Product Manager - Trucks & Buses

About the role

FAMCO Qatar, part of Al-Futtaim Automotive, is looking for an experienced Product Manager to join its Bus Division. The role manages the Volvo Bus product portfolio so that the model line meets market requirements while supporting budgeted sales volume, revenue, gross profit and market share. It covers product specifications, pricing, model development, tender coordination and technical integration, working closely with the brand principal, customers, Finance, Marketing, Sales, OEMs, bus body builders and equipment suppliers.

Key responsibilities

• Develop new models and specifications and continuously improve the existing product portfolio.
• Review current models and recommend specification or pricing changes to protect competitiveness, sales volumes and margins.
• Carry out competitor, pricing and specification analyses to support product planning.
• Manage product enquiries and maintain good relationships with the brand principal; work with Volvo to resolve product concerns.
• Coordinate customer tenders, monitor submission timelines and keep stakeholders informed.
• Work with Finance on pricing approvals and tender documentation.
• Visit bus body-builder factories when needed and accompany customers, giving production updates and monitoring build progress against agreed specs and timelines.
• Coordinate with OEMs, bus body builders and ITS equipment suppliers on technical integration, quality compliance and delivery, and follow up on technical, production and supplier issues.
• Support product launches, portfolio positioning and market-share growth with Marketing and Sales.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree graduate.
• Three to five years of experience in product development, sales, marketing or a related function.
• Experience managing product specifications, pricing, tenders or complex product portfolios is advantageous.
• Willingness to travel to bus body-builder factories and accompany customers on factory visits.

Required skills

• Good understanding of vehicle specifications, pricing, margins and market requirements.
• Strong product-management, product-planning or commercial vehicles sales knowledge.
• Ability to conduct competitor, pricing and specification analyses and to manage multiple deadlines.
• Proficiency in computers and relevant business applications.