other international markets
• Able to work with a 12h difference with Asia
• Availability to travel (20% of time), to Asia and domestically
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects within a structured and process-oriented environment
• Recognize and recommend improved business processes and workflow
• Excellent knowledge of PowerPoint and Excel.
• Open and creative mind. Ability to think out of the box
• Ability to work across functional, national, cultural boundaries in a matrix environment.
• Exceptionally strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Capacity to understand the technical constraints of the products, imprint methods, packaging, etc.

Bachelor degree, preference in Marketing

Our Commitment to Diversity

We hire talented people from diverse backgrounds to strengthen our team. If you share our values and enthusiasm for Keep the Good Going, you’ll thrive at Koozie Group. We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination or harassment based on any protected characteristic. We comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals.

Join us to create, grow, and make a difference!

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