Product Manager - Manufacturing

Laitram•New Orleans, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Intralox is seeking a Product Manager for its Manufacturing Team, based in the New Orleans, Louisiana office. The role manages a portfolio of products throughout their life cycles from a manufacturing perspective and helps shape how product management evolves within Intralox manufacturing over the next 3–5 years. Intralox is a division of Laitram, L.L.C., and provides conveyance solutions and services. The company describes a global workforce of more than 3,000 employees in over 20 countries and a business history spanning more than 45 years. Its stated principles include treating customers, employees, and suppliers with honesty, fairness, and respect; welcoming ideas from all sources; building work on trust; and valuing self-managed people.

Requirements

Business or Engineering degree, or equivalent work experience.
3–5 years of Product Management experience.
Demonstrated experience establishing a process, program, or function.
Self-starter able to build structure and process in ambiguous environments, with a track record of influencing cross-functional partners.
Strong background in financial analysis of products and/or business operations.
Ability to understand product value streams and evaluate product profit margins.
Lean or continuous improvement mindset, including waste elimination and focus on the vital few.
Strong communication skills.
Willingness to travel up to 15% to global manufacturing sites.

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing or operations experience, including process flow, cost drivers, and capacity.

Responsibilities

Own the manufacturing product strategy and roadmap for a dedicated product line and serve as the subject matter expert for products under management.
Lead product lifecycle management with a focus on manufacturing cost and profitability.
Understand product cost structures and manufacturing operations.
Identify products and opportunities with high improvement potential and work with engineering and commercial teams on cost reduction.
Partner with Quality, Engineering, and Production Control on product-level issues affecting cost or availability.
Identify and mitigate risks around launches, cutovers, and obsolescences.
Monitor manufacturing capacity, align it with forecasts, and flag constraints early.
Maintain product continuity after new product development closes through full stabilization.
Work with leadership to evaluate and prioritize product-level opportunities using cost, capacity, and customer-impact data.
Build relationships with commercial, finance, and supply chain partners to represent manufacturing in key decisions.
Champion a steering committee for manufacturing product management and its future direction.
Influence across functions without direct authority to promote consistency and reduce duplicated product management effort.