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The Senior Purchasing Manager is a strategic leader responsible for developing, executing, and optimizing sourcing and procurement strategies across protein commodities (chicken and beef), ingredients, and packaging materials. This role manages volatile commodity markets, negotiates complex agreements, mitigates supply risk, and leads cross-functional initiatives to ensure continuity of supply and long-term value creation. This leader partners closely with Marketing, R&D, Operations, QA, and Finance to support innovation from concept through commercialization—translating consumer insights into sourcing strategies, qualifying differentiated suppliers, and accelerating speed-to-market. The Senior Purchasing Manager drives cost savings through total cost of ownership (TCO) management, maintains strong supplier performance, and supports business growth through effective category management and team leadership.

What You'll Do:

• Develop multi-year category strategies for proteins, ingredients, and packaging aligned with business goals.
• Analyze commodity markets (e.g., USDA data, feed costs, live cattle/poultry, resin and pulp indices) and model impacts on standard costs.
• Create should-cost models and TCO analyses that include yield, conversion, freight, packaging line efficiency, and waste.
• Identify alternate materials, suppliers, and qualification paths to improve cost, service, quality, and sustainability.
• Own category playbooks (risk maps, sourcing roadmaps, supplier segmentation, and governance).
• Lead RFI/RFQ/RFP processes; define specifications and evaluate bids using scenario and sensitivity analyses.
• Manage end-to-end procurement lifecycle from requisition through contract execution and change control.
• Select optimal pricing mechanisms (indexed, fixed, formula/hybrid) by category dynamics; manage forward buys and hedging alignment as applicable.
• Establish dual-sourcing and continuity plans for high-risk materials and sites.
• Ensure ethical sourcing and compliance with corporate policies and documentation standards.
• Negotiate commercial terms including pricing, volumes, service levels (OTIF), lead times, payment terms, and escalation/de-escalation clauses.
• Draft, review, and administer supply agreements, statements of work, and amendments in partnership with Legal and Finance.
• Monitor contract compliance and implement corrective actions and continuous improvement measures.
• Embed quality, food safety, regulatory, ESG/sustainability, and traceability requirements into agreements.
• Build strategic relationships and conduct quarterly business reviews with key suppliers across proteins, ingredients, and packaging.
• Implement supplier scorecards covering cost, quality, delivery (OTIF), innovation, service, and sustainability.
• Resolve escalations (capacity constraints, quality deviations, food safety or labeling issues, logistics disruptions).
• Drive innovation and value engineering with suppliers (spec optimization, right-weighting, mono-material designs, alternative inputs).
• Partner with demand/supply planning and operations to align forecasts, MPS/MRP signals, and inventory targets.
• Support S&OP with market outlooks, risk assessments, and mitigation strategies; communicate impacts to Finance and Operations.
• Proactively manage supply risks (e.g., animal health events, tariffs, weather/drought, labor shortages, transportation bottlenecks).
• Coordinate new product introductions, reformulations, and packaging changes with R&D, QA, and manufacturing.
• Develop detailed cost models for proteins (yields, trim values), ingredients (actives, concentration), and packaging (materials, conversion, scrap).
• Track and communicate market indices (grain, cattle, poultry, resins, paper) and inflationary/deflationary trends.
• Build and deliver annual productivity pipelines (VA/VE, specification rationalization, supplier consolidation, logistics optimization).
• Own annual procurement budgeting and standard cost setting; report variances and mitigation actions to leadership.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of buyers/category specialists and analysts.
• Set objectives, manage performance, and build capabilities in negotiation, analytics, and SRM.
• Champion process discipline and adoption of tools (ERP, e-sourcing, contract repository, dashboards).
• Foster a culture of safety, ethics, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Partner closely with Marketing to support innovation roadmaps, brand renovations, and product launches from concept to commercialization.
• Source ingredients, proteins, and packaging aligned with consumer trends, claims (e.g., clean label, sustainability), and brand positioning.
• Participate in stage-gate, concept reviews, and commercialization meetings to ensure supplier/material readiness and timelines are met.
• Identify and qualify suppliers that provide unique capabilities (innovative ingredients, sustainable packaging, proprietary processes) that enable marketing-led differentiation.
• Perform feasibility and should-cost analyses during early concept phases and provide market outlooks to guide pricing strategy and margin targets.
• Coordinate with Regulatory/QA to validate claims, labeling, certifications, and compliance implications early in the development cycle.
• Other duties as assigned or necessary.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

