Product Manager, Suppressor and Weapons

Job Type:            

F/T exempt

Location:             

Fountain Valley, Ca

Job Description:

The Product Manager is responsible for guiding new product development using a disciplined approach to product life cycle management. Product focus will be on SureFire suppressors and weapons.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall Product Launch process, including defining and tracking schedules, pricing, model numbering, forecasting, product warranty information, and other related deliverables that will create the completed product.

• Participate in weekly support meetings, providing market driven guidance obtained from customer feedback on quality control issues, fixes, and other solutions in support of product quality and customer satisfaction.

• Initiates and creates new product planning forms, including product request input (PRI), product readiness plan (PRP), product launch plan (PLP) and design control worksheets (DCW) .

• Manage complete life cycle of assigned product family with detailed attention given to product launch/growth phase and End-of-Life process.

• Create and submit engineering change orders (ECO) for new products, including review of engineering drawings, coordination with Document Control, creating bills of materials as required; work with Engineering to address obsolete parts, obtain approvals for disposition through coordination with other departments.

• Collaborate with Marketing to create product specific messages to articulate competitive product differentiators. Produce product data sheets, user manuals, and other marketing collateral to communicate key product information to internal/external customer base. Coordinate website and catalogue content with marketing personnel.

• Create and submit export control jurisdiction and classification documents (ECJC); classify new products; obtain approvals from trade compliance and document control.

• Obtain costing information from suppressor production management, calculate MSRP; obtain pricing approvals and coordinate with Sales to input pricing data into the ERP system.

• Establish appropriate inventory quantities in conjunction with Sales, Marketing and Purchasing to ensure appropriate min/max levels.

• Participate in testing of products; evaluate results and impact on product development.

• Participate in yearly audits (internal and external) to ensure that all compliance areas will be met.

• Prepare for and participate in relevant trade shows to include presentations for PM and VP, timely shipments of weapons, display products, etc.

• Some travel expected

Requirements:

• High School Diploma required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred

• 4 to 7 years of product management experience..

• Must have familiarity with and comfort in handling firearms.

• Must be proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint and Outlook)

• Epicor a plus

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply online to jobs@surefire.com. If you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be contacted to further the application process. No phone calls, outside agencies, or recruiters. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex or national origin. We actively recruit qualified targeted veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5 (a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability and requirements affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities.

 

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