Product Manager Jobs

Job Summary

The Product Manager will be assigned a group of STEMCO wheel-end and/or suspension products to manage and will be a central point within STEMCO for business critical strategy including market, competitors, customers, and industry analysts. To succeed you need to continually gather and analyze data & business intelligence from all sources and use this data to communicate both internally and externally on our product evolution and roadmaps.

The Product Manager is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout their assigned group of products’ life cycle, including: gathering and prioritizing customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, supply chain, sales, manufacturing & marketing to ensure revenue, margin and customer satisfaction goals are achieved. This position can be based in Longview, TX, Millington, MI or be remote.

Essential Functions

• Provide forecasting support for manufacturing, distribution, and budgeting for assigned product lines
• Identification of training opportunities to increase job efficiency and personal development
• Promote the STEMCO / Enpro Culture by exhibiting the five principles of exemplary leadership: Modeling the Way, Inspiring a Shared Vision, Enabling Others to Act, Challenging the Process, and Encouraging the Heart
• In conjunction with marketing, develop catalogs, collateral material, sales bulletins, advertising and supporting documents necessary to support sales efforts.
• Initiate product changes and upgrades to provide technologically advanced products and continue to build the STEMCO brand. Work with cross functional teams to accomplish new product development and product iterations
• Responsible for margin performance of product line through pricing analyses and quoting activities
• Support salesforce efforts in the field, provide product training and information to sales personnel. Travel in support of salesforce, customers and market research/voice of customer feedback. Assist with customer intelligence and liaise with salesforce on customer experience follow-up
• Responsible for leading the organization in new product development. Acts as the liaison between field sales and the organization to provide an efficient flow of information. Project management of major category changes and improvements is required, including competitive benchmarking and market developments

Safety

Embrace the values of the Enpro safety pledge in each of the below responsibilities. Participate in the organization’s safety culture and aim to continuously improve safety within all aspects of your work.

Respect

Foster a work environment that promotes mutual respect of all colleagues and creates an environment focused on a dual-bottom line.

Excellence

Promote the Sealing Technologies and Enpro culture around creating value and driving excellence in our organization by:

Job Competencies & Qualifications

• Work closely with Marketing to develop product branding and market communication strategy. Assist in developing supporting product material including advertisements, catalogs, brochures, videos and other material to support customers and Sales team members.
• Initiate incremental product enhancements to provide technically advanced products
• Prioritization of the portfolio of initiatives and project management of individual product initiatives
• Develop business cases to support new distinctive product developments & innovations
• Develop product requirements based upon VOC and understanding the competitive landscape.
• Develop the long term strategy and vision for assigned group of STEMCO Products
• Communicate product road maps to all of the relevant participants and stakeholders
• Management of product development through commercialization
• Coordination and follow up within internal stakeholders ensuring success on large commercial opportunities
• Responsible for the margin performance of the product line. Work closely with Production and Supply Chain to optimize cost along with Commercial leaders on pricing strategy

Requirements

• Excellent Communicator, both verbal and written English required.
• Public speaking and ability to use customer presentation using tools such as PowerPoint are required.
• Travel frequency up to 25% per month.
• Developer and coach of employees within the sphere of influence.
• Qualified individual will have a 4 year degree, MBA degree is preferred
• Ability to manage through influence within all levels of management.
• Multi-site teamwork and cross functional collaboration experience required.
• Basic understanding of income statement related matters such as direct material and labor costs and how these impact gross margin is required.
• Results driven using data and analytics with the ability to explain the why.
• Knowledge of the heavy duty truck industry preferred, 5+ years in the industry is preferred
• Basic working knowledge of software such as Google, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Customer channel management experience preferred.
• Well organized, working with a high level of rigor and discipline.

EEO And Culture Statement

Enpro is a leading provider of engineered industrial products for the processing and general manufacturing industries worldwide. The company operates in two segments: Sealing Products, Advanced Surface Technologies, and Engineered Materials.

Sealing Technologies-Safeguarding Critical Environments

Composed of Garlock, STEMCO, and Technetics Group, these businesses leverage a high degree of materials science application expertise, extensive proprietary knowledge, and deep customer relationships to create innovative sealing solutions complemented by value-added systems integration.

EnPro Industries is an equal opportunity employer. Legal authorization to work in the United States is required. We will not sponsor employment visas now or in the future for this job.