Published 2024-08-26

Product Manager – MEKO – Stockholm

MEKO, a prominent automotive spare parts chain, is seeking a Product Manager in Stockholm to manage the Oil & Lubricants category!

Have you worked as a Buyer, Product Manager, Business Developer, or in a comparable role involving leading a category? Are you skilled at communicating with multiple stakeholders, interacting with suppliers, and are eager to create new processes and routines while contributing to business development? If this sounds like you, read more about this exciting opportunity. MEKO, a prominent automotive spare parts chain in northern Europe, is looking for a Product Manager to lead and develop one of the most exciting and important categories.

Interested? Submit your application today!

Purpose, Offer and Benefits

As a Product Manager at MEKO in Stockholm or Malmö, you will play a key role in guiding the global growth of the category of Oil and lubricants, ensuring a competitive product offer across various business sectors. This position offers a chance to join an international company undergoing significant development and transformation, where you will influence the development of the category, from inception to execution, collaborating with fantastic colleagues in a dynamic setting.

Additionally, you will benefit from a centrally located office, flexible working hours, 6 weeks of vacation, pension plans, wellness benefits, and more.

Your Responsibilities

Category strategy and create a product roadmap
Plan, implement and execute the category strategy among brands as well as the private label (ProMeister), by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders in Sweden and overseas in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Poland.

Monitor category performance and follow up
Monitor the performance of the category and ensure profitability and cost efficiency. Ensure global growth of the category in collaboration with different business areas.

Supply Chain Coordination
Work closely with sourcing and manufacturing partners to achieve time and cost-effective product development and production.

The Bigger Picture

You will be based at the office in Stockholm (or alternatively Malmö if you prefer) and report to the Wholesale Director. MEKO apply an office-first policy, but naturally there is some flexibility. The standard workweek is 40 hours and working hours are flexible. Your employment will commence on a date you and MEKO agree upon but preferably as soon as possible.

Kindly note that we continually review applications and that the position may be filled before the final application deadline.

Our Expectations

We place great importance on your soft skills, but to be considered for the position you need to: possess experience as a Product Manager or a similar role and have previously worked with product development of physical products, supplier contacts, product launches and revenue growth. You are also fluent in English, both spoken and written, and are comfortable dealing with international contacts.

As this is a role with many points of contact, you need to be confident in your communication and interpersonal skills and possess the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and influence stakeholders at all levels. Given that this position covers several areas of responsibility, it is essential that you also have excellent leadership skills and good collaborative abilities, with a full understanding of the business flow. To thrive in the company and where it currently stands, it is also important that you are self-driven, goal-oriented, and constantly seeking new opportunities for added value. We consider it essential that you possess good documentation and presentation skills, including a data-driven approach.