Product Manager

At the VELUX Group, we give you the chance to grow. To shape your own career. To work in an international environment. To be part of a company that leads the market in sustainable indoor living. We offer you a world of opportunities - if you have the ability and the drive to take them. 
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Are you an excellent communicator and collaborator? Is the customer perspective your preferred view on the world? And can you transform market input into business cases? Then we may have the next step in your career right here. 

We are currently looking for a new Product Manager for our Accessories (blinds and shutters) category, one of three global product categories within our Global Product Management (GPM) team in the VELUX Group.

Your challenges
You will be responsible for market driven product development, product programme optimisation, providing input to category strategies, developing new product initiatives and contributing to quality and cost optimisation.

Working in close cooperation with product development, your primary role will be to collect and translate market input into business cases and secure market driven specifications of products requirements, collect sales estimates from our sales companies and secure initiation of product launch preparation.

You will be part of a dedicated team of 6 colleagues where you will play an important role participating in projects, workshops and meetings, providing and presenting market input.

In addition to supporting our sales companies in answering product specific questions and participating in other cross-functional projects, you will be responsible for coordinating transitions and inform countries about product changes.

Being part of a global organisation you can expect to travel approx. 30 days per year - primarily in Denmark.

Your qualifications
We imagine that you have a commercial degree and several years’ experience working in a global organisation, ideally in a head office environment, and with direct experience gained in the areas of production, logistics and / or supply. Furthermore, you have some years of experience from working with project management.

Competencies such as strong communication and collaboration skills are ‘a must’. You enjoy working with lots of different types of people and you can translate product technical information to non-subject matter experts in a clear and understandable way. You are a self-starter with a ‘can do’ attitude, you are result-oriented, have an analytical and structured approach to tasks and are not afraid to challenge status quo.

Your strong points are your commercial and business-oriented approach and your ability to deliver quality solutions in time. On a personal level, you are naturally curious, are proactive in your approach to gaining information and coming up with solutions and you are driven to continuously move things forward, getting your energy from achieving goals.

It is important that you can navigate within a matrix organisation with many stakeholders and that you can drive results in this type of environment.

You have a strong command of English and Danish, both written and spoken.

Your opportunities
In addition to operating at a highly professional level, our team is characterised by an informal tone and a healthy sense of humour. We work as one team to reach our ambitious results. We believe in empowering people, and we support this through sharing knowledge, delegating responsibility and investing in people who strive to make a difference. 

The VELUX Group offers exciting challenges, great opportunities of influencing your own development with competent and dedicated colleagues with commitment, thoroughness and mutual respect as some of their core values.

Application and contact
The application and selection process will be done in collaboration with Brinch & Partners. If you would like to know more about this opportunity and the VELUX Group, please feel free to contact Partner Jens Christian Jensen by telephone +45 7020 2328. 

We look forward to receiving your application and CV marked " 11.596 - Product Manager" as soon as possible by e-mail, via the "Ansøg" link. 

All inquiries will be treated confidentially.

Work place: Hørsholm
For more information: Partner Jens Christian Jensen by telephone +45 7020 2328