Associate Product Manager – Growth Categories - Kraus
About The Position
Kraus is seeking a motivated, analytical Associate Product Manager to support growth in emerging product categories, including Bathing, Garbage Disposals, and Water Filtration. The role supports category planning, growth opportunity identification, product portfolio management, and new product commercialization across E-Commerce, Retail, and Trade channels. Reporting to the Senior Director, Product Strategy, Insights & Planning, the Associate Product Manager works cross-functionally with Sales, Product Development, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, and Program Management to bring products to market and improve portfolio performance. The position offers broad product management experience and increasing category ownership as the businesses grow. The role follows a hybrid schedule at either Delta Faucet’s Indianapolis Headquarters or Kraus Headquarters in Port Washington, New York. The company’s hybrid model includes in-person team days.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 2 years of experience in Product Management, Category Management, Marketing, Sales, or a related commercial role.
- Experience supporting consumer products through one or more stages of the product lifecycle.
- Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication, organization, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and business analytics tools.
- Ability to travel within the United States and internationally to suppliers.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in kitchen, bath, plumbing, home improvement, or durable consumer goods categories.
- Experience supporting both Retail and E-Commerce channels.
- Experience with Power BI, syndicated market data, or similar analytics tools.
- Experience working with global suppliers and sourcing teams.
Responsibilities
- Support development and execution of category and product portfolio strategies to drive growth, profitability, and market share.
- Build and maintain product roadmaps for assigned growth categories, including new product opportunities, line extensions, and portfolio rationalization.
- Analyze sales performance, market trends, customer feedback, consumer needs, and competitive activity to identify opportunities and recommend actions.
- Develop business cases, product requirements, pricing recommendations, and launch plans for new products.
- Coordinate cross-functional commercialization from concept through launch, aligning scope, timing, cost, and key deliverables.
- Partner with Kitchen Sink and Kitchen Faucet Product Managers on Garbage Disposal and Water Filtration strategies, roadmaps, and product opportunities.
- Partner with Sales and channel teams on customer events, meetings, product presentations, and product line reviews at company offices and customer locations.
- Monitor portfolio performance and recommend actions to improve sales, margins, new product vitality, and SKU productivity.
- Collaborate with suppliers, Product Development, and sourcing teams to identify product, cost, quality, and innovation opportunities.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefit plans.
- Retirement and savings programs.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Employee incentive programs.
- Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- LinkedIn Learning access.
- Internal opportunities to work on cross-company projects.
- Annual paid volunteer day.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
