Job description

Overview of the role

We are currently looking for an experienced Product Manager to join our Bus Division in FAMCO Qatar. The role is responsible for managing the Volvo Bus product portfolio and ensuring that the model line meets market requirements while supporting the achievement of budgeted sales volume, revenue, gross profit, and market share.

The Product Manager will oversee product specifications, pricing, model development, tender coordination, and technical integration. The role requires close collaboration with the brand principal, customers, Finance, Marketing, Sales, OEMs, bus body builders, and equipment suppliers. 

What you will do

•  Develop new models and specifications while continuously enhancing the existing product portfolio.

•  Review current models and recommend timely specification or pricing changes to maintain competitiveness, sales volumes, and margins.

•  Conduct competitor, pricing, and specification analyses to support product-planning decisions.

•  Manage product enquiries and maintain effective relationships with the brand principal.

•  Work closely with Volvo to address and resolve product-related concerns.

•  Coordinate customer tenders, monitor submission timelines, and ensure all stakeholders are regularly updated.

•  Collaborate with Finance to ensure accurate and timely pricing approvals and completion of tender documentation.

•  Visit bus body-builder factories when required and accompany customers during factory visits.

•  Provide customers with production updates and monitor vehicle-build progress against agreed specifications and timelines.

•  Coordinate with OEMs, bus body builders, and ITS equipment suppliers to support technical integration, quality compliance, and timely project delivery.

•  Follow up on technical, production, and supplier-related issues to ensure timely resolution.

•  Work closely with Marketing and Sales teams to support product launches, portfolio positioning, and market-share growth. 

Skills

Required skills to be successful

•  Bachelor's Degree graduate

•  Three to five years of experience within product development, sales, marketing, or a related function.

•  Strong product-management, product-planning, or Commercial Vehicles sales knowledge.

•  Good understanding of vehicle specifications, pricing, margins, and market requirements.

About the team

You will be part of the Bus Division, working closely with the Product, Sales, Marketing, and Finance teams. You will also engage regularly with the brand principal, customers, OEMs, third-party suppliers, bus body builders, and ITS equipment suppliers to ensure that product, pricing, technical, and delivery requirements are successfully managed. 

What equips you for the role

•  Experience managing product specifications, pricing, tenders, or complex product portfolios would be advantageous.

•  Demonstrated ability to work effectively with customers, internal stakeholders, principals, and external suppliers.

•  A proactive, detail-oriented, and commercially focused approach.

•  Ability to conduct competitor, pricing, and specification analyses.

•  Effective stakeholder-management and relationship-building skills.

•  Strong coordination and follow-up capabilities, particularly for tenders and product-development projects.

•  Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.

•  Proficiency in computers and relevant business applications.

•  Initiative, creativity, and strategic-thinking ability.

•  Willingness to travel to bus body-builder factories and accompany customers on factory visits when required.