Associate Product Manager
Samsonite•Mansfield, MA
•$80,000 - $95,000•Hybrid
About The Position
The Associate Product Manager supports product strategies that drive brand growth, sales, profitability, and market share. Working with the Brand Team Leader and cross-functional partners, this role helps manage products from concept through launch, in-market performance, and discontinuation. It serves as a central point of coordination for product information, timelines, samples, pricing, and assortment planning. This is a hybrid role, with four days on site and one day remote each week.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Product Management, Merchandising, Marketing, Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least 2 years of experience in product management, merchandising, product development, brand management, planning, or sourcing in consumer products.
- Strong analytical skills with sales, margin, inventory, pricing, and market data.
- Strong project-management, organizational, communication, and attention-to-detail skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with PLM, BI, ERP, or project-tracking systems.
- Experience in consumer goods, travel, accessories, retail, wholesale, or ecommerce.
Responsibilities
- Support the Brand Team Leader in developing and executing product strategies and seasonal and long-range roadmaps.
- Analyze sales, margin, inventory, pricing, competitive, and market data to identify trends, risks, and assortment opportunities.
- Help maintain product architecture, segmentation, pricing, and channel assortments, reducing SKU proliferation and duplicate development.
- Prepare product recommendations and materials for internal reviews and leadership presentations.
- Coordinate product development with Design, Sourcing, Planning, Marketing, Sales, Ecommerce, and other partners.
- Maintain development calendars, project trackers, and milestone dates, proactively flagging timing concerns and roadblocks.
- Coordinate specifications, samples, costing, packaging requirements, and approvals, keeping product data accurate and current.
- Support costing and margin analyses for new and existing products.
- Support go-to-market activities for new product introductions, seasonal launches, and assortment updates.
- Compile and distribute product information to Marketing, Sales, Ecommerce, Planning, and other channel partners.
- Assist with line reviews, pricing documents, product briefs, and selling materials, and communicate changes that could affect launch timing.
- Prepare recurring reports on sales, profitability, margin, inventory, forecasts, and new product performance.
- Support monthly forecasting, margin planning, and inventory reviews, including recommendations for excess inventory.
- Translate data into clear findings and actionable recommendations for the Brand Team Leader and partners.
- Participate in weekly brand team and biweekly product development meetings, preparing materials and documenting decisions, risks, and next steps.
- Build effective working relationships across Design, Sourcing, Marketing, Planning, Merchandising, Sales, Ecommerce, Finance, and Operations.
- Escalate product, timing, costing, or inventory concerns to the Brand Team Leader as appropriate.
Benefits
- Meaningful rewards and development opportunities.
- Recognition of performance.
- A supportive working environment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
