Senior Product Manager - Machinery and Equipment

Intertape Polymer Group (IPG)•Sarasota, FL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Join the IPG Team! Are you ready to elevate your career? At IPG, we are more than just a global leader in packaging and protective solutions—we are a community that values safety, people, passion, integrity, performance, and teamwork. From tapes and films to packaging and protective products, as well as engineered coated materials and advanced packaging machinery, we develop innovative solutions that protect the world. Now, we are expanding our global team and looking for talented individuals like you! This position is responsible for developing and executing product line strategies and initiatives, by leading a cross-functional team, which drive Sales and Profit growth and Long-Term Sustainability of the Product Line.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field (MBA preferred).
7+ years of demonstrated success in Product Management demonstrating progressive experience and understanding of complex processes and problem solving related to product line strategies and initiatives.
Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
Passion for product lines being managed and a bias for action.
Demonstrated ability to create a vision, a strategy around this vision, and drive execution through a cross-functional team.
Proven ability to lead with cross-functional teams.
Demonstrated experience in driving change and holding team accountable for results.
Business acumen and experience managing and improving P&L results on highly visible product lines.
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while meeting set deadlines.
Proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the product line profit and loss of assigned product line(s).
Champion development of a product line strategy.
Lead cross functional business team to deliver objectives.
Mentor and train other product managers on the IPG product management process.
Lead projects to improve or streamline product management workflows, especially new item set-up, quoting, approvals, and business teams.
Become a market expert in the channel partners and end users in targeted market segments.
Define target markets, competitors in those markets, competitive products with features and benefits and compare to company products, product pricing positioning and improvements that must be made to enhance product line performance.
Drive the development and introduction of new products into the markets targeted ensuring fitness for use in design, appropriate cost to meet the targeted price point, proper packaging and development of key features and benefits information for marketing and sales support.
Continuously analyze the product line to rationalize products to reduce complexity.
Develop and execute the tools and training needed to develop and maintain sales force competency to drive new product sales and provide superior customer service.
Identify new sourced and manufactured products needed to profitably grow key product lines.
Drive cost reductions or improvement in design of existing products based on changing market needs.
Use and continually develop leadership skills.
Facilitating new item set-up, pricing approvals, quoting and other sales support as needed.
Related tasks as requested by supervisor.