Innovative Chemical Products Group (ICP Group) is a leading formulator and manufacturer of specialty coatings adhesives and sealants serving the construction and industrial end markets. ICP Group is comprised of market leading brands known for innovation quality and performance. Founded in 2015 and supported by a lean corporate team ICP Group has scaled rapidly through organic and acquisition growth into one of the largest coatings adhesives and sealants companies in North America. ICP Group is headquartered in Andover MA and has manufacturing and distribution sites throughout North America Latin America UK Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
ICP Group is seeking a dynamic Vice President of Product Management to elevate and lead the Product Management function within our Roofing Division. This individual will oversee five product lines including roofing coatings underlayments driveway sealers and accessories that complement the divisions offerings. The role also involves supporting a dualchannel gotomarket strategybig box retail catering to DIY customers and distribution channels targeting professional contractors.
The Vice President will drive product innovation oversee new product launches and cultivate strong partnerships with customers and end users to fuel growth and market expansion. This role will emphasize implementing best practices to optimize inventory levels enhance product marketing efforts improve working capital efficiency and increase profitable sales. Additionally they will lead the pricing team and ensure product offerings remain aligned with evolving market trends.
Key responsibilities include optimizing the product portfolio across price volume and mix while developing actionable gotomarket strategies that prioritize key opportunities and align with overarching business objectives. The Vice President will play a pivotal role in driving margin growth through the prioritization and commercialization of new products. This includes translating business unit strategies into impactful commercial programs strengthening the companys commercial muscle and ensuring alignment between sales efforts and strategic goals.
In this role you will be responsible for the following:
Develop and Implement Product Category Strategies: Drive growth geographic expansion and product enhancements across all categories ensuring alignment with the companys strategic objectives.
Establish Pricing Strategies: Maximize profitability while enabling sales growth and maintaining market competitiveness through effective pricing strategies.
CrossFunctional Collaboration: Partner with key stakeholders across R&D Sales Finance and Operations to implement a cohesive product management framework that ensures effective planning coordination and success across the Roofing business unit.
Build and Manage a Product Management Team: Lead and influence a team that thrives on customer interaction embraces innovation and champions a datadriven listenandlearn approach to fostering a highperformance culture.
Competitive Strategy Development: Conduct indepth customer competitive and market assessments to identify opportunities for growth providing the business with a competitive advantage in each product category.
Product Development Best Practices: Provide extensive training on product development cycles product introduction life cycle management and financial/market analysis to ensure adherence to best practices.
Influence Organizational Commitment: Drive commitment across the organization to support the product management strategy including aligning the board of directors and senior leadership.
Lifecycle Alignment: Establish alignment across the division on the roles of each function throughout the product life cycle process ensuring smooth from concept to launch.
Formulate Objectives and Strategies: Collaborate on the development of objectives and strategies for the business while driving all functional areas to achieve optimal outcomes for the division.
Cultivate a Collaborative and Innovative Culture: Promote a culture focused on collaboration customer interaction and innovation reinforcing a datadriven consultative approach to .
Product Launch and Financial Management Training: Provide extensive training on best practices for product launches inventory management category management and financial analysis to ensure successful market .
Maintain Key Stakeholder Relationships: Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders in sales operations and other functional areas ensuring alignment and promoting a collaborative organizational culture.
Requirements:
Ten or more years of progressive product management experience in a building products environment with roofing experience being essential.
A handson management style suited for a middlemarket highly dynamic environment. Experience in an entrepreneurial private equitybacked company is a plus.
Extensive experience in developing product strategies and roadmaps collaborating with crossfunctional teams to enhance customer solutions and drive revenue growth. Familiarity with strategic planning processes is required.
Expertise in product marketing with a focus on developing gotomarket strategies positioning and messaging that effectively communicate the value of products to target audiences. This includes experience in driving awareness and demand generation for products within the roofing and building products sectors.
Strong experience in dynamic pricing management adapting pricing strategies in response to market trends customer demands and competitive actions. Ability to balance profitability with market penetration and growth objectives.
A datadriven approach to product management using analytics to assess market performance customer feedback and product success. Deep understanding of customer needs and market dynamics with the ability to leverage insights to drive product innovation and competitive differentiation.
Strong leadership and influence with the ability to collaborate and align crossfunctional teams across product management sales marketing and operations.
Familiarity with digital tools technologies or trends that are transforming the product management landscape in the building products sector.
A track record of driving innovation and managing change within an evolving business environment.
Resultsoriented highly organized and able to manage multiple rapidly changing priorities in a fastpaced environment.
ICP Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race sex color national origin age disability veteran status genetic data or religion or other legally protected status.
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