George Woodcock

Product Manager @Rinnai America Corporation

Peachtree City, GA

Lead Product Manager responsible for boilers and furnace products, working with members across multicultural organization, with customers & partners, industry to develop, deliver and enhance product strategies, expand the use of the existing portfolio and drive the long-term product strategy roadmap. • Responsible for product strategy and development activities including monitoring industry and competitive trends as well as developing concepts for new products with supporting data-driven content and metrics• Development of Rinnai’s 3-5 year product strategy• Drive organizational knowledge of customer needs, the competition and market. Detail unique selling points for market differentiation outlining features and benefits• Research opportunities for new products and solutions that further Rinnai’s leadership position in the marketplace to achieve the objectives within the wholesale, retail and commercial channels• Develop relationships with marketing, sales, and management to ensure product strategy and roadmaps effectively support customer needs and product placement in the market• Create and execute full project plans and timelines beginning from concept through product launch• Manage project teams by communicating clear and defined project scopes from beginning kickoff phase through successful project completion• Provide clear understanding of project requirements to manage trade-offs between product performance, concept cost, time to market and project risk.• Develops and executes product strategy through stage gate process• Creates/Delivers the go-to-market plan with all stakeholders to ensure a coordinated product launch• Develops proposals for pricing and bundling options through distribution and other business channels• Build relationships with internal and external partners to ensure roadmaps meet customer needs• Successful achievement of project timelines within pre-defined budgets

University of South Carolina

BS, Mechanical Engineering

University of Georgia - Terry College of Business

Certificate, Project Management

University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business

MBA, Business