Job Description
Job Title: Assistant Product Portfolio Manager
Location: Onsite Shelton CT
Type: Direct Hire Full Time
Salary: $65-78K DOE Plus discretionary Bonus and Excellent Benefits
Type: Direct Hire Full Time
Salary: $65-78K DOE Plus discretionary Bonus and Excellent Benefits
Job Summary:
Working under the direction of Product Management, the Assistant Product Manager supports and manages assigned new product development, product line extension, and commercialization projects from concept through launch and throughout the product lifecycle.
This role works closely with Sales, RD&E, Marketing/Branding, Customer Experience (CX), Quality, Operations, and other cross-functional teams to support customer and market needs, product profitability, successful product launches, and overall business growth.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Support the Product Portfolio Manager with new product development, product line extensions, and commercialization projects from concept through launch, including product briefs, assigned projects, timelines, prototypes, samples, and deliverables.
- Partner with RD&E and cross-functional teams, including Sales, Marketing/Branding, CX, Quality, and Operations, to evaluate product feasibility, coordinate development activities, resolve challenges, and support timely launches.
- Support Sales and customer-facing activities by working directly with Sales Managers and participating in customer meetings, innovation sessions, plant visits, and trade shows.
- Translate customer feedback and market insights into potential product development and business opportunities.
- Conduct market and competitive research to identify industry trends, customer needs, pricing information, portfolio gaps, and new business opportunities.
- Maintain competitive analyses, cross-references, category matrices, and other market intelligence tools.
- Prepare pre-development NCMs, margin analyses, reports, and recommendations to support product, customer, and business decisions.
- Manage prototype, sample, and product information, including historical RP/prototype tracking, sample coordination, competitive samples, and accurate product information within applicable systems.
- Support and continuously improve product management processes and systems, including Salesforce, PSF, Epicor, SOPs, project trackers, and checklists, to improve visibility, consistency, and efficiency.
- Partner with Marketing/Branding and internal teams on product launches and related communications.
- Support the development of product training, photoshoots and videos, application ideas, presentations, sales materials, catalogs, carton artwork, and other product launch materials.
- Travel domestically approximately 5%–10%.
- Perform other duties as assigned by Product Management.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- None.
Safety
- Comply with the Environmental, Health & Safety (EH&S) Policy and all applicable regulatory and company EH&S rules and requirements.
- Report unsafe conditions, practices, or situations that may adversely impact the environment to management or supervision to ensure prompt resolution of potential hazards.
Product Safety and Quality
- Follow all applicable Product Safety and Quality standards.
- Follow FDA Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) related to food-contact packaging as applicable to the position.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Management, or a related field.
- Understanding of engineering terminology is a plus.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Experience with Salesforce, Pardot, SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams preferred.
- Ability to read, understand, and interpret technical and financial information.
- Ability to apply mathematical and statistical concepts to sales forecasting and financial analysis.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze complex data and develop data-driven conclusions.
- Strong organizational, project management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and manage multiple projects and priorities.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
About Us
Founded in 2010, Top Prospect Group specializes in connecting high-quality candidates with top-tier clients. In 2023, we joined HW Staffing Solutions, expanding our national footprint across manufacturing, engineering, logistics, and technology.
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Shelton, CT |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 20 to 49 employees |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.topprospectgroup.com/ |
About Company
Top Prospect Group founders and management team offer more than 75 years of combined experience in Information Technology, Creative & Marketing, and Finance & Accounting staffing and solutions. Our fundamental goal is to build successful relationships resulting in accurate job and prospect representations. We meet with those we work with face-to-face to garner a better understanding of candidate or client requirements. By leveraging our experience and market insight, we are able to provide a more consistent recruitment process. Motivated by a partnership philosophy, our staff possesses a deep understanding of how to forge mutually beneficial long-term relationships. We believe in what we do and continuously strive for excellence.
Skills
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Brand Marketing (Branding)unmatched
- Business Growthunmatched
- Competitive Analysis/Strategyunmatched
- Competitive Researchunmatched
- Consumer Brandingunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Customer Experienceunmatched
- Customer Relationsunmatched
- Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
- Customer/Client Researchunmatched
- Data Analysisunmatched
- Engineeringunmatched
- Environmental Complianceunmatched
- Environmental Healthunmatched
- Environmental Impactunmatched
- Feasibility Analysisunmatched
- Financial Analysisunmatched
- Industry/Trade Analysisunmatched
- Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
- Investment Managementunmatched
- Logisticsunmatched
- Manufacturingunmatched
- Market Researchunmatched
- Marketingunmatched
- Mathematicsunmatched
- Microsoft Access Databaseunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Microsoft Officeunmatched
- Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
- Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
- Microsoft SharePointunmatched
- Microsoft Wordunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Operational Auditunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Pricingunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Product Developmentunmatched
- Product Lifecycleunmatched
- Product Managementunmatched
- Product Profitabilityunmatched
- Product Supportunmatched
- Product Testingunmatched
- Product/Service Launchunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Prototypingunmatched
- Regulationsunmatched
- Research & Development (R&D)unmatched
- Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
- Salesunmatched
- Sales Forecastingunmatched
- Sales Managementunmatched
- Sales Presentationunmatched
- Sales Supportunmatched
- Sales Trainingunmatched
- Salesforce.comunmatched
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)unmatched
- Team Lead/Managerunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- Trade Showsunmatched
- Trend Analysisunmatched
- Willing to Travelunmatched
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