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Job Summary:
Point Blank Enterprises, Inc. is seeking a Product Line Manager who will collaborate with product engineering, business development, and production teams to ensure that their products meet customer expectations and profit objectives. The role involves defining ballistic requirements, developing market strategies, and managing product launches for hard armor products used by law enforcement and military personnel.
Responsibilities:
• Define the ballistics requirements based on market intelligence and end-users needs allowing the Company to be the market leader in all soft armor markets.
• Define ballistic systems enabling the Company to produce competitive products capable of dominating the market in the Commercial markets including, law enforcement, corrections, security or other government agencies.
• As directed, interprets and defines ballistic and system requirements for units within the U.S. Armed forces and the special operations community.
• Define the ballistic solutions and system requirements that meet international market requirements for law enforcement and militaries in the global market.
• Ballistic solutions and systems development considerations shall include, but not limited to the performance requirements, technical requirements, production requirements, profitability and strategic relationships.
• Development of ballistic strategy in conjunction with soft armor products and other constituent products relying on combined efforts of Design, Engineering, Sales, Product Line Management, Production and Executive Management.
• Identifies emerging technology for enhancing hard armor systems which could include heat mitigation, directed energy protection, enhanced ballistic protection for new threats and other technology which improves end-user safety.
• Identifies current and future needs that can guide the development of tactical systems requirements in all market sectors.
• Maps winning ballistic solutions based on market requirements and strategic supplier relationships.
• Identifies and utilizes strategic partners offering enhanced systems which integrate the Company ballistic solutions that will increase business opportunities in various markets.
• Defines the market requirements responsible for assisting the Product Engineering team to design, develop and produce the most advanced hard amor in the market today and in the future.
• Identifies, develops and executes a complete line of hard armor products that would displace existing competitor brand products in the marketplace.
• Assists Sales and Contract Management and Inside Sales Team with product review on bids, RFP’s and tenders identifying solutions that will result in winning strategy.
• Assists Marketing Director with the development of marketing collateral, product sheets and sell sheets for all products.
• Manages hard armor product launch process and strategy.
• Coordinates with the business units and sales teams and sales bases to manage product launch campaigns for all hard armor products in this market category.
• Responsible for working according to the company’s safety and quality standards.
• Maintains a safe and clean work area.
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in the body armor industry or public safety equipment.
• Bachelor’s Degree or minimum of three (3) years sales, military, police or protective solutions industry experience.
• Proficient in operating various word-processing software, spreadsheets and database programs.
• Ability to create, compose and edit written materials.
• Ability to work independently, find solutions to problems, interact directly with Customers while maintaining a positive impression of the Company at all times.
• Effective technical writing skills, strong interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbally.
• Complete understanding of end-user requirements, tactical missions in the target markers and the technical specifications set by NIJ, FBI, DEA, U.S. Military and other global entities.
• Must read, write and understand Basic English.
• Must be authorized to work in the USA.
Preferred:
• Bonus: Program Management and/or Production Experience.
Company:
Point Blank Enterprises, Inc. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in Pompano Beach, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.