Product Manager

Alto-Shaam • Menomonee Falls, WI

15d • Onsite

About The Position

The Product Manager – Multi-Cook & Quick Chillers owns the strategy, portfolio, and commercial performance of Alto-Shaam’s Multi-Cook Oven and QuickChiller™ categories. This role is accountable for the full product line life cycle — from market insight and product development through pricing, positioning, and end of life. This is an experienced, hands-on role for a product manager who has already owned a product line and launched products, and who can lead cross-functional teams, make sound commercial decisions, and represent both categories confidently to customers, the sales channel, and leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, engineering, finance, or a related field
• Approximately 5 years of experience, including 3+ years in product management, product marketing, or category management — ideally with an engineered or durable-goods manufacturer.
• Demonstrated ownership of a product line, including pricing, positioning, and at least one new product launched from concept through launch.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint
• Commercial and strategic judgment. Thinks in price, margin, and share — not just features — and makes clear trade-offs.
• Cross-functional leadership. Aligns Engineering, Operations, Sales, and Marketing around a decision without formal authority.
• Customer orientation. Understands how operators cook, chill, and hold food, and turns that insight into winning products.
• Presence and communication. Credible with customers, dealers, sales, and leadership; explains analysis in decision-ready language.
• AI fluency. Uses AI tools such as Claude as everyday leverage for research, analysis, and communication — with sound judgment.

Nice To Haves

• ERP and quoting experience (Oracle Fusion Cloud, AutoQuotes) preferred.
• Foodservice equipment, cooking, or commercial refrigeration experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the voice of the customer — gathering input from operators, chain accounts, dealers, consultants, and reps, and translating it into clear needs and opportunities.
• Lead competitive intelligence and track new products and technology across cooking and commercial refrigeration.
• Conduct global segment and trend analysis
• Own pricing strategy for new and existing products — setting and defending list, options, and discount
• Define customer ROI and value; build core product messaging and the application for each category.
• Drive launch readiness and sales enablement with Marketing, Sales, Tech Pubs, and Service — sales tools, training, and channel communication.
• Own the product roadmap for both categories, including change cycles, controls strategy, and new product development (NPD).
• Build business cases for new opportunities in products, applications, and markets, defining market potential, target pricing and cost, margin, and return on investment.
• Define and own product requirements with Engineering, partnering closely with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and Culinary.
• Own unit forecasting on a rolling 5- to 7-year horizon, and drive portfolio vitality through new and refreshed products.
• Manage the product life cycle, including SKU rationalization and planned obsolescence.

Benefits

• Earn an annual bonus on your gross income, which has averaged 15% over the past five years
• Low Cost premiums for full coverage healthcare with wellness participation
• 11 paid holidays and generous earned PTO
• Advancement opportunities to grow through our career ladders program
• Tuition assistance to pursue a degree or certification
• Fitness reimbursement for gym memberships, classes, or training sessions
• Biannual performance reviews with yearly merit increases
• Annual free lunch with the company president to celebrate your work anniversary

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level