Remote Work: No

　　Overview:

　　At Zebra, we extend the edge of possibility by shaping the future of work on the front line—reinventing how businesses run and moving society forward.

　　We are a community of changemakers, innovators and doers who come together to deliver a performance edge to the front line of business. We develop new technologies and create new solutions with partners to help organizations act with greater visibility, connectivity, and intelligence—delivering better experiences for workers and those they serve.

　　Being a part of Zebra means being seen, heard, valued, and respected as you define your path to a fulfilling career. Here, you'll have opportunities to learn and lead at a leading company, and you can channel your skills towards causes that you and the Zebra community care about, locally, and globally.

　　Together, we've only begun to define the edge of what's possible—for our people, our customers, and the world.

　　Zebra is waiting for you! Come and join our world class manufacturing distribution and repairs centre based at Fulwood, Preston.

　　Our site at Preston is one of seven manufacturing facilities across the globe with other manufacturing sites in the US and Holland. Here at our Preston facility, we manufacture labels, tags, receipt papers and wristbands. Our customers print these products with barcodes to identify and track assets, places, and people throughout their business. Our products are shipped to over 100 countries globally to customers operating in retail, health care, manufacturing, and logistics industries.

　　We also operate a repairs centre providing a quality repairs service to our customers. Learn more about what we do here at our Preston site by following this link.

　　The Product Management team is responsible for determining Zebra’s product offerings and driving development, launch, and adoption of product to positively impact the customers’ experience and market share. The product manager works autonomously to own product lifecycle management for assigned product lines.

　　Responsibilities:

　　Through comprehensive knowledge of market, competitive landscape, customer requirements, distribution channels and Zebra offerings, anticipates market and customer requirements for assigned product(s).

　　Works collaboratively with other functions to develop and align on business objectives. Owns development of business case by completing supportive research, authoring slides, and delivering presentations to internal and external audiences, routinely including senior management.

　　Monitors and reports business metrics against plan. Recommends metrics to assess business performance. Develops documentation of product and market requirements. Inputs towards integrated business plan.

　　Owns product lifecycle management for assigned product lines of moderate complexity including tactical execution, managing custom requirements, developing and driving end of life plans and execution of inventory objectives.

　　Demonstrates full knowledge of development process

　　Works to design and create the product offer, coordinates post launch activities such as sales support, bid and quote support, and customer presentations.

　　Monitors financial performance of product lines and makes recommendations for pricing action against revenue and margin objectives. Recommends target product costs for new products. Evaluates cost reduction initiatives working in concert with manufacturing, external suppliers, and other internal partners

　　Develops pricing strategy with manager support. Recommends product price to maximize sales and profitability.

　　Recommends promotion strategy by working in collaboration with Product Marketing department.

　　Supports product launch by providing a comprehensive understanding of the value proposition. Deliver product training to sales, sales engineers, technical support and other internal and external stakeholders.

　　Works closely with development teams and other key stakeholders to oversee new product development validating development is on spec. Identifies beta site targets, drafts, and implements plans.

　　Qualifications:

　　Preferred Education: Degree qualified

　　Preferred Work Experience (years): 5 years of experience in Product management or customer facing technical product role

　　Key Skills and Competencies:

　　Strong attention to detail / quality

　　Strong process adherence

　　Advanced level skills in Microsoft business applications including: Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook

　　Customer services values / orientation

　　Strong professional work behaviors (attendance, teamwork, time management, follow through)

　　Advanced analytical and organizational skills

　　Demonstrates good judgement in decision making, applies knowledge and experience to guide decisions

　　Strong presentation skills

　　Strong communication skills (listening, providing clear and concise information, using proper language and grammar)

　　Advanced problem solving skills

　　Why You’ll Love Zebra Technologies

　　Career advancement: The opportunity to create an IPD (Individual Development Plan) to help shape your future with Zebra.

　　Training: Depending on the role and location, we’ll provide you with all the specific training required for your role, we are also partnered with Preston College to provide growth and development opportunities for all employees

　　Development: Being a Zebra Technologies employee means a wealth of personal and professional opportunities for those who are keen on looking for “what’s next” and are not afraid to take initiative

　　Zebra Values: We have our 5 core values of Integrity, Teamwork, Agility, Accountability & Innovation

　　Zebra herd: You will be joining a herd of over 9000+ colleagues spread globally in over 120 countries, with a global company turnover of over $5 billion.

　　Why You'll Love our benefits

　　Being a Zebra employee means you will have access to some great benefits, including healthcare, our group personal pension plan and career advancement opportunities– all in a safe and inclusive environment that’s been ranked among the best workplaces in the world. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location, and can include the following:

　　Private Medical Insurance

　　Discretionary Company Sick Pay

　　Dental Insurance

　　GEM (going the Extra Mile) our global reward and recognition program

　　WellTrack: wellbeing program to help you take control of your health by tracking goals

　　Corporate gym membership rate with GymWorks in Fulwood

　　Service Awards for each 5 years of service

　　Employee Assistance Program - free confidential support service which can help you and your dependents solve challenges as well as benefit from employee discounts

　　Group Personal Pension Plan

　　Referral scheme

　　Maternity and Paternity Leave

　　Z Day - Zebra’s very own annual bank holida

　　Life Inssurance

　　4 days (32 hours per year) of paid volunteer service.

　　Cycle to Work Scheme.

　　Access to our Zebra Education Network (ZEN )

　　To protect candidates from falling victim to online fraudulent activity involving fake job postings and employment offers, please be aware our recruiters will always connect with you via @zebra.com (https://www.zebra.com/ap/en.html) email accounts. Applications are only accepted through our applicant tracking system and only accept personal identifying information through that system. Our Talent Acquisition team will not ask for you to provide personal identifying information via e-mail or outside of the system. You can always verify the validity of a job posting or recruiter interaction by contacting us at [email protected] If you are a victim of identity theft contact your local police department.