Full time | 39 hours

The Product Manager is involved in the implementation of innovation and is responsible for upstream research, ideation, prototyping and concept validation. Duties include overseeing the development, marketing and management of new products. The person holding this position produces market studies, analyzes the competition, validates products and manages Garant’s product offering; ensures the sales and growth of the product portfolio assigned to them; leads multidisciplinary teams and supports thesales team.

#####RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define product strategy and roadmap based oncustomer needs, market trends and developments, and business objectives.
• Research new opportunities (consumer research,market research, feasibility studies, assessment of market penetrationcapacity).
• Ensure the economic growth and profitability ofits product categories.
• Maintain a competitive market watch, analyzesales and make recommendations.
• Plan, coordinate and actively participate invalidations and research (market, needs, concepts and products) with consumers.
• Manage the portfolio of its product categoriesto define current and future priorities.
• Develop concepts and simple prototypes in theearly stages.
• Prepare, coordinate and lead multidisciplinarycategory team meetings.
• Follow up on key product development milestoneswith all stakeholders to ensure deadlines are met.
• Work closely with marketing, purchasing,logistics, quality and sales departments and management on all phases of development, from concept to production.
• Support the sales force with analyses, presentationsand recommendations.

#####QUALIFICATIONS

• University degree in product design, industrialdesign or related field
• Experience in new product development and/orproject management
• Experience in the manufacturing industry

#####GENERAL COMPETENCIES

• Teamwork, dynamism and leadership skills
• Excellent ability to communicate, engage andlead a team
• Creativity and initiative
• Excellent project planning, management andorganization skills
• Proven thoroughness
• Autonomous, passionate and entrepreneurial
• Enjoys thinking outside the box to seek outopportunities and new ideas
• Fluent in French and English

#####TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Basic knowledge of ADOBE
• Knowledge of a manufacturing management system(product creation)
• Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint,Outlook) at intermediate level