Product Planning Job Description
Product planning
provides market, industry, and competitive analysis, along with positioning and pricing strategy, for ruminant-based products in the same space.
Product Planning Duties & Responsibilities
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Apply knowledge of financial planning tool methodology with fundamentals of financial planning in areas of asset allocation, retirement, college funding, Life Insurance, goal planning
Inspire the team to share in the vision or company/department goals
Model the way/behavior that you expect from others through clear guiding principles
Challenge the process by searching for opportunities to grow, improve and innovate
Foster collaboration and trust through enabling others
Create a culture of recognition and celebration of others contributions
Lead/coordinate cross functional activities with other managers within the organization
Responsible for all activities and deliverables
Administer subordinate training, annual performance review
Coordinate the monthly global polling and greenlight process for assigned titles by identifying digital and physical title lists, researching needed assets and calculating mastering costs on a title-by-title basis
Product Planning Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Product Planning
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, CFP, CSCP, CPIM, DC, SKU/BOM, NPR, SAP, ASCP, CSCMP
Education for Product Planning
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the product planning job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering, Business/Administration, MBA, Technical, Education, Management, Science, Computer Science
Skills for Product Planning
Desired skills for product planning include:
Automotive industry: competitive environment
Financial structure of products & feature content
Industry trends & structure
Retail operations
Customer applications
Digital content distribution process and terminology
Hach Company marketplace
Use of Hach products in the market
Japanese and American culture
Competitive products
Desired experience for product planning includes:
Input all title data and release plans into digital and physical planning systems for assigned titles and manage frequent data updates including rights, release dates, available languages, special features
Support Executive Director with WW Client and Territory Digital Launches and title gap-fill requests which includes asset research, digital store checks, rights validation, episode runtime, episode running order, cost evaluation and data inputs in digital Client Avails system
2+ years of experience in finance/analytics/operations preferred
Working knowledge of DVD and digital terminology a plus
Knowledge and passion for the entertainment and film industry a must
Must have the ability to communicate effectively and tactfully with all levels of personnel worldwide
Product Planning Examples
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Product Planning Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a product planning. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for product planning
- Create and communicate the product strategy and roadmap, including prioritization efforts and milestone reviews to ensure that completion dates coincide with the larger needs of the business
- Recognize potential risks to achieving the portfolio objectives and develop a risk mitigation plan
- Ensure governance and timely execution of the seasonal commercial buy sign-off process
- Prioritised view of Linx and distributor opportunity area
- Develops customer listening channels inside and outside of the organization, in order to understand customer needs by customer type and persona, the monitoring the progress of CT Corp and competitors in meeting those needs
- Prepares, understands and executes strategic and tactical plans
- Strong P&L skills
- Conduct market assessments for target diseases, effectively utilizing key data and information resources (PubMed, IMS Health prescription and sales databases)
- Coordinate all activities relating to computerized systems planning of production, purchases and shipments
- Create a detailed and compelling product backlogs and user stories
Qualifications for product planning
- Knowledge and passion for the entertainment and film industry is a must
- 2+ years of experience in Finance, Project Management, or Operations is preferred
- Able to manage high volume of product under tight deadlines
- Manage VWoA side of NAR/US relevant Product Marketing committees, L-MSK NAR (with CEO and Top Management VWoA, VN, VMP), NAR Design Day (with Head of Design Volkswagen AG), VWoA Product Update (with CEO and Top Management VWoA) (30%)
- Extensive Excel knowledge including formulas, referencing, linking
- Knowledge of industry metrics such as sales, gross margin, markdowns, sell-through, inventory
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Our company is hiring for a product planning. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for product planning
- Product positioning and new business plans that meet current and future market needs and achieve divisional profitability and growth objectives
- Responsible for introducing and maintaining application and product data in database
- Preparation of product support materials for field sales team, including technical bulletins and training materials
- Assist in developing strategic sourcing and manufacturing strategy, based on global product requirements
- Maintain effective contacts with and coordinate actions with Engineering, Sales, Purchasing, Operations, Quality, Field Service, Marketing and Aftermarket functions
