Product Manager for Center Supplies at Brunswick Bowling Products | Muskegon, MI

Brunswick Bowling Products

Product Manager for Center Supplies

Muskegon, MI (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own and optimize the Center Supplies product line from concept to market, focusing on lifecycle management, pricing execution, and cross-functional launch programs that connect R&D, sourcing and sales.

Growth Infrastructure: Manage pricing, price list distribution, and pricing compliance across sales channels.
Product Lifecycle & Portfolio: Guide product inception through launch, ongoing quality review, and growth opportunities for new lines or extensions.
Cross-Functional Launch & Enablement: Coordinate samples, testing, focus groups, R&D/engineering, sourcing, and marketing materials to bring products to market.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Job Summary: Manages the Center Supplies product lines that includes Pinsetter Parts (A/A2, GS-X, NXT, Boost-ST), Scoring parts (legacy and current), and Bowling Parts.
Plans, organizes, and executes Center Supplies product lines from concept through the product life cycles including design, testing, product information, technical support, and market trends/competitive analysis.
Assists in the development and execution of sales and marketing plans for the Center Supplies product line.
Manages, maintains, and distributes Aftermarket pricing files.
Evaluates current Center Supplies product line and determines which products and services should be offered.
Coordinates and facilitates all necessary activities on the product development list from product inception to launch and ongoing quality review.
Looks for and investigates new growth opportunities for new lines or extensions of existing lines.
Provides technical and financial justification for product definition and selection.
Manages the product introduction process. This includes quantifying all the necessary steps needed to bring the product to market including but not limited to samples, testing, focus groups, coordination with R&D, engineering, sourcing, and other activities.
Determines product pricing and is responsible for all pricing execution such as maintaining the price list, distributing the price list to appropriate parties, maintaining system pricing and monitoring pricing compliance for all sales transactions.

Requirements

5 years of experience in product management
5 years of experience in managing projects and financial goals
Bachelor’s degree in Business or equivalent industry experience
Strong knowledge of pinsetter parts (A/A2 and GS-X) preferred
Track record of success
Results oriented
Strong interpersonal skills; must be able to work well with people in multiple departments and motivate those with whom the candidate has no formal reporting relationship
Open to feedback and ability to act on developmental areas
Professional poise and presence
Energy and passion for bowling

Preferred

Strong knowledge of pinsetter parts (A/A2 and GS-X) preferred

Brunswick Bowling Products

For more than a century, Brunswick has been the world leader in bowling center equipment and new bowling center development. Brunswick is known throughout the world for the quality and reputation of its products and services. No other equipment manufacturer has contributed so much ingenuity to the game for so long. And that tradition of game-changing innovation continues to this day. Brunswick is the only full-line resource that offers a complete and comprehensive package of products and services to support your new business development project from day one and continue through day-to-day operations. With Brunswick, you’ll have everything you need to make your new center competitive, successful, and innovative. Brunswick offers today’s new center investors various opportunities to achieve their goals. No other single-source provider comes close to Brunswick’s record for supporting successful new center development projects. Today, over half of all new bowling centers in more than 100 countries are supported by Brunswick’s full line of comprehensive products, services, technology, and expertise.

Muskegon, Michigan, USA

362 employees (20 in marketing)

www.brunswickbowling.com