Director of Global Product Portfolio (all genders)
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About tonies:
tonies is the world’s largest interactive audio platform for children with around 8 million Tonieboxes and more than 100 million Tonies figurines sold. The intuitive and award-winning audio system has changed the way young children play and learn independently with its child-safe, wireless, and screen-free approach.
Tonieboxes have been activated in over 100 countries, with a content portfolio that includes more than 1,100 Tonies figurines in several languages. Since its inception, tonies has achieved significant milestones, including listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in November 2021, and has a globally present team of over 550 dedicated professionals operating from various countries.
Joining our tonies team means being part of an inspiring mission to create innovative and meaningful experiences for children around the world. Together, we’re shaping the future of play, learning, and imagination.
Your Role:
As the Director of tonies' global product portfolio, you will determine the optimal offering for consumers through careful product lifecycle coordination and product performance analysis. This role offers you the opportunity to interface with global and regional stakeholders at various levels of the organisation, including Senior Leadership, and have direct impact on key business decisions and the company’s long-term strategy.
Your tasks and responsibilities will include:
Portfolio Strategy and Development
* Develop and execute the overall strategy for the company’s product portfolio, encompassing both existing products and new offerings.
* Conduct market analysis, customer segmentation, and competitive assessments to identify portfolio gaps and strengths.
* Define and prioritize portfolio investments based on strategic fit, market potential, and financial viability.
* Responsible for defining the business case, investment requirements & return on investment for new products.
* Lead data-driven portfolio reviews to steer portfolio strategy on optimizing the product assortment to meet local and global customer and financial metrics.
* Determine end-of-life SKU management and optimization strategies for sunsetting items with markets, finance, and licensing teams.
* Make data-informed decisions based on a sound understanding of organizational priorities, customer targets, financial, and operational impact.
Stakeholder Management And Collaboration
* Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership and senior management on portfolio strategy, performance, and market dynamics.
* Partner with central product management teams to evolve operating models and local inputs into the process for more granular planning.
What we are looking for:
* Location: Düsseldorf, Germany (preferred); Hybrid role with 50% of time spent in the office each month.
* Minimum of 12 years of experience in portfolio management for fast-moving omnichannel CPG goods.
* Proven track record of driving portfolio efficiencies through identifying leading indicators and linking those insights with the portfolio roadmap.
* Prior background in product development, finance, and supply chain operations.
* Excellent collaboration skills aligning multiple stakeholders through influence versus authority.
Why tonies?
* Global Teamwork: We collaborate across departmental and country borders on our vision to bring the Toniebox into every child's room in the world.
* Come as you are: This applies to the dress code and everything else. Because only where you truly feel comfortable can you give your best.
* Mobility: Choose the option that suits you best - a Deutschlandticket (public transport ticket) for unlimited mobility, a monthly contribution for an office parking space, a leasing bicycle, or a remote work subsidy.
* Rest & Time Off: Enjoy 30 days of paid annual leave as well as three additional days off such as Rosenmontag, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve.
* Continuous Learning: Benefit from our internal and external training opportunities as well as an individual learning budget to continuously expand your knowledge.
* Discounts: Benefit from attractive discounts on our entire range of tonies products.
Good to know:
As part of our principles, we are committed to supporting inclusion and diversity at tonies. We actively celebrate our colleagues’ different abilities, ethnicities, faith, and gender. Everyone is welcome and supported in their development at all stages in their journey with us.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Esther Sommerfeld
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