Company Overview:

As a Top 25 builder, developer, and EPC, our expertise spans markets like sports, renewable energy, data centers, healthcare, and more. We are builders at heart, working to ensure the built environment has a lasting positive impact.
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Summary:

The Lighting Product Manager is responsible for identifying and managing material supply strategies for large construction projects and managing vendor relationships for their assigned vendor accounts.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop and manage new and existing product categories.

Understand Product needs:

• Engage Account Managers and key stakeholders to identify vendor and supplier needs consistent with construction project and material needs.
• Recommend and investigate the scope of present and future product lines by understanding project needs, typical specifications, and requirements, appraising new product ideas and/or products.
• Brings new products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs; preparing return-on-investment and other analyses, as needed.
• Assess market competition and pricing by thoroughly understanding the product industry including manufacturers & supply channels.
• Obtains product market share by working with Supply Chain Manager to develop product sales strategies.
• Assesses product market data by calling on customers with Account Managers and evaluating product results.
• Provides information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product sales forecasts and special reports and analyses, answering questions and requests.

Manage Relationships with Key Suppliers

• Maintain relationship with suppliers at the Leadership level
• Build new supplier relationships by educating them on our value adding business model
• Work alongside Account Manager to establish regional or local market specific business delivery model.
• Negotiate national and project specific agreements, including pricing, payment terms & service levels.
• Ensure suppliers meet our expectations for order status reporting and issue resolution.
• Leverage relationship to assist buyers with expedites as needed.
• Monitor supplier's quality and delivery performance
• Conduct supplier business reviews

Develop pricing strategies and quote individual project scopes:

• Assess opportunity for each product line and develop value adding supply strategies with Account Managers, product line specialists and suppliers.
• Develop project proposals and manage submittal package in conjunction with product specialists and support resources for all product lines.
• Manage all project material deliverables from design phase through delivery and project close out.
• Support monthly and annual financial reviews with project information, metrics, forecast and strategy.
• Ensure exceptional customer service during material delivery phase by expediting, pricing, follow-up, returns and other services as required.
• Coordinate with the financial team to coordinate proper customer billing and supplier payments

Develop and Maintain atmosphere for team and excellence:

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Maintains product management staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Actively manage and direct support resources to maximize service and sales potential for all product lines.
• Develop processes and reporting to provide timely order information to customers.
• Consistently provide responsive, quality service to meet and exceed customer expectations.

Education & Qualifications & Ed

• Minimum 5-10 years' experience managing lighting supply strategies.
• Excellent skills customer relationship skills.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in either Supply Chain, Construction Management, Business Management, Marketing, or other related fields and/or High School diploma with industry experience.

Mortenson is an EOE/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.

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