Program Manager

Program Manager

Qualifications:

• B.S. in business, marketing or related field
• a minimum of 5-7 years experience in consumer product marketing and market research, and data analysis required.
• Experience marketing for common household and consumer appliances a plus.
• Must have prior management experience and possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft office required.

Physical Demands:

Normal physical demands associated with working in an office environment and prolonged computer usage. Able to travel.

Responsibilities:

• Hires, trains and manages staff of product information specialists, analysts and shoppers assigned to the group.
• Coordinates development efforts for model recommendations based on input from a wide variety of sources.
• Develops and implements process improvements for model recommendations to assure that recommended models can be found in stores for the longest possible time or are those being heavily advertised.
• Investigates, develops, and utilizes innovative outside databases to develop brand lists.
• Coordinates development of rolling ratings for assigned products including non-test models for inclusion in the ratings.
• Works to ensure editorial and marketing copy is accurate and submitted in a timely fashion.
• Manages staff of shoppers and product acquisition specialists to assure timely purchase and delivery of test samples. Coordinate work between shoppers and product information staff.
• Manages “pre-retail” purchases, obtaining internal authorization, interacting with manufacturers, their warehouses, and purchasing to assure timely delivery of products to test labs.
• Coordinate the operation’s schedules as appropriate, issue appropriate notices when test projects are opened and issues PREP reports for all department projects
• Coordinate visits of manufacturers to CU labs.
• Performs other tasks as required