Product Marketing Manager

Freudenberg Group • Atmore, AL

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About The Position

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" As a global technology group, Freudenberg not only makes the world cleaner, healthier, and more comfortable, but also offers its 51,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. This role involves leading product management activities for the Application Center and executing product segment strategies to drive long-term profitable growth. The position requires developing and maintaining strategic plans for business segments, translating them into actionable priorities, and conducting market, customer, and competitor analysis to identify trends and new business opportunities. Key responsibilities include managing forecasting and annual sales planning, leading costing and pricing activities, identifying and driving margin improvement initiatives, and partnering with customers and internal teams through global coordination of visits, presentations, and cross-functional commercial activities. The role also involves promoting Freudenberg Guiding Principles and supporting safety, quality, environmental compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required
• Minimum of five years of industry or product management experience, ideally within manufacturing or technical sales environments.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to work with large data sets, forecasting, and market insights.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to collaborate across all organizational levels and with external partners.
• Ability to read product drawings and understand product costing to support pricing and business decisions.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities while remaining self-motivated and team-oriented.

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally
• Experience with Lean/Six Sigma preferred
• Familiarity with QAD and Sales Data Warehouse a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead product management activities for the Application Center and execute product segment strategies that drive long-term profitable growth.
• Develop and maintain strategic plans for Application Center business segments and translate them into actionable priorities.
• Conduct market, customer, and competitor analysis to identify trends and uncover new business opportunities.
• Manage forecasting and annual sales planning, including maintaining sales forecasts across sites, product lines, and markets.
• Lead costing and pricing activities while identifying and driving margin improvement initiatives.
• Partner with customers and internal teams by coordinating visits, presentations, and cross-functional commercial activities globally.
• Promote Freudenberg Guiding Principles while supporting safety, quality, environmental compliance, and continuous improvement initiatives.

What This Job Offers

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