Product Manager Consumer Products
Overview
Join a well-established leader in plastics manufacturing known for its great culture, employee value, and work-life balance. This company offers competitive compensation and benefits, with a strong emphasis on promoting from within.
Responsible for managing the Consumer Products Division. This individual will manage all consumer products through their entire life cycle, assuring that they remain relevant in the marketplace.
Essential Functions:
- Assure that all cross-functional areas within the company are aligned and meet all milestones related to new product development projects.
- In collaboration with Channel Marketing perform all necessary end-user and research work to assure new products align with consumer requirements.
- Assist Channel Marketing in the development of product messaging, packaging and merchandising.
- Attend customer sales calls and industry events to support sales organizations in selling activities.
- Determine ways to improve profitability and value proposition of new and current product offering.
- Collaborate with New Business Development organization on discovery projects related to developing products that are outside of current garden hose category,
- Collaborate with Supply Chain in identifying new supplier bases for the procurement of componentry and finished goods.
- Review customer product complaints and assure these are resolved,
- Collaborate with the manufacturing team to determine the best and most efficient way to manufacture current and future products.
- Oversees product data management to assure product setup information is accurate.
- Using the Senior Management New Product Tollgate process to capture all critical elements that allow a project to progress down the development path.
- Develop and update new product road maps so that all operational areas are considered
- Review marketplace trends and competitive products to determine direction of product mix.
- With the R & D group to ensure all new products have gone through intellectual property review.
Scope of Responsibilities:
- Position has one direct report
- Position is responsible profitability of category
- Position is responsible for setting future product roadmap
Requirements
- Work requires the application of a variety of procedures, policies, and/or precedents used in combination. Frequently, the application of multiple, technical activities are employed; thus, analytic ability and inductive thinking are required.
- The position requires excellent communications skills.
- The position requires the individual to assure projects are proceeding on time and that all milestones have been identified and have been delegated to appropriate individuals and or teams.
- Able to interpret research findings and create translation into new product solutions.
- Must have strong financial acumen to perform cost benefit analysis on new and existing product mix.
- Must have a working understanding of manufacturing process in order to collaborate effectively with manufacturing and R&D groups.
- Align new development efforts with the long-term strategies developed by the Consumer Products leadership organization.
- Collaborate and unite internal and external resources to assure progression of all new product development projects from concept to commercialization
- Work requires the application of a variety of procedures, policies, and/or precedents used in combination. Frequently, the application of multiple, technical activities are employed; thus, analytic ability and inductive thinking are required.
- The position requires excellent communications skills.
- The position requires the knowledge of basic chemical and compound concepts.
- Position requires between 4-6 years of product management and/or marketing experience
- Four-year degree or equivalent experience in a field of study such as chemistry, business, accounting, engineering, etc.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $135,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
Work Location: In person