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Company Name: Klein Tools, Inc.

Job Title: Director, Product Management

Location: Lincolnshire, IL

Profession: Department Head or Executive

Job Description:

Position Title:            Director, Product Management
Location:                  Lincolnshire, IL
Degree Required:           4 Year Degree
Travel Required:           None
Employment Type:           Full-Time

Job Description
Klein Tools has a 152-year history of serving the hand tool needs of professional tradesmen with products that represent a standard of excellence, innovation, technology and quality in our industry.
We are looking for candidates for our Director, Product Management opportunity at our Lincolnshire corporate facility.

As Director, Product Management, you will direct and manage the product management team. You will be responsible for all aspects of product management, including sales, margins, suggested retail
prices, product portfolio and end of life. You will develop short- and long-range strategies for multiple product lines to achieve strategic goals and maximize sales and profit objectives. You will adjust
marketing strategy to meet changing market and competitive conditions and monitor competitive products and marketing activities. You will collaborate with our marketing team to coordinate all
marketing communications activities to communicate with outside customers (i.e. branding, advertising, public relations and packaging). You will validate that product development projects follow the stage gates of the new product development process.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing or Engineering. An MBA degree or extensive business experience is required. Must have 7-10 years of demonstrated experience in
product management, marketing and product design, including experience working with large home improvement retailers and electrical distributors.

Must have experience in evaluating markets, market trends and customer and sales feedback to develop new product plans. Must have experience in product portfolio planning and in leading cross-functional product development teams. Must have a strong product development process background. Must have strong skills in the areas of financial modeling and forecasting, team-building and leadership development. Must have the ability to be creative, adaptive, action- and results-oriented, and communicate and present information to team members, top management, customers and/or suppliers.

Klein Tools provides a competitive compensation and benefits package, including 401(k) and profit
sharing.

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