• Productivity savings ($ and % of addressable spend) and TCO improvements
• Cost avoidance and variance vs. budget/standard
• Service and quality: OTIF, ppm/defects, corrective action closure time
• Contract coverage and policy compliance
• Innovation impact: time-to-market adherence, launch OTIF, supplier-enabled innovations, sustainable material adoption

What You'll Need:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive procurement/strategic sourcing experience with direct ownership of ingredients, and packaging categories.
• Demonstrated mastery of supply chain planning fundamentals, purchasing contract management, best purchasing practices, SRM, TCO, cost modeling, and negotiations.
• Proven success leading teams and cross-functional initiatives (including Marketing, R&D, QA, Operations, Finance) in fast-paced environments.
• Advanced analytical and financial acumen; proficiency with Excel/Sheets and data visualization.
• ERP/MRP experience (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Infor) and familiarity with e-sourcing tools.
• Onsite ability required; fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines.
• Occasional travel (5–10%) for supplier visits, plant audits, industry events, and cross-functional meetings.

Preferred:

• MBA or advanced degree in supply chain or related discipline.
• Professional certifications such as CPSM, CSCP, CPIM.
• Experience in food manufacturing, CPG, foodservice/QSR environments.
• Working knowledge of quality and food safety standards (e.g., HACCP, SQF/BRC), labeling/claims, and sustainability frameworks relevant to packaging.

Core Competencies:

• Strategic thinking and category management
• Advanced negotiation and influence
• Supplier relationship management and governance
• Financial acumen and data-driven decision-making
• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement
• Innovation mindset; ability to translate consumer/brand insights into sourcing strategies
• Project management and stage-gate commercialization support
• Risk management, problem solving, and resilience
• Operational excellence and process discipline
• Leadership and talent development

Healthy, Diverse Teams Breed Innovation:

Kevin's Natural Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We deeply believe that diverse backgrounds and experiences make better teams, and we seek to attract talent from all walks of life. The team at Kevin's is smart, humble, and passionate and we value a work environment that fosters personal development and opportunities to move within our small, but quickly growing organization.

More About Kevin's Natural Foods:

Kevin's Natural Foods is a line of refrigerated and frozen meals, sides, soups, and sauces on a mission to empower even the busiest people to eat clean without sacrificing flavor. Co-founded by Kevin McCray who battled an auto-immune disorder for years, Kevin's Natural Foods was born from his desire to make clean eating seamlessly fit into any lifestyle. Shockingly delicious and made with clean ingredients, Kevin's products are ready in minutes and always free from gluten, soy, and refined sugar.

In 2023, Kevin's Natural Foods joined the Mars Food & Nutrition family, allowing us to expand our reach, accelerate innovation, and bring our mission to even more households while staying true to the quality and integrity that define our brand. A true market disruptor, Kevin's is the first clean refrigerated entrée brand working to prove every day that proper nutrition can be as delicious as it is healthy.

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Our client, an apparel company, is looking for a Senior Merchandiser to join their team in NYC!

Responsibilities

• Own the merchandising strategy for licensed and graphic T-shirt programs, driving cohesive, brand-right assortments that align with retailer needs and consumer demand.
• Build and manage seasonal line plans, identifying key items, price points, and volume drivers while clearly defining whitespace opportunities across accounts.
• Leverage strong understanding of licensing requirements, approvals, and brand standards to ensure licensed product is commercially relevant and executed accurately.
• Partner closely with design and graphics teams to guide artwork direction, graphic placement, and storytelling that supports both brand identity and sell-through.
• Analyze retailer assortments, competitive landscapes, and consumer behavior to uncover assortment gaps and growth opportunities by channel and account.
• Customize assortments and SMU programs for specific retailers, ensuring differentiation while maintaining brand and license integrity.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with sales, production, sourcing, and planning to align product strategy with cost targets, delivery timelines, and margin goals.
• Track in-season performance and selling data, making informed recommendations to chase, replenish, or refine future assortments.
• Manage SKU counts, flow, and product lifecycle in a high-volume, fast-turn graphic tee environment.
• Mentor junior merchandisers and serve as a key decision-maker within the product creation process.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of merchandising experience within licensed apparel, graphic T-shirts, or related categories.
• Proven expertise in building strong, commercially successful lines with clear differentiation and storytelling.
• Deep understanding of licensing processes, approvals, and brand guidelines across major entertainment, lifestyle, or sports licenses.
• Strong ability to identify and capitalize on whitespace opportunities across a variety of retailers and channels.
• Experience working with mass, specialty, and/or off-price retailers, with a solid grasp of their pricing, volume, and assortment strategies.
• Highly analytical with strong business acumen and the ability to balance creativity with financial performance.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and collaboration skills in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Confident decision-maker with the ability to influence cross-functional partners.
• Advanced proficiency in line planning tools and Microsoft Excel; PLM experience a plus.

