Product Manager

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

The Product Manager plays a key role in driving global adoption, growth, and success of the Autonomous Mobile Robot category. The role is accountable for four core functions focused in two areas: Product & Commercial Management: 

Commercial Management

•  Maintain a strong pulse for current state of the business between Product Mangement & Global Sales teams as inputs for product line reporting and forecasting
•  Develop tools that incorporate selling best practices to drive increased customer adoption through global sales teams

Product Management

• Drive select new product development initiatives acting as the product leader
• Manage the current ride-on AMR models

Key Responsibilities

• Develop regular cadence of Category Reviews as the point person between product management and BU Sales Leaders– Alignment of asks, needs, and assisting to increase win rate 
• Lead development and sharing of sales data, insights, best practices, pricing connecting Product Management function with regional Product Managers and Business Unit sales & support teams
• Support internal business processes including category reviews, SIOP, forecasting, and Annual Operating Plan processes
• Act as Product Leader for select new product development initiatives as required 
• Manage the portfolio and lifecyle of ride-one machine models and collaborate with partners to prioritize technology enhancements and features

Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree in business/marketing is desired, Marketing/Business/MBA is preferred
• 5+ years of professional work experience
• Global business experience collaborating with international teams
• Successful track record for problem solving, idea generation and program execution
• Willingness to travel domestically & internationally – up to 25% of the time
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint

Preferred Experience 

• Previous experience in Product Management
• Previous experience in the cleaning, janitorial, or sanitaion industry
• Experience working in SAP

Required Interpersonal Skills

• Self-starter, comfortable dealing with abstract or ambiguous problems independently
• Strong communication skills- Ability to simplify complex topics and communicate effectively with a wide array of functions.
• Ability to communicate and influence multiple levels, roles, and teams within the organization
• High level of business acumen demonstrated history of delivering impact and results
• Cross-functional leadership – ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives involving global stakeholders 
• Data analysis – ability to analyze data and communicate concise recommendations based on the information
• Good mechanical aptitude to communicate with operations and engineering teams

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Tennant Company is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made on the basis of individual skill, ability, reliability, productivity, and other factors important to performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, military service, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information (including family medical history), marital status, gender identity or expression, parental status, political or any other non-merit based factors protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.