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Product Manager
Product Manager
- ICT Distribution
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- Johannesburg
- Full-time
- Location -
- Position -
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- Johannesburg
- Full-time
- Market Related
- Commission, Medical Aid Contribution, Provident Fund
Our client is an established ICT distributor looking for an experienced Product Manager to take ownership of a high-volume consumer technology portfolio.
This is a commercially focused role that sits at the intersection of sales, product, stock, pricing and vendor management. You’ll be responsible for driving product profitability, managing stock and sell-out performance, maintaining pricing and margin structures, supporting sales teams and ensuring the business is tightly aligned to vendor strategy and market demand.
The role will suit someone who is strong with numbers, comfortable managing a large and varied product portfolio, and confident working across vendors, retailers, customers and internal sales teams. It also requires someone who understands logistics, forecasting, product lifecycle management and the commercial detail that sits behind a successful consumer technology portfolio.
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Responsibilities:
- Drive monthly gross profit, sell-in, sell-out, stock and aged-stock targets.
- Manage overall product profitability.
- Manage OTB, stock, sell-out budgets and weeks of inventory.
- Monitor active and ageing stock and maintain healthy stock levels.
- Oversee order management and end-to-end logistics processes.
- Produce and maintain product costings, pricing and margin structures.
- Prepare retailer quotations and support the sales team with listings and commercial requirements.
- Track performance against targets and provide regular reporting and insights.
- Maintain accurate ERP product codes, pricing and agreements.
- Support weekly sales meetings and help resolve stock-related challenges.
- Stay up to date with product developments, market trends and technology roadmaps.
- Provide product and sales training to internal teams.
- Manage vendor credits, AP reconciliations and associated disputes.
- Maintain strong relationships with vendors, retailers, customers and internal stakeholders.
- Work closely with the vendor and retailers to support commercial objectives and promotional activity.
- Use customer and market insight to improve forecasting and product planning.
Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Product Manager.
- Proven track record of sales success, ideally within ICT distribution.
- Experience working in a target-driven environment.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a logistics environment.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience working closely with sales teams.
- Experience engaging with customers at all levels, including high-profile accounts.
- Strong administration and commercial management capability.
- Intermediate Excel skills, including formulas, calculations, pivot tables and VLOOKUPs.
- Strong planning, forecasting and execution skills.
- Good numerical ability and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong time-management and organisational capability.
- Matric, preferably with Mathematics.
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Sales, Marketing or Finance is advantageous.
- Valid driver’s licence and own vehicle.
- Willingness to travel locally and interprovincially.
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