Product Manager • Food and Beverage

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

Job Summary

The primary goal of the Product Line Manager is to conduct and oversee the efforts to increase market share and drive profitable

growth through the introduction of new, and the enhancement of existing products. Leads the Product Lifecycle for all products in

the Food and Beverage

markets for Jabil Packaging Solutions. Works cross-functionally to design and develop new products, launch new products,

manage the margin profile, and eventual rationalization. Supports quoting efforts. Will support project stage-gate reviews with

internal and external stakeholders. Facilitate and execute DVT builds in design labs to represent production equivalent protocols.

Responsible for Product roadmap planning, market investigation and assessment, training Business teams and overall product

vision.

Duties and Responsibilities

Find, expand, and exploit product opportunities.

· Develop detailed Business Plan analysis on product investment strategies for executive management.

· Gather market intelligence through customer interaction and other sources and disseminate throughout the team.

· Create competitive analysis and interpret market trends.

· Work closely with Marketing team to develop and marketing activities and documents (PR, email communications, sample and

promotional programs, tradeshows/events) within Application Field and Market; or Cross-Market activities (catalogs,

tradeshows/events).

· Interface with the customers for business development and market understanding. conducting customer interviews and user

testing

· Works with NPI team to define and solution requirements and configurations.

· Works with Sales and BU leaders to align on market needs, target customers, and strategy for market penetration.

· Work with the Sales and BU organization to develop account strategies with specific objectives and action items.

· Works with marketing for product features / benefits and corresponding collateral

· Participates in off-site transfer planning, training and start-ups to manage successful launch.

· Manage relationships with contract agencies

· Contribute to the cost management effort by supporting forecast review and visibility to changes in budget

· Manage typical transfer challenges and cultural barriers to facilitate successful product lifecycle management.

· Identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems

· Set market pricing for product launch and manage costs to maximize profit margin of product portfolio.

· Demonstrate a commitment to customer service; anticipate, meet, and exceed expectations by solving problems quickly and

effectively; making customer issues a priority.

· Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

· Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

· Work concurrently with Program management, Design Engineering, Business Unit Management, Manufacturing, Test,

Purchasing, and Quality departments through various phases of a lifecycle.

· Work cross functionally to provide a product design that not only meets the market’s criteria, but is also of high quality, cost

effective, and manufacturability.

· Provide Business Unit Management / Business Development/PM’s/Functional Mgt. with timely and accurate VAVE options.

· Create and present sales, technical service and customer support or training to drive regional sales.

· Develop pricing strategies for new products, for maximizing the profits and/or share of the market and ensuring customer

satisfaction.

· Provide guidance and direction for custom opportunities utilizing our newest products and technologies to maximize profit.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.

· Degree in Business, Marketing, or Engineering discipline.

· Minimum of 7-10 years work-related experience required, preferably in an NPI, product management, or project management

· Experience with plastic injection molding and/or fiber molding prefer