Assistant Product Manager
Readerlink

Description
ReaderLink. WeLink. Publishers. Books. Retailers. Customers.

We are North America's largest book distributor with over 70,000 customer store locations. We move over 325,000,000 books per year and work with over 700 retailers and 500 publishers.

The Assistant Product Manager supports the presentation and planning of trade publisher product, and provides day-to-day liaison for Product Managers with the vendors, marketing, inventory, and sales teams.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Create and manage planograms using Blue Yonder software systems (Space Planning, Open Access, Web Publisher, and Planogram Generator) ensuring all company deadlines and standards are met.
• Ensure planogram integrity and accuracy for planograms within areas of responsibility, including correct in store dates, product mix, store lists, and prepack set ups while following established planogram input standards and requirements.
• Coordinate with product managers to execute planogram changes due to in store date changes, drop-ins, title drops, available inventory, customer requests, or any other scenarios requiring planogram maintenance.
• Create and run planogram and data analysis reporting within Blue Yonder software systems.
• Monitor and analyze space productivity to identify trends, issues, and opportunities, and provide feedback to key stakeholders in search of analytical-based recommendations and solutions.
• Attend publisher product presentations and prepare reports for product managers to reference during presentations.
• Assist in the preparation of customer product presentations, including creating, saving, and organizing presentation materials, samples, and reporting.
• Pull weekly sales/buying reports for product managers and ad hoc reports for analysis.
• Must be able to handle multiple tasks and work extra hours to keep projects on schedule.
• Help build and maintain long-term relationships with our customers and publishers.
• Manage product samples: requesting, unpacking, staging, and shipping to customers.
• Other duties may be assigned, directed, or requested by product management team.

What You Will Need:

• High school diploma or general educational development (GED) diploma or certificate required.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum two (2) years' experience in Blue Yonder software, including Space Planning preferred.
• Minimum (2) plus years' experience in product management preferred.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office suite highly valued.
• Must have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to speak with all levels of the organization and outside partners.
• Familiarity with publishing industry terms beneficial.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Must be proficient in basic mathematics: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Ability to do algebra, calculate figures and amounts, and apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, rations and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to do statistical analysis.
• Ability to mathematically analyze and plan to meet financial goals.
• Ability to define problems, collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions while maintaining confidentiality.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions in written or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to deal with problems involving variables.
• Ability to travel to customers, vendors and trade shows as necessary.

ReaderLink is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability. EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran.

ReaderLink is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability. EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran.

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