Vacancy: Product Application Manager
Are you looking to join a great group of people at an international company and take on a long-term challenge where you can stretch yourself? You will need to be flexible and multi-skilled, because this role requires technical knowledge and aptitude, commercial awareness and the ability to plan projects, to name a few.
About the role
We have a vacancy for a Product Application Manager, reporting to the Head of Market Requirements and Marketing and based at our regional head office in Nivelles, Belgium.
The role covers our Western Europe region, which encompasses Benelux, Scandinavia and the UK & Ireland. You will be working with colleagues in all of these countries and playing an important role in bringing our products to market.
You will be assessing the feasibility of requests for market specific applications, evaluating the market need, mapping these needs and fulfilling those that are taken forward. This will involve an economic evaluation of the product requirements and, if necessary, making a justified rejection. Therefore you will need to have a strong awareness of our product and sales strategy.
You will also play an important role in ensuring that new product applications are brought to market. This will involve helping to train colleagues, liaising with customers, and working to update our window configuration software, to give just a few examples.
About you
To succeed with us, you will need to be open, good-humoured and able to work well with people of all cultures and backgrounds. You must be self-motivated to make your own planning and also able to work within timescales on projects with many participants.
Key skills required for this role:
- Technical aptitude
- Commercial awareness
- Ability to plan projects and work within timescales
- People skills to work effectively with category managers
and sales staff
Minimum qualifications and experience:
- Technical education (Batchelor level or equal by experience)
- 5 years professional experience or more (experience in window and/or door construction is a plus)
- Software skills: AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, SAP (knowledge of window configuration software is a plus)
- Trilingual: Dutch, French and English
About Roto
When it comes to supplying hardware, accessories and related services to window and door manufacturers, there is no more complete company than Roto. We are a worldwide industry brand with an unmatched product range. Roto has remained successful and stable throughout the pandemic, but we are not sitting back. The Roto approach is always to go forward in a way that is well-planned and based on market awareness.
This is a chance to become part of a friendly, welcoming and achieving team. You will make fantastic new colleagues and friends from all the countries of Benelux, UK and Scandinavia and also from further afield in the Roto Group.
Roto is committed to helping our employees create a healthy work-life balance and you can be assured of a package with benefits and a salary to match your experience.
But first, you need to tell us about your personality, skills and achievements. Show us you have the enthusiasm and the talent to work with the very best.
Interested? Please send us your covering letter and CV.