Product Manager

The Product Manager Multi-Cook & Quick Chillers owns the strategy portfolio and commercial performance of Alto-Shaams Multi-Cook Oven and QuickChiller categories. This role is accountable for the full product line life cycle from market insight and product development through pricing positioning and end of life. This is an experienced hands-on role for a product manager who has already owned a product line and launched products and who can lead cross-functional teams make sound commercial decisions and represent both categories confidently to customers the sales channel and leadership.

The ideal candidate for an Product Manager would be able to do the following: 

1. Understand the Market

• Serve as the voice of the customer gathering input from operators chain accounts dealers consultants and reps and translating it into clear needs and opportunities.
• Lead competitive intelligence and track new products and technology across cooking and commercial refrigeration.
• Conduct global segment and trend analysis

2. Product Positioning

• Own pricing strategy for new and existing products setting and defending list options and discount
• Define customer ROI and value; build core product messaging and the application for each category.
• Drive launch readiness and sales enablement with Marketing Sales Tech Pubs and Service sales tools training and channel communication.

3. Plan the Portfolio

• Own the product roadmap for both categories including change cycles controls strategy and new product development (NPD).
• Build business cases for new opportunities in products applications and markets defining market potential target pricing and cost margin and return on investment.
• Define and own product requirements with Engineering partnering closely with Operations Quality Supply Chain and Culinary.

4. Manage for Performance

• Own unit forecasting on a rolling 5- to 7-year horizon and drive portfolio vitality through new and refreshed products.
• Manage the product life cycle including SKU rationalization and planned obsolescence.

Qualifications :

Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in business marketing engineering finance or a related field
• Approximately 5 years of experience including 3 years in product management product marketing or category management ideally with an engineered or durable-goods manufacturer.
• Demonstrated ownership of a product line including pricing positioning and at least one new product launched from concept through launch.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint; ERP and quoting experience (Oracle Fusion Cloud AutoQuotes) preferred. Foodservice equipment cooking or commercial refrigeration experience preferred.

Skills & Attributes 

• Commercial and strategic judgment. Thinks in price margin and share not just features and makes clear trade-offs.
• Cross-functional leadership. Aligns Engineering Operations Sales and Marketing around a decision without formal authority.
• Customer orientation. Understands how operators cook chill and hold food and turns that insight into winning products.
• Presence and communication. Credible with customers dealers sales and leadership; explains analysis in decision-ready language.
• AI fluency. Uses AI tools such as Claude as everyday leverage for research analysis and communication with sound judgment.

Additional Information :

We are looking for team-members that exemplify and live our High FIVE values:

• Highest Quality:  Are you detailed-oriented and ensure the accuracy of your work
• Win together as a Family: Do you exceed expectations by being attentive and going above and beyond
• Unleash the Innovative Spirit: Are you passionate about finding solutions to streamline and enhance the way you and your peers work
• Be a Helpful Voice: Are you a positive person who wants to make an impact on others
• Every Individual Makes an Impact: Are you a go-getter who takes initiative and pride in your work

If you share our values we want you to be a part of our Alto-Shaam family!

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time