- Support Feature Master Avails List (MAL) Project for Affiliates and Key Licensees by performing in depth analyses comparing live status on client sites against the current data in the Client Avails System (CAS)
- Support TV and Feature Master Avails List (MAL) Project for Affiliates and Key Licensees by performing in depth analyses comparing live status on client sites against the current data in the Client Avails System (CAS)
- Evaluate and define the long term business opportunities and strategy
- Evaluate and test new technologies and consumer trends
- Develop new business cases and analyses to help prioritize investment decisions
Qualifications for product planning
- Experience with ERP systems and MS office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel
- Proven success leading teams to deliver integrated communications
- Demonstrated ability to manage a wide range of business stakeholders
- Management and leadership capabilities
- Experience in the education sector is advantageous
- Bachelors Degree in a mixed technical and commercial discipline Business IS
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Our company is looking for a product planning. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for product planning
- Guide the investment and prioritization for product planning and partnerships
- Developing new business relationships and partners to improve the overall wireless offering, which could include new channels
- Contributes to creation of and follows guidelines for standard work processes
- Handling the analysis and incorporating feedbacks from management, users IS partners in a continuous improvement manner
- Responsible and accountable for the development of the strategic blue-print, integration, and client-centric execution of planning platforms
- Strong interactions and collaboration with Investment Guidance team to ensure consistency of client and advisor strategy & capabilities delivered through online and advisor assisted experiences
- Oversee strategic integration, monitoring, evaluation and testing of planning platforms and services for performance, consistency with design and profitability
- Perform market research to identify and capitalize on market trends
- Work on preparing product proposals and training materials
- Assist in preparing project schedules and project management
Qualifications for product planning
- Adapt easily to changing situations and demonstrate flexibility in juggling priorities
- Knowledge of all MS Office applications
- Comfortable conducting database queries and creating reports
- Knowledge of an Enterprise Reporting System
- Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office is required
- Support customer feedback activities through focus groups, trade-shows, surveys
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a product planning. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for product planning
- Communicate directly with customers on product issues
- Develop product training with the sales team
- Work with the Technology Center on product testing, international team of co-workers
- Prepare for and attend business or marketing events
- Net requirements propagation through the different nodes in the supply chain
- Lead the Product Strategy and Planning analysis in the development of project business cases (market research, specifications, volumes and pricing, ), making recommendations which meet both customer and business needs
- Co-ordination of cross-carline specification areas
- Update and distribute Digital tracking sheet
- Verify publishers digital submissions for accuracy and required content
- Translate digital game submissions into digital masters
Qualifications for product planning
- Communicate clearly in oral and written form
- University degree in Health Sciences
- Minimum 8-10 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in medical affairs/ marketing activities
- 10+ years of relevant pharmaceutical industry experience, including direct experience in new product planning / early commercialization
- Experience working in Rheumatology, Respiratory, Dermatology and/or Gastroenterology therapeutics areas a plus
- Strong scientific background (MS or PhD preferred) and ability to engage credibly with internal and external stakeholders around scientific topics
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of product planning. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for product planning
- Set up part numbers in Agile, AS400 and Licensing database
- Update game codes in Licensing database
- Triage dept
- Process game samples
- Attracts and develops top talent – Identifies and develops top talent
- Act as a key interface with ODM’s in Taipei
- Contribute to building a solid Truck Multibrand Team, both as an active team member driving and taking part in defining way of working and developing improved processes in selected areas
- Gain knowledge and develop skills that will help you launch into a career within HP’s Americas Personal Systems Organization
- Have an impact on how and what products HP markets in the Americas region (US, CA & LATAM)
- Work with and for senior professionals within the leading PC vendor in the world
Qualifications for product planning
- Willingness to travel internationally approximately 20% of the time #LI-GZ
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g., pharmacy, chemistry, biology)
- Customer Focus - Ensuring that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities
- Decision Making / Bias for Action - Using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions
- Drives Results - Setting high goals for personal and group accomplishment
- Analytical Approach / Technical and Professional Knowledge & Skills - Consistently utilizing relevant data and analytical techniques to derive insight into business performance