Visual Merchandiser

Because you bring fashion to life

Here at Primark, we love to do things our way. We help our customers keep up with high fashion at affordable prices. Our strong values run through everything we do. We’re caring, dynamic and we succeed together. There’s real accountability and ownership here as the creative ambassador for visual merchandising. If you thrive on creativity, apply now to be a Visual Merchandiser!

What will I be doing?

As a Visual Merchandise, you will be the creative ambassador for the visual merchandising in your store. You will deliver an inspiring visual proposition for the Primark brand, driving commerciality to enhance the customer experience and maximise sales. Here is how it looks in action:

• Partner with the Visual Merchandising Manager and Store Manager to deliver high visual standards that exceed customer experience and inspire a great store environment
• Reflect the local Primark customer in the latest trends through excellent product presentation, windows, and mannequin styling, while adhering to Primark guidelines
• Review and adapt displays making sure they are commercially successful and relevant to the local customer and refresh with alternative products if key pieces become unavailable
• Champion visual merchandising best practices and principles to create displays that reflect the latest trends and influence the customer journey
• Utilize knowledge of stock and availability to support customer queries and provide excellent customer service and style advice
• Provide consultation and advice to colleagues to support the visual proposition throughout the store
• Launch all new campaigns across the store, effectively, adhering to store guidelines and utilizing input for your line manager
• Support with management meeting and colleague team huddles, providing regular updates on key visual trends, campaigns, and upcoming visual merchandising activities for the week
• Maintain all pricing tickets, pictures and poster POS are in line with company POS guidelines

Who you are:

We love fashion and amazing our customers with our visual displays and that starts with you! Your eye for detail, fashion, trends, and style will be exceptional, along with your passion for the creative aspect of this role. Your experience and skills will include:

• Previous retail and visual merchandising experience.
• Excellent creative skills that deliver an impactful visual proposition that maximise sales.
• Great people skills with an ability to build and maintain credible working relationships with colleagues.
• The ability to be proactive and able to plan work independently and to prioritize work.
• Ability to work with tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Strong service focus with experience of delivering excellent customer experience while maintaining high retail standards.
• Strong interest in fashion and the latest trends.
• You’re a team player with high levels of motivation, a positive attitude and willingness to learn

Excited? Good. Because it’s energising to put your skills to work, in a growing global business committed to helping people express themselves – and feel a sense of belonging.

We encourage all our people to grow, learn, and develop. Apply today to join us as a Visual Merchandiser!

The pay range for this role is: $22-$26

This is a good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The base pay rate offered will account for internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region of work, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors.

Our fashion isn’t one-size-fits-all and neither is our culture. Primark promotes equal employment opportunity, we strive to create an inclusive workplace where people can be themselves, access opportunities and thrive together.

Primark is an equal opportunity employer. Primark does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Primark is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please email with your request. This email is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.

Role: Supply Chain Manager

Industry: Energy Storage / Advanced Materials / Clean Energy

Location: Alameda, San Francisco

Compensation: Competitive base + equity + benefits

This is a compelling opportunity for a hands-on Supply Chain Manager to design, build, and scale the end-to-end supply chain for a fast-growing electrolyte technology startup. Anthro Energy is developing breakthrough battery materials and preparing for rapid scale-up toward commercialization.

