Product Manager

Do you understand automotive parts but want to move into a role with greater commercial influence?

Are you currently working for a motor factor, distributor or aftermarket supplier and looking for a career step that gives you more ownership and long-term development?

Want to join a business where your knowledge of parts, cataloguing and product data can directly influence growth and customer experience?

Why Apply?

• £40,000 basic salary
• Hybrid working, 3 days office based and 2 days from home
• Opportunity to move into a more strategic product management role
• Direct influence on product range development and commercial growth
• Work with one of the UK's leading automotive aftermarket manufacturers
• Opportunity to develop your product management, cataloguing and commercial skills
• Work closely with Sales, Technical, Engineering and Supply Chain teams
• A business that continues to invest in product innovation and market growth
• Genuine long-term career development opportunities

The Opportunity

I’m working with one of the UK's leading automotive aftermarket manufacturers.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a strong automotive parts background who wants to move beyond day-to-day parts identification and into a broader product-focused role.

You could currently be working as a Parts Advisor, Product Specialist, Assistant Branch Manager, Internal Sales Executive or in a similar aftermarket position.

What matters is your understanding of automotive parts and your desire to develop into a commercially focused Product Manager.

What You'll Be Doing

• Identifying and cataloguing products for range development and expansion
• Supporting product development and range optimisation projects
• Managing catalogue accuracy and improving customer experience through better product data
• Using OE/OES EPC systems and cataloguing platforms to support product management activity
• Supporting Sales teams with technical product insight and cross-referencing information
• Conducting range reviews, gap analysis and product rationalisation activities
• Working closely with Technical, Engineering, Supply Chain and Sales teams
• Contributing to product lifecycle management from introduction through to end of life

About You

This role will suit you if you:

• Have experience within the automotive aftermarket
• Have worked for a motor factor, distributor, supplier or manufacturer
• Understand automotive parts identification and cataloguing processes
• Have experience using EPC systems and aftermarket cataloguing platforms
• Enjoy analysing information and solving problems
• Want to move into a more strategic and commercially focused role
• Are motivated by learning, development and career progression

Experience with TecDoc, MAM/Autocat or similar cataloguing systems would be highly beneficial.

About the Company

Our client is a respected automotive aftermarket manufacturer with a strong reputation for product quality, innovation and customer service.

The business continues to invest in its people, product development and market-leading catalogue capabilities, creating excellent opportunities for ambitious aftermarket professionals looking to progress their careers.

Apply today and Stewart Lupton at JSL Solutions - Industrial and Automotive Aftermarket Recruitment, will be in touch.

JSL Solutions – Recruitment. The Right Way.

Specialists in senior commercial and leadership recruitment for manufacturers and distributors across the industrial and automotive aftermarket.