Global Product Marketing Manager

Job Description
Basic Function
To enhance Brooks' market participation, sales and profitability for the assigned Level products by managing the basic marketing mix (Product, price, promotion and distribution).
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Monitor and assess customer's expectations for products and services.
Identify and understand emerging applications for Brooks' products.
Translate customers’ needs into specifications for Brooks’ products and services.
Make data driven decisions.
Support customer escalations.
Manage projects. Work closely with engineering, operations, and quality to bring to market products and services that meet customer’s requirements.
Monitor the competitive environment. Identify threats and opportunities and be proactive in addressing those.
Give feedback where required on key features that Brooks’ may want to focus on to retain or gain market share.
Implement pricing strategies to maximize Brooks' opportunities for penetration and profit.
Perform profit analysis for current and proposed products.
Manage product cost position by product feature assessment and segmentation, portfolio rationalization, basic product design and process cost reduction.
Work with marketing communications to implement promotions, target communications, internet, and social media strategies in support of the product, portfolio, and market strategies.
Develop sales support/literature, web content, and training materials to enhance effectiveness of all selling activities.
Travel (<
25%) as required to understand customers needs, support major account activity, maintain product awareness, provide training, support trade shows and assure factory performance.
Ability to work with others in a team environment and influence actions without formal authority.
Regular attendance.
Other duties as assigned.