Assistant Product Manager

Posted 22 Days Ago
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Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
Senior level
Retail • Sales
The Role
The Assistant Product Manager will oversee product selection, supplier relationships, and pricing strategies to enhance Lyreco's position in the workplace solutions market. Responsibilities include managing a team, collaborating with marketing and sales, and ensuring compliance with ISO standards while achieving budgetary goals.
Summary Generated by Built In

To grow and develop Lyreco business in the workplace solutions market successfully by providing good product selection, product services, and competitive pricing to meet the market demand and market future needs.

  • Being a people manager to lead and manage team member reporting directly under the product you are responsible to support departmental and business targets  
  • Manage and grow product sections under your care through strong product selection, good pricing management and strong suppliers sourcing.   
  • Build and manage product suppliers effectively. This includes ability to receive good supplier marketing contributions & rebates, good product cost price for long-term partnership relationship growth. 
  • Carry market evolution study and trends accurately to develop solid product strategies and tactics to grow our company bottom line, expand market share & achieve margin goals. 
  • Collaborate effectively with Customer Marketing Teams in providing them with product knowledge, product information  and analytical input in timely manner for effective marketing campaigns. 
  • Carry out effective communication plan  with logisitc, sales and customer sercvice team to ensure resepctive cross departmental stakeholders well received information on all Product Marketing strategies and tactics. 
  • Responsible for effective strategic purchasing and budget achievement (supplier's back and program), timely management on no/slow movers products, validation on new suppliers and product listing. 
  • Handle end-to-end product sourcing required arrangement (i.e government tax, custom duty, delivery timeleap etc) within Malaysia, Singapore or International and following group marketing guideline 
  • Ensure quality supplier and product sourcing process is meeting company ISO standard and group guideline 
  • Carryout supplier and product review yearly with the management team to ensure performance of the product and suppliers are meeting customers' expectation. 
  • All other adhoc reasonable assignment assigned to you from time to time 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Degree in Marketing or Business or a combination of education and experience in a related field  
  • SAP user , high proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel), Strong supplier sourcing skills,  product margin knowlegde, good data analysis skill 
  • Effective communicator and negotiator; well verse in verbal and written communication in English. Multi language is an advantage 
  • 5years working experinece in marketing/supply chain function with minimum 3year in within marketing Sales/Product management experience in PPE and Consumer products
  • The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of safety regulations, market trends, and customer needs, combined with a solid background in product management.
  • Candidate can be based in Johor or KL. During probabation period of 3 months compulsary to be based in JB.
  • Salary range between MYR 5.5k to MYR 6k.

Top Skills

MS Office
SAP
The Company
Marly
4,926 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 1926

What We Do

The Lyreco Group is the European leader and the third largest distributor of workplace products and services in the world. A privately-owned company since 1926, Lyreco is now present in 25 countries with 13 partners in 15 additional countries, operating in 40 different countries across the globe.

A global workplace solutions company with 12,000 employees, Lyreco’s mission is to delivery sustainably, what any workplace needs, so its people can focus on what matters most. We are pioneers, today and tomorrow, in delivering what any workplace needs, from workplace products, to services, anywhere you work. We are active in the areas of office supplies, print services and consumables, PPE and safety solutions, coffee and catering, hygiene and cleaning, furniture and ergonomics solutions, and wellbeing services.

With our core values of excellence, passion respect, and agility driving every decision, and a perfect blend of people, technology, and our corporate social responsibility strategy, we aim to deliver a great working day for our people and our customers. We strive for perfection in everything we do, and we really care for our customers. We believe in trust, respect and ethical behaviour, and we remain agile with our ability to anticipate, innovate and adapt to change.

To learn more about Lyreco – check out our website

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