Associate Product Manager

: JOB OVERVIEW: This position is responsible for supporting primarily the upstream and some downstream strategies, and deliverables for Henry Schein Orthodontics aligner and digital solutions product lines. Works with Product Manager(s) to coordinate and establish marketing strategies, including product direction, advertising, packaging, pricing, expense budgets, profit plans and future product development, to manage a product or product category's life cycle. Researches the market and competitive environment in the effort to help define a product vision that provides significant long-term advantage to the targeted customers of the assigned products and to the company. Interfaces with engineers, regulatory, sales, marketing and operations, to ensure revenue, develop product requirements and ensure customer satisfaction goals are met. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works with Product Manager(s) and Marketing Managers to coordinate, develop and implement product go-to-market plans, working with all cross functional departments to execute
• Creates, launches and maintains product category SKUs
• Collaborates with cross functional teams to design, implement and launch packaging and hardware projects
• Coordinates and executes sales and marketing programs to help drive sales, margin growth, and increase market share for products. Also, contributes to development and execution of product promotion strategies.
• Provides testing support, system configuration, training documentation, and administrative work per written procedures. Will provide updates and improvement to procedures as needed.
• Collaborates with the Marketing Communication and Digital Marketing Groups on marketing initiatives, content for marketing communication tools and digital platforms that need to be developed.
• Works with Product Manager(s) to define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap by leveraging competitive, customer and market analysis
• Uses analytical tools to track product and marketing programs performance.
• Conducts trade research on the product offerings inclusive of competitive, client, pricing and industry trending
• Works with Project Manager to develop of project plans and status reports to monitor projects and key business metrics
• Works with Product Manager(s) to prioritize and manage the feature backlog for effective release planning
• Provides new ideas and concepts that contribute to internal process improvements, enhanced customer experience, expand product capabilities and set us apart from our competition
• Works closely with development or vendor team(s) to ensure feature sets exceed customer expectation
• Includes travel to visit customers and attend industry events
• May involve ownership of some short term projects as assigned

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

• Must be moderately proficient in project management knowledge & skills
• Must be moderately proficient in Microsoft Office suite
• Must be knowledgeable of current Information Technology Hardware and Software
• Must be knowledgeable of Technologies associated with small to medium businesses
• Possesses good public presentation skills both internal and external (customer-facing)
• Ability to lead and participate in cross-functional team(s)
• Experience in working with or developing product requirements for hardware and software products and services
• Experience in product line SKU management and packaging
• Knowledge of the Dental market including the business of dentistry is a plus

GENERAL SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

• Good management skills and ability to motivate teams
• Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to resolve disputes effectively
• Good presentation and public speaking skills
• Good decision making, analysis and problem solving skills with ability to multi-task
• Ability to learn applicable computer systems and other business required competencies
• Understand financial information that impacts department
• Ability to plan and coordinate successful projects
• Communicate effectively with team(s)

MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE: Typically 4 or more years of related support experience; 3 or more years of management experience. PREFERRED EDUCATION: Typically a Bachelor's Degree or global equivalent in related discipline. TRAVEL / PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Travel typically less than 10%. Office environment. No special physical demands required. Vaccine Requirement Candidates for this requisition are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (i.e., 2 weeks after completing their initial COVID-19 vaccination series) pursuant to state/local law. These standards and/or requirements may vary from those established by the Company. In some jurisdictions there may be an exception for those seeking a medical or religious accommodation. If you require an accommodation, please inform the recruiter or hiring manager. Henry Schein, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability that can be reasonably accommodated without undue hardship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, citizenship, marital or veteran status, or any other legally protected status. For more information about career opportunities at Henry Schein, please visit our website at: