Manager, Product Management - The NPD Group - Bentonville, AR
Learn and work on meaningful initiatives with some of the best and brightest in the market research industry. The NPD Group provides the world’s most successful brands with leading market research, combining consumer and retail point-of-sale data with analytic solutions to interpret today’s market trends while anticipating tomorrow’s. In addition, we offer a career filled with innovation and growth to the forward-thinking problem solvers who join our team.
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Manager, Product Management – Walmart Team
Be the first of your friends to declare, “I love where I work!” and actually mean it. Have fun and work hard with some of the best and brightest in the businss intelligence and insights industry. NPD is one of the leading providers in the world. We offer competitive market research and intelligence to our customers and many of the world’s largest companies. In addition, NPD offers a career filled with innovation and opportunity to the forward-thinking problem solvers who join our family.
About You:
You’re a passionate, dynamic, and highly motivated individual who’s looking for an opportunity to have an impact on one of the most well-known retailer in the world. You have a natural curiosity about what is next. You are comfortable working in both complex and ambigous environments. This integral member of the product team will report to the Director, Product Management – Wal-Mart Team. They will work directly with Wal-Mart associates and be the primary liason to the NPD internal team insuring product quality and timeliness. If you enjoy problem solving, implementing efficiences, driving results, and challenging the status quo, this job is for you.
The ideal candidate will be competent in managing their time and activities. Candidates must possess a "can-do" perspective in their professional attitude. They will be detail oriented and demonstrate a strong work ethic. They will be sticklers for accuracy in their own work as well as their colleagues. They will be ready to back up their assertions with facts.
Position Overview:
The Wal-Mart Product Manager will own the integrity, accuracy and quality of existing products and new products that evolve which meet the on-going and dynamic business needs of Wal-Mart..
This position is located in our Bentonville, Arkansas Customer Teams Office.
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Qualifications:
5-10 years’ experience developing new products, including business plans and product requirements Proven track record in developing and launching products or services Experience with point-of-sale (POS) data as well as other data sources Strong analytical and data management skills Consumer research knowledge Manages projects to completion with an eye towards problem solving and anticipating challenges Process improvement mindset Client-oriented with excellent relationship-building and listening skills; ability to effectively discern and deliver on client needs Ability to diffuse challenges with client when quality or timing issues are not achieved Effective team leadership capabilities and collaboration skills; ability to work synergistically with a diverse group of stakeholders, ensuring cross-fertilization of ideas that deliver results Ability to work beyond NPD – has experience working with outside partners to achieve common results. Solid organization and project management skills; ability to manage and deliver on multiple project deliverables simultaneously Strong in all MS Office products. (Strong Excel, PowerPoint, Word) BA/BS or equivalent. MBA a plus Experience in a start-up environment and/or ecommerce retail is a plus*NPD is an EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER.
Company Description
The world around us is changing. Retail is in a state of major transition, and consumers have more options than ever. As a leading provider of global information and advisory services, NPD is at the forefront of helping our clients, the world’s biggest brands and retailers understand and profit from these changes. Since 1966, we have been helping businesses track industry trends and understand their customers in order to get the right products in the right places for the right people at the right prices. We serve more than a dozen industries including consumer electronics, entertainment, fashion, food / foodservice, toys, video games, and more.We want to lead manufacturers and retailers on collaborating via the effective use of our information in line reviews and joint business planning.
The NPD Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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