You will play a foundational role in shaping core operational systems—owning day-to-day execution while building the long-term processes needed to support R&D, pilot manufacturing, and future production growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own procurement of raw materials, equipment, and supplies, ensuring reliable and cost-effective sourcing
• Coordinate inbound and outbound logistics, including freight, shipping, and customs activities
• Support production planning and scheduling to align material availability with operational needs
• Implement and manage inventory systems; maintain accurate records of inventory, shipments, and deliveries
• Work closely with suppliers to track orders, resolve quality issues, and prevent disruptions to R&D or manufacturing
• Build and manage supplier relationships; negotiate pricing, terms, and contracts
• Establish internal processes for incoming quality control and material handling
• Introduce tools, systems, and KPIs to improve supply chain efficiency and support rapid scale-up and commercialization

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Operations, or a related field
• 4+ years of experience driving supply chain, logistics, or operations initiatives
• Experience supporting supply chains in advanced materials, chemicals, manufacturing, or energy storage environments
• Familiarity with ERP or supply chain management software and ability to implement digital tools
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to balance tactical execution and strategic planning
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and problem-solving abilities

Preferred Experience:

• Experience operating in early-stage or high-growth startup environments
• Familiarity with Mandarin or Korean
• Exposure to pilot-scale manufacturing or commercialization readiness
• Advanced degree for senior-level candidates

Who You Are:

• Hands-on, resourceful, and excited to build systems from the ground up
• Comfortable rolling up your sleeves while thinking several steps ahead
• Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Ownership-driven with a bias toward execution
• Motivated by building impactful clean energy technology

Regional Editor, Metals Recycling - The Americas

Location: Houston, US

Travel: Industry events and client engagement across the Americas

Compensation: Strong base salary + performance-linked bonus + comprehensive benefits

Lead the most commercially significant metals portfolio in the business.

This is a high-impact leadership role within a globally respected market intelligence organisation. You will shape regional strategy, lead a team of market experts and influence benchmark pricing across North America’s.

Why This Business

A globally respected organisation who delivers critical benchmark pricing and market intelligence across commodities markets worldwide. Its data underpins trading, risk management and commercial decision-making for major industry participants.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead and develop a team of six price reporters, driving editorial quality and pricing integrity across the Americas
• Shape and execute regional strategy, aligning with global growth objectives and benchmark expansion plans
• Champion IOSCO-compliant pricing methodologies, ensuring accuracy, audit readiness and market trust
• Engage senior market participants, including C-suite stakeholders, to strengthen adoption and industry credibility

What You’ll Bring

• Minimum three years’ experience within a price reporting agency, with strong exposure to metals recycling markets
• Proven leadership capability, with experience coaching, developing and retaining high-performing editorial teams
• Deep understanding of benchmark pricing processes and market engagement strategy
• Confidence operating at senior stakeholder level internally and externally

Who This Suits

You’re an experienced pricing editor ready to step into broader regional ownership. You combine editorial authority with commercial awareness and are comfortable influencing senior industry leaders. You lead through clarity and standards, not volume, and take pride in developing others while strengthening market credibility.

You want strategic visibility, autonomy to shape regional coverage and the platform to influence globally recognised benchmarks.

Apply now for a confidential conversation with Walker Lovell.

New Product Development Manager (Consumer Goods)

St. Paul, MN (On-site, In Person)

Before You Read Further (Important)

• This is a hands-on, roll up your sleeves, execution-heavy role — not a strategy-only or coordination position.
• You must be hungry, humble and people smart. Non-negotiable.
• This is not a software, SaaS, app, or digital product role.

About Wrap-It Storage

We’re Wrap-It Storage — a fast-growing, family-owned consumer goods brand on a mission to help people Get Untangled! We’re an industry leader in innovative, problem-solving organization products, with solutions sold in major retailers and online. We’re a lean but mighty team where ideas move fast — from sketch to store shelves (and online) — without corporate clutter slowing things down.

The Role

We’re hiring a proactive, hands-on, design-minded New Product Development Manager to own the day-to-day execution of our physical product development process.

This is a builder role, not a coordinator role.

You will:

• Work directly with overseas factories
• Negotiate pricing, MOQs, tooling, and lead times
• Push projects forward when things stall
• ·Partner tightly with design, operations, and sales to hit deadlines
• Do whatever needs to be done to get products over the finish line

You will create structure, not wait for it.

Because we manufacture overseas, this role requires occasional evening communication to keep projects moving across time zones.

If you’re a self-starter who takes initiative, brings clarity to complexity, and has an eye for clean, cohesive product design — we want you on the team!

