Product Manager, Private Label

Bonduelle Americas•Philadelphia, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Product Manager, Private Label Fresh owns the strategy, development, and commercialization of Bonduelle Americas’ private label fresh product portfolio across grocery, club, and foodservice channels. The role translates retailer and operator requirements into private label programs, RFP responses, and product specifications, applying product management fundamentals across product, price, place, and promotion within a private label business model. The role manages the end-to-end product process, including concept development, specifications, costing, packaging, launch, and product-line P&L. It works closely with retailer category managers and procurement teams, as well as internal sales, finance, operations, quality, R&D, marketing, and supply chain partners. The position is based on-site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and requires travel to customer meetings, plants, and industry events as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Food Science, or a related field.
At least 5 years of product management or brand management experience, including direct private label experience.
Demonstrated experience developing and/or negotiating private label RFPs.
Solid working knowledge of product management principles, including the 4 Ps: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion.
Strong analytical skills, including experience building cost models, pricing analyses, and business cases.
Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills across sales, marketing, finance, operations, and quality.
Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple private label programs simultaneously.
Willingness to travel to customer meetings, plants, and industry events as needed.

Nice To Haves

MBA.
Fresh produce experience; familiarity with fresh product specifications, shelf life, and cold chain considerations.
Experience across both grocery/club retail and foodservice channels.

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end private label product management process, including concept development, specification, costing, packaging, and launch for fresh products sold to grocery and club retailers.
Develop and negotiate private label RFPs, coordinating with sales, finance, operations, and quality to create competitive, profitable proposals.
Partner with retailer category managers and procurement teams to understand program requirements, tiering strategy, and competitive positioning.
Manage the private label product-line P&L, including cost modeling, margin management, and pricing recommendations in coordination with finance and sales.
Apply product, price, place, and promotion fundamentals to develop and defend private label program plans and business cases.
Support foodservice private label opportunities by adapting specifications and packaging formats for operator and distributor requirements where applicable.
Collaborate with R&D, quality, and operations to ensure specifications, food safety standards, and packaging meet retailer requirements and Bonduelle standards.
Track private label category trends, competitive programs, and retailer strategy shifts across grocery and club channels, and turn findings into recommendations.
Coordinate with supply chain and operations to execute private label programs on time, in full, and within cost targets.
Serve as the internal point of contact for private label program status, coordinating across sales, marketing, finance, and operations.
Travel to customer meetings, plants, and industry events as needed.