Associate Product Manager

Shift: 1st shift

City: Solon

Swagelok, Northeast Ohio, USA

Swagelok is a global organization and one of the largest employers of manufacturing talent in Northeast Ohio. We are driven by our core values of Quality, Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Customer Focus, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement, which are demonstrated through our daily actions. For over 75 years, our dedication to our core values has been the foundation for our success. Our products have been up into space, down to the bottom of the ocean, and everywhere in between. That same dedication spans to our customers.

Throughout our organization we demonstrate a commitment to these values and those we bring onboard. Whether you want to grow in your role or explore broad opportunities and develop new skills—you’ll thrive in a culture that promotes learning and development.

We strive to be a company where we all can do our best work with a true sense of purpose and belonging.

Be Connected. Be Valued. Be You.

We hope you’ll consider joining our team.

Position Summary:

The Associate Product Manager leads the development and execution of strategic plans for assigned product lines. The Associate Product Manager collaborates internally and externally to help drive profitable growth by actively managing Swagelok’s product offering, pricing and promotional strategy. Associate Product Managers support technology trend mapping to help determine product or service requirements desired by the customers to create and maintain a leading market position.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Supports the development of product vision statements, that incorporate customer, market, and competitive perspectives, as well as overall business strategy
• Owns development of product segmentation and product family roadmaps for their respective product lines
• Supports cross functional development of product strategy to achieve overall growth and profitability objectives
• Owns development and administration of product portfolios of current and future needs for their respective product lines
• Supports establishment of growth and profitability metrics for product line
• Supports product line assessment process by compiling customer feedback and financial information
• Monitors competitive product line and technology trends within target market segments and applications. (product/price/place/promotion)
• Gathers market insights on competition through internal testing, and external literature, pricing, & social media reviews to develop value proposition statements for our product lines
• Executes product management processes to gather and document customer, channel, and business insights used to establish product strategies.
• Assists in development and delivery of user insight reports for Product Line Managers.
• Works with organization to develop cost models, research projects and data set development building views of product cost and capacity constraints
• Supports efforts to improve KPIs
• Supports marketing function for corporate projects
• Product line support for sales and profitability analytics
• Manages notification of change process
• Owns price change initiatives for their respective product lines

Approximate # of direct reports: n/a

Budget responsibility: n/a

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in a related field is preferred, with a minimum of 3 years experience with various aspects of Swagelok (or similar company) such as product engineering, manufacturing, customer operations, and marketing. Field sales experience is beneficial, but not required.

In lieu of degree, 7 years of experience is required.

Skills: Excellent written and oral communication skills. Excellent project management and planning ability. Above average ability to prioritize and focus efforts to achieve goals. Basic Microsoft Office Skills including MS Project.

Critical Competencies:

• Business Knowledge: Organizational Awareness, Customer Focus, Swagelok Product Knowledge, Knowledge and understanding of the basic design and operation of fluid systems, Project Management
• Communication: Listening, Feedback, Oral Presentation, Influence, Written Communication
• Interpersonal: Approachability, Presence, Drive to Accomplish, Maturity
• Leadership: Integrity, Flexibility, Embraces Change
• Teamwork: Teamwork
• Critical Thinking: Decisive, Deals with Ambiguity, Continuously Learns, Cognitive Ability, Solutions-Oriented, Analytical
• Work Habits: Results Oriented, Detail Orientation, Time Management, Passion, Quality, Manages Effectively Through Systems

Working Conditions and/or Physical Requirements:

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.

Swagelok provides a comprehensive package of valuable benefits called Total Rewards focused on health and wellness, compensation, retirement planning, and supplemental rewards.

To apply:

1. Click ‘Apply Now’ to the role of interest, upload your resume and complete the application.
2. Those that match our qualifications will be contacted to schedule a phone interview.

Congratulations on taking the first step to Be Connected. Be Valued. Be You.

Swagelok is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are selected without regard to race, ethnicity, creed, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, pregnancy-related medical conditions, age, national origin or ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran/military status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

Swagelok will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, and Ohio state law.

This job summary is intended to be brief and does not list all the duties for this position. Nothing in this job description should be construed as an express or implied contract of employment. Swagelok is an at-will employer, which means that either party is free to terminate the employment relationship at any time, without any advanced notice, for any reason or no reason.