Business Manager at Hazon Holdings

Job Description

• The business manager will have ownership of several of the company’s products and will drive the vision of the company regarding the products from end-to-end, ensuring that the products quality continue to improve, while they gain market traction and expansion.
• The business manager will drive operational efficiencies by improving systems and processes, will be responsible for managing subordinates and will drive specific corporate development initiatives.

Duties & Responsibilities
Product management:

• Guide the success of assigned products and lead the cross-functional team that is responsible for developing and improving it.
• Develop proposals and business documentation (word, power point, excel) required, to articulate the company’s products, to sign up clients and other collaborators, and to receive internal approvals
• Lead business development effort to sign up and manage clients, customers and other partnerships required for the success of the products.
• Determines customers' needs and desires by specifying the research needed to obtain market information.
• Recommends the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements; appraising new product ideas and/or product changes.
• Assesses market competition by comparing the company's product to competitors' products.
• Provides source data for product line communications by defining product marketing communication objectives.
• Assesses product market data by calling on customers with field salespeople and evaluating sales call results.
• Provides information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product sales forecasts and special reports and analyses; answering questions and requests.
• Brings new products to market and improve on existing products by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs; preparing return-on-investment analyses; establishing time schedules.
• Grow market share of existing products and also introduce and markets new products.
• Completes operational requirements by performing several tasks himself/herself and scheduling and assigning employees as may be required; following up on work results.
• Maintains product management staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Requirements

• B.Sc Degree in Marketing or related Field with 5 - 7 years of work experience
• Must have MBA

Ideal experience:

• Business development experience
• Marketing and/or product development experience
• People supervisory experience
• Conversant with technology and social media
• Experience in developing, owning and managing products to market
• Basic knowledge of accounting.

Knowledge:

• Working knowledge to conduct cost/benefit analysis
• Business plan development

Attributes:

• Strategic thinking
• Problem solving
• Entrepreneurial
• Documentation expert
• Self-driven
• Hard worker
• Planning
• Structured
• Teamwork