Product Manager
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About the Role
Product Manager – Automotive Parts Data
£40,000 + Hybrid Working + Career Development
Stoke on Trent | Automotive Aftermarket
Do you understand automotive parts but want to move into a role with greater commercial influence?
Are you currently working for a motor factor, distributor or aftermarket supplier and looking for a career step that gives you more ownership and long-term development?
Want to join a business where your knowledge of parts, cataloguing and product data can directly influence growth and customer experience?
Why Apply?
- £40,000 basic salary
- Hybrid working, 3 days office based and 2 days from home
- Opportunity to move into a more strategic product management role
- Direct influence on product range development and commercial growth
- Work with one of the UK's leading automotive aftermarket manufacturers
- Opportunity to develop your product management, cataloguing and commercial skills
- Work closely with Sales, Technical, Engineering and Supply Chain teams
- A business that continues to invest in product innovation and market growth
- Genuine long-term career development opportunities
The Opportunity
I’m working with one of the UK's leading automotive aftermarket manufacturers.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong automotive parts background who wants to move beyond day-to-day parts identification and into a broader product-focused role.
You could currently be working as a Parts Advisor, Product Specialist, Assistant Branch Manager, Internal Sales Executive or in a similar aftermarket position.
What matters is your understanding of automotive parts and your desire to develop into a commercially focused Product Manager.
What You'll Be Doing
- Identifying and cataloguing products for range development and expansion
- Supporting product development and range optimisation projects
- Managing catalogue accuracy and improving customer experience through better product data
- Using OE/OES EPC systems and cataloguing platforms to support product management activity
- Supporting Sales teams with technical product insight and cross-referencing information
- Conducting range reviews, gap analysis and product rationalisation activities
- Working closely with Technical, Engineering, Supply Chain and Sales teams
- Contributing to product lifecycle management from introduction through to end of life
About You
This role will suit you if you:
- Have experience within the automotive aftermarket
- Have worked for a motor factor, distributor, supplier or manufacturer
- Understand automotive parts identification and cataloguing processes
- Have experience using EPC systems and aftermarket cataloguing platforms
- Enjoy analysing information and solving problems
- Want to move into a more strategic and commercially focused role
- Are motivated by learning, development and career progression
Experience with TecDoc, MAM/Autocat or similar cataloguing systems would be highly beneficial.
About the Company
Our client is a respected automotive aftermarket manufacturer with a strong reputation for product quality, innovation and customer service.
The business continues to invest in its people, product development and market-leading catalogue capabilities, creating excellent opportunities for ambitious aftermarket professionals looking to progress their careers.
Apply today and Stewart Lupton at JSL Solutions - Industrial and Automotive Aftermarket Recruitment, will be in touch.
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Specialists in senior commercial and leadership recruitment for manufacturers and distributors across the industrial and automotive aftermarket.