What You’ll Do

• Build new product development processes and timelines — you own the system
• Drive accountability and keep cross-functional teams aligned to deadlines
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, and operations to define project timelines and requirements
• Ensure product aesthetics, packaging, and overall execution are consistent with the Wrap-It brand
• Work proactively with overseas partners to maintain momentum, solve problems, and accelerate development
• Negotiate with suppliers to achieve competitive pricing while ensuring product quality
• Identify risks early and implement solutions before they cause delays
• Special projects as required (which is a fancy way of saying “other stuff we can’t think of right now”).

What You Bring

• 3–5+ years experience in consumer goods product development
• Demonstrated ability to build and lead project structure — not just follow it

·      Confidence in holding others accountable and driving results

·      Strong eye for design and brand cohesion

• Self-starter attitude: you see what needs to happen and make it happen
• Superior organizational skills
• Exceptional communication — direct, clear, timely, and solution-focused
• Comfortable with occasional evening work to stay in sync with overseas partners
• Skilled in Microsoft Office (primarily Excel & PowerPoint)

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• You’ll shape how new products are built and launched — real ownership
• Your ideas will be implemented quickly and visible everywhere our products sell
• A growth stage company with huge runway — your impact will grow with us
• A team culture built on trust, humor, and problem-solving (we take work seriously, not ourselves )

In Short: You’ll help launch the next generation of Wrap-It Storage products and make a big impact on a growing team—without the big company bureaucracy slowing you down.

Company Benefits

• Health Insurance
• HSA
• Dental Insurance
• Retirement Plan w/ Company Match
• Paid Time Off

Global Product Manager - Hardgoods

This role follows a hybrid work schedule, with in-office days on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at our Cypress, CA location, and remote work on Monday and Friday.

WE ARE SPEEDO

The world's leading swimwear brand, Speedo is passionate about life in and around the water. The brand's heritage of innovation derives from its leadership in competitive swimming, where more Olympic Gold Medals have been won in Speedo than any other brand. Unmatched in performance, fit and feel, we are also America’s #1 goggle brand.

From the first splash, to every stroke, the genuine love and excitement we have working with the water is what creates exciting and meaningful relationships.

Speedo is not where we work, but is who we are.

It’s watching a baby in the pool for the first time or our athletes make history. What we do is sacred to us and our connection to the rest of water lovers around the world. Driven by the challenge, not the glory. At Speedo, it is never enough to be good at what you do; you have to love what you do.

Speedo is a part of the Pentland Brands Limited Family.

We are Pentland Brands, a global family business bringing some of the most loved active and footwear brands to millions of people around the world.

We own Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand, Endura, Mitre, ellesse, Red or Dead and we’re the UK licensee for Kickers and have a joint venture partnership for Lacoste footwear. Our products are available in over 190 countries and are sold either directly by Group companies or are represented by licensees and distributors.

All our brands have their own unique identities and every one of them is powered by Pentland. We have more than 1,200 employees worldwide and we’re always on the lookout for talented, enthusiastic people to help shape our future.

We celebrate differences and give everyone the freedom to innovate and develop, be it through creative working environments or learning opportunities. Our brands are there in the moments that matter - being there for more people, in more of those moments, drives everything we do.

At Pentland, we’re guided by four principles, we use these to make sure we’re not only doing a great job, but we’re doing it in the right way:

• Success is a team game
• With clarity and courage
• Better as standard
• In good conscience

We believe in building brands for the world to love, generation after generation. Your potential is our potential and together we can build and grow brands that last.

KEY PURPOSE:

The Global Product Manager - Hardgoods is responsible for building and maintaining Speedo’s global range within designated categories. This includes maintaining and growing current business, briefing and building new lines based on market opportunities and brand positioning, fostering key relationships internally and in the marketplace.

Additionally, this role will enhance brand values and deliver key performance metrics, style efficiency targets, and sales margin objectives.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Deliver seasonal line plans aligned with overall brand and business strategy, highlighting global development opportunities, proposed costs, unique sales opportunities, and ensuring brand consistency across categories.
• Manage assigned product categories from concept to commercialization, including line plan updates, style setup, range briefs for new products and packaging, and development of competitive pricing structures that meet corporate goals.
• Collaborate with planners to ensure SKU counts, margins, and budget parameters are achieved.
• Analyze global sales histories, patterns, and industry trends; assess market size, structure, and dynamics to inform range development decisions.

