Product Manager

Summary

Join Avery Dennison, a global leader in materials science and digital identification solutions, as a Product Manager in Melbourne or Sydney. Develop and implement product segment strategies, roadmaps, and marketing programs. Analyze market trends, competition, and customer needs to drive growth and profitability. Collaborate with sales, marketing, and other teams globally. Forecast sales and demand, and build sales enablement tools. Work remotely and independently, ensuring project completion and key metric achievement. This role requires strong analytical, communication, and teamwork skills, along with experience in product management or related fields. Avery Dennison offers a competitive salary, annual bonus, and various benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, science or related disciplines
• 6 years+ experience in either product management, product marketing or commercial finance related roles
• Excellent project management, planning and time management skills
• Strong analytical skills and financial acumen
• Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Strong teamwork, influencing and relationship-building skills, across multiple levels of the organisation
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to think outside the box
• Advanced Excel/spreadsheet skills

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of customer needs and market trends through research and data analysis to uncover actionable insights
• Drive the development of the product segment strategy and roadmap, appraise and prioritise new ideas for the development of products and services
• Assess competition through analysis and benchmarking to define product features and specifications, and monitoring activity to develop counter-strategies
• Responsible for the printing and signage product categories new product development and business continuity activities, together with strategic supplier selection and cost minimisation
• Develop and implement marketing programs to drive product mix improvements to maximise growth and profitability
• Define and implement product pricing and positioning to grow segment share profitably
• Define the product messaging and objectives to develop product marketing communications and effective go-to-market plans
• Work closely with sales leaders to map segments by category to develop product sales strategies
• Work collaboratively and build strong relationships with global product and marketing teams. Act as the voice of the ANZ business to develop fit-for-market products and innovation roadmaps
• Develop the product line strategy during the annual operating and strategic planning process together with business leaders
• Provide new product sales and demand forecasts, together with regular reports and analysis on portfolio performance and insights
• Build strong sales enablement tools and compelling value propositions across the portfolio
• You will need to be able to work remotely and unsupervised, ensuring key metrics are met and projects are completed on time

Preferred Qualifications

Global or Regional industry, adjacent industry, manufacturing and B2B experience a plus

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program for all staff and their families
• Onsite Gym & Wellness Room (Melbourne)
• Free EV Charging for employees (Melbourne)
• Great place To work certified which includes Birthday day off, Volunteering leave and a wide range of wellness opportunities
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Salary Packaging Options
• Competitive Salary and Annual Bonus
• Joining a Global Industry Leader there is a wide range of transfer and promotion opportunities both locally and abroad