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Freelance Special Risks Product Manager Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK

Marketing professional with over 8 years experience, spent in new and existing product management and proposition development in the Automotive, Finance, Telecommunications, and Utilities industries.

Rating:Unrated (New)
Hourly Rate:£33.33
Available From:Now
Seller ID: 274179
: Offers a discounted hourly rate to registered charities

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CV

Key Skills
- Existing product management throughout lifecycle ensuring products maximise current and future value profitably
- Identifying new product / proposition opportunities in the market and developing these from concept to implementation in line with business strategy
- Leading specified research into potential customer products / propositions, identifying current and future customer needs
- Working with finance teams to produce business cases for existing and new products / propositions
- Producing recommendations inline with business needs to influence decisions for implementing solutions in the process of new and existing product launches
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Project management including budget responsibility across numerous business functions, including leading internal and 3rd parties to board level and negotiating terms and contracts
- Experience of working with creative, media and print agencies from briefing to delivery for various channels, (online, in-store, direct mail, sales etc)
- Developing marketing plans to meet business targets
- Analysis and research of competitors for product developments and new product launches
- Management and development of direct reports

Employment History

(Sep 2008 & ongoing)

Special Risks Product Manager

Birmingham

Manage the live product portfolio to ensure growth and profit objectives are met through all distribution channels and enhance the product range through NPD.
- Currently product managing the Home Emergency product to achieve agreed sales via Direct channel and defining its strategy to 2010 for all channels, (IFA, Lender, and Business Partners). Account management with 3rd party provider
- Defining a compelling Home Mover proposition for delivery in 2009 by leading research insight and developing business case for board sign off working with Pricing, Sales and Operations
- Project managing the sourcing of additional insurance income products to meet £15m revenue target set for 2009, identifying potential 3rd party partners and negotiating terms and contracts


(Jan 2007 to Jun 2008)

New Propositions Manager

Nottingham

Identified, developed and commercialised innovative customer propositions, ensuring successful entry into the market before competitors for profitable growth.
- Delivered strategic proposition of Go Green into the business across all sales channels with ATL and BTL communication activity. Approx. 14,000 customers
- Managed a cross function strategic project to meet business objective of increasing sales and cross sales conversion across all channels for all products with particular focus online
- Built an intranet site to communicate a pipeline of over 300 proposition ideas to the UK business with proposals put forward based on evaluation criteria of strategic, brand, market and financial fit
- Developed bundled propositions for Housemoves segment of E.ON customer base


(Sep 2005 to Dec 2006)

Development Manager

Solihull

Developed and managed projects to meet business objectives of acquisition and retention:
- Delivered strategic product for Creation Financial Services – Secured and unsecured loans, generating income of approx £10,000 per month
- Worked on product pricing of PPI in line with Competition Commission to ensure successful increase in sales penetration to store card base
- Delivered credit card products in new market sectors – Mail Order, (J.D. Williams), Football, (Everton Football Club), and Charity, (DAYS)


(Aug 2003 to Jul 2005)

HP Product Manager

Cattles Plc , Nottingham

Product management and development to maintain and increase market share using management and financial indicators to track product performance and profitability, (including customer payment performance, bad debt, insurance penetration and channel performance):
- Changed HP loan product parameters to derive additional income
- Launched retention HP loan product to ensure customer renewal at profitable point in lifecycle, maintaining payment performance and reducing bad debt
- Part of a team that launched new balanced scorecards into the business to improve customer quality based on risk and hence reduced bad debt


(Sep 2000 to Feb 2002)

WAP Assistant Product Manager

Orange , Bristol

Using customer market data to target Orange WAP services specifically via marketing communications and briefing technical and marketing teams of requirements for Orange WAP activity:
- Implemented new tariff charges to Orange WAP product generating increased income of approx £12,000 per month
- ‘Education & Stimulation’. Launched WAP product simulator on internet to drive usage which increased by approx 40,000 per month and in turn derived additional revenue from WAP services
- Produced and implemented Orange WAP marketing plan for 2001
- Produced brand and product guidelines, ‘The Customer Experience’, for WAP services in terms of navigation and menu categorisation


(Jun 1998 to Aug 2000)

Marketing Team Leader

Pendragon Plc, Nottingham

- Managed budget of £1.9 million for all marketing activity, communicating with manufacturer agencies to ensure brand and product guidelines in design and production of marketing material
- Achieved sold out allocation and twelve month waiting list post launch of the new Jaguar S-Type for Pendragon. Resulted in revenue to dealer of £112,000 before launch with further 2% profit upon delivery per car
- Negotiated a group deal on media exposure to cut costs and increase profitability, savings amounted to approx. £40,000
- Increased dealership’s Customer Service Indicator levels to above national average which in turn generated manufacturer quarterly bonus payments of between £10,000 and £25,000 to the group, dependent upon dealer
- Helped to produce Paramount Derby Jaguar’s 1998 annual business and marketing plan which was awarded ‘Best Business Plan’ by Jaguar UK Operations Director

Professional Qualifications

Educated to degree level with BA Hons in Marketing from the University of Bedford

I’ve attended external training courses on Project Management, Self Effectiveness, Persuading and Influencing and the Fundamentals of Management from organisations such as the Institute of Management and Reed Training, as well as many internal courses within the companies I have worked for such as Time Management, Handling Conflict and Managing Others.

Education

(Sep 1993 to Jun 1996)

University of Luton

BA Hons Marketing

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