Product Line Manager -Eyewear, Disposable & Chemical gloves

Mechanix Wear• IL, US, IL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Product Line Manager will lead the development, positioning, and lifecycle management of these product portfolios. This role will be responsible for driving product strategy, ensuring market competitiveness, and delivering innovative products that align with brand objectives and customer needs. This includes gathering metrics for presentations (business cases, retrospective analyses, and weekly new product committee meetings). Efforts focused on improving existing products and researching, developing and launching new products. Responds to company initiatives by driving new products to meet customer needs. Ensures that products conform to safety standards. Checks possible flaws of existing products and apply the necessary improvements/enhancements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Product Design (or related certification) required.
7–10+ years of product development, preferably in PPE.
Experience working with domestic and international factories
Strong technical understanding of protective materials, garment engineering, and performance testing.

Nice To Haves

Strong development skills and understanding of manufacturing processes, materials and product construction and fit
Leadership skills: experience in managing design/technical design staff to develop quality products
Ability to recognize and resolve problems quickly using sound judgment and diplomacy
Proficiency in Design software, Adobe Illustrator, Excel, Word, and Outlook
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and group situations to vendors, customers, clients, and other employees
Ability to communicate technical information via tech packs and email
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written and oral instructions
Ability to deal with problems involving few concrete variables in standardized situations
Exceptional organization skills required
Ability to multi-task

Responsibilities

Grows company revenue by developing new products and correcting flaws in current products
Manages product certification process
Drive innovation in materials, ergonomics, durability, and performance and develops prototypes with partnering factories
Lead end-to-end product development for glove product lines from concept through commercialization
Works with vendors to develop new products and identify issues with incoming products
Participates in quality assurance process
Works with product management team to ensure process is efficient
Ensures revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met
Advises vendors on best practices and methods to correct issues
Support go-to-market strategies, including product positioning, messaging, and training materials
Required to travel domestically and internationally for research, product development meetings, customer meetings, and site visits with factories
Performs other duties as assigned