Business Unit Manager at BURN Manufacturing

About the Role

• Burn is looking for a Business Unit Manager to head one of our Biomass Products. To succeed in this role, you must be able to effectively manage a wide range of duties and responsibilities simultaneously.
• This role will be moving into a matrix structure, and you will eventually be responsible for the Business Unit’s P&L. You will also be required to play a fundamental role in developing the structure of the unit and building the right team for this developed structure.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Build product biz unit budgets (in conjunction w/ relevant managers), setting:
• Revenue and unit volume targets
• Create and drive forward product strategy to optimize profitability, including:
• Geographies
• Sales channels
• Marketing
• Product improvements
• Analyse and conduct and business-planning process across cross-functional teams of the company
• Drive the prosumer needs, current market trends, and potential partnerships from a profitability perspective
• Assess current competitor offerings and seek opportunities.
• Analyze product requirements and develop appropriate programs to ensure they’re successfully achieved
• Appraise new product ideas and strategize appropriate to-market plans
• Responsible for all product development including product research, market research, competitive analysis, planning, positioning, roadmap development, requirements development, and product launch
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for prototype construction and final product development by engineering teams
• Create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high-level use cases, technical requirements, revenue, and ROI
• Analyze market data to develop sales strategies and define product objectives for effective marketing communications plans
• Collaborate closely with engineering, production, marketing, and sales teams on the development, QA, and release of products and balance of resources to ensure success for the entire organization
• Develop product positioning and messaging that differentiates BURN and its features across primary market segments
• Manage the technical product manage

KPI's:

• Product EBITDA %
• Total product profit
• Revenue/unit
• Expense/unit

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management or in a relevant field (MBA is a plus)
• 6+ years of work-related experience in a business management fields
• Proven ability to motivate teams to achieve high standards and accomplish set outcomes
• Experience with structure development, market research, Market Intelligence, Budget setting, and set targets.
• Experience with Product strategy – i.e., product positioning and improvement
• Product business planning