Senior Product Manager in Milton Keynes

Alliance Automotive Group UK & Ireland is a leading distributor of passenger and commercial vehicle parts to motor factors, garages, franchise networks and public services throughout the UK and Ireland.

Our strategically designed network, supported by acquisitions, positions us as a market leader in providing automotive parts distribution services to the aftermarket.

Supported by a top-tier logistics network comprising over 300 local stores, 20 Regional Distribution Centres, our state-of-the-art 1 million square foot National Distribution Centre, and a workforce of over 6,000 colleagues, our business model prioritises maintaining an extensive and readily available product range to uphold the quality of our service offerings.

An exciting position has arisen for a Senior Product Manager to join our busy team based at the Milton Keynes Head office.

We are offering a competitive salary and ideally, the successful candidate should have previous experience working within a similar background.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, utilising a range of agile methodologies.
• Work closely with the head of the department and contribute to the overall product strategy and roadmap.
• Line manage Product Managers ensuring their professional development.
• Direct, motivate, engage and challenge the team to deliver high quality, appropriate, creative and effective products and services to agreed performance and quality standards.
• Set measurable goals for your product managers and report against these using data to demonstrate progress against benefits and ensuring products are aligned to the service, product portfolio and strategy.
• Create, communicate and iterate a product plan and vision, in line with the service or wider product roadmap, that is compelling to your team and stakeholders.
• Develop a product backlog, identifying priorities based on data and evidence.
• Within the product groups you will still manage the complete product lifecycle from New to Range right through to timely removal from stock.
• Play an active role in the product manager community sharing your learning, developing your own skills and knowledge and celebrating progress made by other people in your team.
• Overseeing your team with
• Implementing and maintaining optimal stock levels, including internal re-distribution of stock.
• Stock Forecasting.
• Supplier Negotiation.
• Carry out Supplier benchmark analysis including pricing and cross referencing.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with suppliers.
• Work closely with the stock controllers to re-source any out of stock items.
• Supplier stock cleanses. and Provision release.
• The sharing of regular KPI information on stock.
• Handling Technical queries.
• Working closely with the Marketing team to promote internal and external brand awareness.
• Responsible for acting on all Lost Sales logged within your portfolio and providing a response to the branches.
• Monitoring branch Bought Out Parts to see if regional sales warrant including into stock.

Essential requirements

• The skills to demonstrate the ability to motivate/lead a successful team.
• Strong level of computer literacy particularly in Microsoft Excel is essential.
• Experience of working within the Automotive Aftermarket.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Ability to build and develop productive working relationships with internal business partners and externally.
• Good analytical skills to solve complex problems and make timely decisions based on the vision and outcomes of the product or service.
• Flexible approach, willing to embrace new ideas and adapt to changing situations and requirements.
• High level of commercial awareness.
• Strong Technical knowledge of vehicle components.
• Experience of using MAM Autopart.

Alliance Automotive Group is an equal opportunities employer.

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