Product Manager - Compact - Military veterans preferred

Wilsonart

Company Overview

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Wilsonart is a world leading manufacturer and distributor of engineered surfaces with approximately $1.4b in annual revenue and a global workforce of more than 4,500. Wilsonart surfaces are used in the office, education, healthcare, residential, hospitality and retail markets. Wilsonart, operating under the Wilsonart, Resopal, Polyrey, Arborite, Laminart, Bushboard, Mermaid, Shore, Ralph Wilson, KML, NewLeaf, Wetwall, Durcon and Technistone brands, manufactures and distributes High Pressure Laminate, Quartz, Solid Surface, Coordinated TFL and Edgebanding and other engineered surface options. Wilsonart does business in more than 100 countries with manufacturing operations in North America, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Czech Republic.

Positioned for Future Growth

An extensive global manufacturing footprint, state-of-the-art process technologies, and scalable Global distribution capabilities provide a meaningful competitive advantage with excellent brand recognition and a reputation for product innovation and superior service which allow for strong and stable margin performance and robust cash flow conversion. We have a strong company culture and extremely talented employee base as well as a dedicated and invested core Executive Leadership Team.

Our History

For more than 60 years, Wilsonart has honored our founders' promise to provide our customers with industry-leading products and service. In November 2012, Wilsonart became a new, independent company when Clayton, Dubilier & Rice ("CD&R") and Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) completed a transaction for the sale of ITW's Decorative Surfaces business unit. CD&R acquired a majority stake in the new freestanding business and ITW retained an ongoing ownership stake.

Founded in 1978, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a private equity firm with an investment strategy predicated on producing financial returns through building stronger, more profitable businesses. The Firms partners and advisors include a combination of skilled investment decision-makers and seasoned corporate leaders from major global enterprises. Since inception, CD&R has managed the investment of more than $18 billion in 56 businesses with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $90 billion. The Firm has offices in New York and London. For more information, please visithttp://www.cdr-inc.com/.

Illinois Tool Works or ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It employs more than 50,000 people, and is based in Glenview, Illinois, with operations in 57 countries.

Our Mission and Values

Wilsonart is driven by a mission to create surfaces people love, with service you can count on, delivered by people who care. Wilsonart is driven by providing beautiful, hard-working, on-trend and high performing engineered surfaces for whatever you need to cover. For decades, our companies worldwide have given designers and builders the right tools for the job, no matter how specialized. Today, we bring you a portfolio of solutions, both decorative and functional, that spans retail, hospitality, healthcare, education, office and institutional applications.

Service You Can Count On.

Wilsonart is dedicated to getting our customers what they want, when and how they want it. From a North American fleet of trucks, to strategically located distribution centers around the world, we can service the globe with our expanding range of products and services.

People Who Care.

Over 4,500 people strong, Wilsonart is made up of dedicated people who care about doing the right thing, every day. Whether its making a flawless sheet of high pressure laminate, volunteering at a community house raising or sourcing sustainable materials, Wilsonart people care deeply about what they do, who they do it for, and how they do it.

As a Product Manager for the Compact Product line this position will manage new product introductions, market planning, product life cycle management, and sales programming functions for Wilsonart Compact products. Through thoroughly understanding the marketplace, this position will develop and implement specific product management plans (annual and long term) to maximize returns for this portfolio. The Product Manager will be accountable for assessing the products, product features needed in the market, and the marketing planning/placement of products launched into the market.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages new product introductions, market planning, product life cycle management, and sales programming functions
• Develop and implement specific product management plans (annual and long term) to maximize returns from this portfolio
• Accountable for accessing the products and product features needed in the market
• Determines customers' needs and desires by specifying the research needed to obtain market information
• Recommends the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements; appraising new product ideas and/or product or packaging changes
• Assesses market competition by comparing the company's product to competitors' products
• Define product marketing communication objectives
• Works directly with sales directors on product sales strategies
• Provides information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product sales forecasts and special reports and analysis
• Facilitates inventory turnover and product availability by reviewing and adjusting inventory levels and production schedules
• Brings new products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs; preparing return-on-investment analyses; establishing time schedules with engineering and manufacturing
• Determines product pricing by utilizing market research data; reviewing production and sales costs; anticipating volume; costing special and customized orders
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge in custom design applications and the building products industry
• Ability to perform competitive analysis and marketing research
• Excellent math and finance skills
• Knowledge of marketing methodologies
• Technical product knowledge
• Computer proficiency including the application of spreadsheets and databases
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; at ease with all levels within the company and with customers
• Compelling public speaking skills
• Ability to develop collaborative relations across departments and levels of the organization
• Ability to lead and execute the new product introduction process
• Experience leading cross-functional teams including manufacturing, sourcing, supply chain, design, sales, and marketing
• Prior experience leading and executing large, complex product management projects
• Prior experience partnering with internal and external clients
• Demonstrated ability to influence outcomes, including management-prior successful integration with sales team members

Minimum Requirements:

Education: Bachelor's Degreein Business, Marketing, or related field. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be accepted in place of degree.


Experience:

• 5-8 years in Product Management or Marketing. Preferably experience in building materials or engineered surfaces

• This is not an IT Product Management role, this is a Product Manager for a tangible product line.

Wilsonart is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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