Trade Product Manager

Join BIC World, a community of brands dedicated to creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that have been part of hearts and homes for over 75 years. We are committed to growing our iconic and innovative brands by reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways.

Our culture encourages a "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" mindset, ensuring self-starters, problem solvers, and innovative thinkers can truly thrive. At BIC World, you are empowered to take ownership of your career and use your unique perspective to make a meaningful, global impact on our mission.

As Product Manager for the stationery category, you will be a key team member to support the local business as a trade marketing specialist.

What you will do :

- Participating in developing long term strategy;

- Annual Operational Marketing Plan - participate in developing and execution;

- Develop and achieve product, pricing, promotion and shelving objectives by brand and category according to assigned marketing budget;

- Monitor, report and improve product performance;

- Manage budgets for the product;

- Participating in planning and carry out product launches;

- Manage forecasting process according to market trends;

- Provide insight to stakeholders on the product and market;

- Create and manage programs to generate demand for the product;

- Develop the collateral and marketing tools that support the selling process;

- Interact with event agencies on issues such as: making advertising campaigns; development of advertising and demonstration products (postcards, catalogs, decorations);

- Be an expert on the market including who the buyers are, how they buy and why;

- Manage marketing investments within company policy guidelines;

- Closely cooperating with Sales department, Finance & Counting, Data Management department, Forecasting, and Logistic department.

Qualification requirements:

- University degree;

- Minimum 2-3 years of product management or trade marketing;

- Demonstrated success defining, adopting and launching new products;

- Project management skills;

- A broad knowledge of product and brand marketing;

- English advanced;

- Proficiency in all MS Office programs (Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook 365);

- Strong capacity to prioritize & manage time efficiently;

- Flexible & adaptable;

- Independent, organized and creative;

- Real team player;

BIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

BIC World is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email, or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means.