Sr. Product Manager
Description
Company Snapshot:
Born in Miami more than a quarter of a century ago, Tuuci is the global leader in premium shade and placemaking products for hospitality, commercial, and residential outdoor settings. From locations in North America, Europe and Asia, our teams strive to meet and exceed the Tuuci vision: to help people live their best life outdoors through inspiring design, enduring performance, and convivial service. We work in a fun, fast-paced, and diverse environment in which close collaboration and the spirited exchange of ideas are encouraged. Our culture supports our vision by encouraging creativity, driving excellence, and supporting personal growth and development.
Position Summary:
Tuuci, a leading, global manufacturer of marine grade shade equipment with headquarters in Miami, is looking for a talented, passionate Sr. Product Manager with experience in market research, product development, project management and architectural products/furniture systems. The successful candidate must possess initiative, strong work ethic, and an ability to adapt, as they lead cross-departmental product development projects. This candidate must bring a systems-thinking perspective as they work with our company’s leaders to develop and implement new product line plans and strategy.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and define all market research for new product opportunities (stationary shade, cabanas, furniture), including pricing, positioning, product training, channel strategy, sales planning, etc.
- Provide market, customer and competitive research reports on products, macro and industry trends, and market size to executive committee.
- Ensure a deep user/customer understanding, develop key insights, and identify a clear POV of future needs, wants, and use-cases for global customers.
- Cultivate a deep understanding of cabana & furniture architectural systems and product requirements.
- Develop the category with a systems-first, building blocks approach that optimizes interactions across components.
- Manage product life cycle through identification, introduction, growth, maturity, decline and discontinuation.
- Own the product development tollgate process, create required documents (including design, product, forecast, financials, requirements, opportunity, etc.), lead meetings, produce timelines and manage team to goals.
- Develop price & product positioning strategy and analysis with a keen understanding of financial models and margin calculations.
- Develop strategy for growth via new channels, segments, and products.
- Execute effective product launch plan to maximize sales.
- Pursue and vet new and/or other business other business opportunities and initiatives.
Skills and Requirements:
- Ability to synthesize technical information.
- Adept analytical and creative thinker with a design eye.
- Market research: macro, industry, customer (commercial/contract, hospitality, residential), product.
- Tollgate/stage gate knowledge and ability to implement new processes.
- Proficient project management skills. (MS Project knowledge preferred)
- Highly effective at garnering support and negotiation while driving for decisions.
- Ability to analyze sales and financial data.
- Experience developing and delivering compelling presentations individually and within a team selling approach.
- Ability to proactively achieve goals under shifting conditions and a variety of key stakeholders.
Education and Qualifications:
- 8+ years’ experience with at least 5 years concentrated in product management, engineering, architecture, or architectural systems.
- 2+ years product management with furniture systems preferred.
- Traditional construction or prefabricated walls experience preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
Tuuci offers:
- Welcoming friendly environment
- Culture that encourages diversity of thought
- Support for professional growth and development.
- Dynamic and talented staff of creative professionals
- Collaborative environment that welcomes innovative ideas and allows you to make an immediate impact on the team.
- Health benefits, matching 401k retirement plan, paid holidays, sick days, personal days
ABOUT TUUCI
For more than 26 years, Tuuci® has revolutionized outdoor living spaces with durable, innovative shade and furniture products featuring nautically inspired designs. Founded by Dougan Clarke in 1998, the Ultimate Umbrella Company, Inc., (simply known as “Tuuci”), was born from his seaside roots in Miami, where Clarke began his career as a marine outfitter for high performance yachts.
With a keen eye on design and a passion for form and function, Clarke applied his craftsmanship to the shade industry to create Tuuci’s unique brand of marine grade shade architecture. Today, Tuuci’s distinctive, award-winning parasol designs, luxury indoor-outdoor furniture, cabanas and pergolas, and space-making accessories are experienced around the world and sought by leading design professionals within the commercial, hospitality and residential design communities.
Globally headquartered in Miami, the company owns two additional manufacturing centers in Northern Europe and Southeast Asia, and operates showrooms in Miami, Chicago, Atlanta and The Netherlands.
Tuuci’s sense of community is a cornerstone of the company’s foundation, providing charitable outreach across a host of environmental and humanitarian concerns. The company’s mission is to help people live their best life outdoors through inspiring design, enduring performance, and convivial service.
Tuuci is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are to be treated equally with the same rights and privileges with respect to recruiting, hiring, promotions, demotions, transfers, separations, compensation, and benefits regardless of their age, race, color, creed, religion, or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy-related status, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability, where the individual is otherwise qualified, or any other category protected by applicable law.
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