• Coordinate key activities to ensure process and execute on time against agreed timelines with design and operations.
• Partner with Regional Merchandising teams and Commercial Leads to ensure product viability throughout the process, procure and maintain global forecasts, plan revenue growth against targets, and preline with sales in markets.
• Work closely with Asia Product Development to identify innovative solutions and technically advanced product ideas; prepare business cases where appropriate and maintain awareness of manufacturing environments and cost structures.
• Understand production lead times and collaborate with Asia teams to ensure on-time deliveries and adherence to the two-season development calendar.
• Partner with Marketing to communicate product features and packaging requirements internally and externally; execute seasonal packaging, collateral, and workbooks.
• Ensure product marketing is clear, compelling, and effective across print and web. Provide a seasonal launch package for all global sales teams.
• Ensure all design and packaging briefs are delivered on time to support timely product launches.
• Collaborate with Commercial teams and Regional Merchandising to provide quality input into the range brief and product development. Ensure teams are well-trained and fully briefed on product details.
• Engage with consumers and retailers to identify innovative solutions to market needs; maintain strong market understanding.
• Conduct market research, including analysis of consumer trends and on-site visits to observe consumer end use environments (pool and/or beach).
• Maintain in-depth competitive analysis of all categories in all channels of distribution and maintain a competitive sample/item library.
• Support in-field product testing to improve product development and benefit the sell-in process.
• Present product ranges, offers and ideas externally at retail, internally at sales conferences domestic and international.
• Partner with Marketing to deliver sell-in and sell-through assets; manage briefs, follow-ups, and track progress against deadlines for catalogs, tech sheets, and other deliverables.
• Drive product-marketing projects from concept through commercialization, ensuring alignment with calendar deadlines and timely handoffs.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years’ experience in product merchandising or product management.
• Ability to work independently and within a team environment.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent time management and communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite.
• Knowledge or experience in swimming is a plus.

Pay Range: $85,000 - $95,000 annually

Base pay is a portion of our total compensation package and determined within a range that allows growth and development within your role. Your base pay will be determined based on experience, skills and qualifications.

Pentland Brands and Speedo are equal opportunity employers and considers all applicants for employment on the basis of their individual capabilities and qualifications, consistent with applicable law and without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military status or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law. In addition to complying with all applicable laws, we have a strong corporate commitment to inclusion, diversity and to ensuring that all current and future associates are compensated solely on job-related factors such as skill, ability, educational background, work quality, experience and potential. To achieve these goals, applicants are asked not to disclose salary history information.

Sr. Product Development Manager

Position Overview
Our client in the automotive accessories industry is looking for a Senior Product Development Manager. This is a full-time, onsite role. The position begins as soon as early-mid April and is a long-term, permanent hire.

This role is HYBRID, onsite, in Richmond, IL M-Th. WFH Friday.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the full front-end product development process from ideation through validation, development, and handoff for commercialization
• Lead concept creation, competitive analysis, and early-stage innovation for key automotive accessory categories (seat covers, steering wheel covers, cushions, floor mats, mobile accessories)
• Develop complete product briefs, determine feasibility, and guide designers through early stages of product creation
• Build and present business cases including pricing, margin targets, positioning, and financial analysis
• Partner with global suppliers and factories to develop prototypes, optimize cost structures, and ensure manufacturability
• Approve prototypes and oversee all aspects of testing, quality, compliance, and packaging
• Ensure projects meet timeline, cost, and quality targets throughout a 4-Stage Gate process (Ideate -- Validate -- Develop -- Commercialize)
• Collaborate closely with marketing on launch tiers and go-to-market strategy (Gold/Silver/etc.)
• Lead portfolio strategy by managing both new product development and existing product improvements
• Identify cost savings, margin enhancements, and line optimization opportunities post-launch
• Provide leadership and potential direction to a small team based in Richmond and Australia (future direct reports)
• Support the organizations shift from an in-store product mindset to a digital-first product strategy
• Report directly to the VP of Product

Qualifications

• Proven ability to develop, launch, scale, innovative products. 
• 10+ years in product development, product management, or category management.
• Experience working within a stage gate or NPD product development process.
• Prior leadership experience leading teams.

In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.