Product Manager - Valves Strainers Filters - Flow Control

Hayward Flow Control Sales Team PositionHayward Flow Control, a division of Hayward Industries, is a leading manufacturer of industrial thermoplastic valves, actuators, filters, strainers, pumps, bulkhead fittings and controllers for use in water & wastewater treatment, chemical processing, aquatics, and many other industrial process applications. Hayward Flow Control is an ISO 9001:2008 Certified manufacturer.With a rich history in thermoplastics manufacturing, Hayward Flow Control has been a leader in the industrial flow control sector for over 100 years, renowned for our commitment to quality, innovation, and customer success. We are looking for a passionate and driven individual to join our sales team and contribute to our continued growth.Responsibilities:Strategic Planning: Develop and update 3-year product line business plans and 5-year product portfolio plans aligned with company objectives and direction.Product Lifecycle Management: Manage the product development pipeline, champion new product development, and lead successful market introductions for assigned product lines.Business Management: Conduct market and competitive analyses and develop strategies to maximize Hayward's position in the market while delivering on sales, profit, and market share goals. Pricing Management will be a critical part of the role.Market Leadership: Represent Hayward to our markets as the expert for assigned product lines, capturing Voice of Customer through research and customer engagement.Market Intelligence: Monitors market changes and marketing needs, competitors' product technology changes and manufacturing processes to recognize market opportunities for new or expanding productsCollaboration: Work with sales, marketing, accounting and engineering, to ensure that product strategies are aligned with company objectives.Marketing Support: Guide the creation of collateral marketing campaigns, and website presence to support product line strategy and new product launches. Work with marketing to develop budgets for all product line related activities.Qualifications:Bachelor's degree. (Engineering, Marketing or Business, MBA preferred.)Minimum 5 years of product management experienceExperience in the industrial sector, preferably in the flow control industryExperience in new product development and new product introductionsStrong Project Management experienceLEAN training or experienceHistory of successful product introductions that met or exceeded company financial objectives.Strong business acumen and reporting skills, with knowledge of marketing, engineering, sales and operations functions, and a history of working with cross-functional teams.Strong presentation skills with the ability to communicate within all levels of the organization, as well as to customers. Travel: Position requires 30%-35% travel. This includes travel to Hayward customers and end users / job sites, R&D partners, trade shows and industry partners.