Product Manager

The Product Manager – Multi-Cook & Quick Chillers owns the strategy, portfolio, and commercial performance of Alto-Shaam’s 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 MarketServe 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 analysis2. Product PositioningOwn pricing strategy for new and existing products — setting and defending list, options, and discountDefine 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 PortfolioOwn 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 PerformanceOwn 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.