Senior Product Manager (Custom Injection & Thermoforming)

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ABOUT US (AND OUR EXCITING FUTURE)

Menasha Corporation is all about possibilities. Our two businesses, Menasha Packaging and ORBIS Corporation, are leaders in their industries, providing corrugated and plastic packaging products and related services to major global companies.

Our employees make the difference, proving that great ideas, collaboration and quality turn possibilities into success. Working at Menasha Corporation means that your insights provide cutting-edge solutions for our customers. If you like to make things happen and are passionate about what you do, you’re going to want to be here.

Join us and become part of the power behind possible.

About The Opportunity

The Sr. Product Manager is responsible to develop and manage product group strategies to create a leadership role for the company in their respective industry. Monitors all aspects of a product lifecycle, including long- and short-term development and marketing. Stays abreast of trends in the marketplace to ensure the product's competitive position. Leads internal project teams while capturing market insights to determine the product lines future direction. Represents ORBIS as the subject matter expert within the product segment of ownership.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

1.       Develops and executes product line strategies in support of the Market segment strategy.

2.       Champions new product solution growth projects to meet market/customer needs and manages new product line extensions.

3.       Actively forecasts products on an on-going basis to develop capacity plans and manage inventory turns. Communicate deviations to sales forecast as appropriate.

4.       Contribute to the creation of an overall marketing communications plan.

5.       Monitor and understand competitor’s strategies and develop response to those strategies.

6.       Develops and maintains a positive relationship with customers and internal to ORBIS.

7.       Supports large opportunities on pricing issues. Develops market-pricing strategy (e.g., market share, capability, growth objective) and develops and monitors market share for assigned data.

8.       Actively participates in external facing boards, coalitions, industry forums, and or speaking engagements.

9.       Manage finished good inventory and specific customer program stock initiative.

10.   Manage direct reports, including performance and development.

11.   Builds strong internal collation of cross functional support to ensure product strategy execution.

12.   Other duties as assigned.

 

Performance Measures and Outcomes

• Deliver product group revenue and gross margin targets

• Development and execution of product line strategies

• Creation of new product development pipeline and execution of established targets

• Management and career development of direct reports

 

Education/Certification

Level Required

Bachelor’s Degree

Business, Marketing, Finance or Engineering

Level Desired

Master’s Degree in Business

Experience in lieu of education may be considered

 

 

Work Experience

Required

5-7 years of relevant experience. Direct report management experience.

Desired

Product Management experience from within heavy industrial manufacturing, metal fabrication, – automotive packaging products, food and beverage or packaging preferred; experience in other market segments, also considered.

 

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

1.       Ability to communicate product information and make professional sales presentation.

2.       Ability to present to customers, internal and external.

3.       Ability to solve problems with cross functional teams.

4.       Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously to completion.

5.       Ability to interact with and lead teams to support the overall company and product line initiatives

6.       Ability to assess employee performance and coach and develop others.

7.       Availability outside of normal business hours.

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