Product Manager
A Product Manager is responsible for researching and suggesting new product ideas.
They will look research into a verity of factors including into customer profiles, demographics, competition, market place and price point and suggest new product lines as well as how to improve current ones.
They will also consider how to increase profits margin on products, therefore a Product Manager must possess a unique blend of business and technical know-how, from working closely with the marketing team around positioning, but also with product development, engineers or suppliers to communicate vision and strategy. The Product Manager will also serve as the product champion often conducting workshops with sales teams or vendors to best position the product or products in the market place.
To allow you to provide the most effective strategies, employers usually provide complete on-the-job training on their products and other parts of the company. However, employers look for candidates with marketing experience but generally centric to products within the same sector.
Salary wise outside of London the role generally pays between £33,000 to £48,000 depending on regional variance and level of experience.
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a sprawling county stretching from the northern outskirts of London, up to the edge of the Midlands. Amazingly a third of the county is designated as green belt land, making Buckinghamshire an outstanding area of natural beauty and ranking as one of the UK’s top rural areas to live.
Key towns in Buckinghamshire include Aylesbury, the county town of Buckinghamshire, High Wycombe, the biggest town in the county and Amersham.
With superb travel links by both road and rail, cities such as London, Birmingham, Oxford and Milton Keynes are all within easy access. This obviously makes the county an extremely popular place to live for commuters, which has pushed up house prices in recent years. Interestingly Buckinghamshire also has the highest quality of life, life expectancy and the best education results in the UK.
Buckinghamshire has a very successful modern economy, ranking as the entrepreneurial heart of Britain, being home to the most successful business start ups. This, coupled with the fact that the county ranks highly for growth in all industry sectors, means that Buckinghamshire has the 2nd fastest growing economy in the UK.
Away from work, the county is home to the stunning Chiltern Hills, which is hugely popular with walkers, runners and cyclists.
