Product Manager

Product Manager

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a North American headquarters located in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company with a purpose to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, care givers, and customers across the globe. We do this through innovations in our Professional Hygiene, Personal Care, and Health & Medical business units that provide hygiene and health solutions to over a billion people every day worldwide.

Working at Essity is more than a career, it is where you will play your part in a better future, to improve well-being for people and have opportunities to drive positive change for society and the environment. As an employee at Essity, you will belong to a team where you feel valued, are safe, supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a friendly and open atmosphere.

About the Role

The Product Manager, Hand Towels North America is responsible for implementing the product strategy and executing tactical plans for a product assortment on a regional basis. Accountable for overseeing the product life cycle, supporting product strategies, and ensuring successful product launches. The role focuses on launch excellence, product management, and assortment optimization to ensure a competitive and profitable assortment. Working in a matrix organization, the job will collaborate with marketing, sales, innovation, R&D, sourcing, and manufacturing.

Additionally, the Product Manager assists in tracking key performance indicators (sales volume, revenues, spending, etc.), analyzing them against forecasts to identify areas where the sales performance of the brand/product/service needs to be improved. This position develops knowledge of the organization’s brands, products, services, and customers by working closely with senior Product/Brand Managers.

The ideal candidate should/could live in Philadelphia, PA.

We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk.

What You Will Do

Product Strategy & Vision

• Support the development of the product & portfolio strategy to achieve business results

• Assist in implementing strategic and tactical portfolio plans in line with regional business objectives

Product Lifecycle Management & Innovation

• Support the execution of Life Cycle Management from product launches to end of life in coordination with key departments

• Support product optimization and development initiatives to execute the product roadmap while ensuring manufacturability, reducing complexity, and driving cost/quality improvements

• Assist in implementing cost/quality/sustainability improvement projects

• Participate in innovation projects by providing customer & business input, developing project briefs, and defining value-based pricing attributes

Customer/Consumer/Channel Focus

• Collaborate across the full value chain (E2E from market to R&D) to achieve a competitive, optimized, and profitable assortment that meets strategic aspirations across geographies and channels

• Understand market needs across geographies and channels and support the implementation of agreed market requests based on approved business cases

• Capture customer and business insights to help shape the category

​ Activation & Planning

• Assist in developing and aligning launch plans, including defining KPIs

• Support market execution of product launches and post-launch follow-up. Track and report key performance indicators to ensure the achievement of launch targets

Product Management

• Manage the Phase-In, Phase-Out (PIPO) process, coordinating with sales, customer service, product supply, planning, and revenue management

• Ensure specifications of articles produced/sold comply with legal and regulatory demands

• Provide regional product support to stakeholders in the full value chain

Metrics and Performance Measurement

• Contribute to business success by analyzing product profitability impact and setting, tracking, and achieving category KPIs. Work with key stakeholders to take appropriate remedial actions

• Ensure pricing principles are implemented, working collaboratively with markets

Who You Are

• Bachelor's degree in business or relevant discipline

• Minimum Three (3) years of related experience); in a product or related Marketing role

• Proven Product and or Brand Marketing experience

• Ability to manage cross-functional teams within a matrix organization

• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills required

• Strong presentation skills required

• The ability to work independently

• Strong utilization of Microsoft products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and TEAMS

• Relevant (ideally B2B) business understanding

• Solid, practical communication skills (both written and verbal)

• Professional business acumen

• Ability to travel to domestic and international locations up to 20%

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Compensation and Benefits :

Expected Compensation

Competitive annual salary + annual incentive bonus + benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors such as knowledge, skills, and experience.

Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits :

• United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance

• Wellness program provided through Rally

• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution

• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance

• PTO offering with Paid Holidays

• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees.

Additional Information

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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Together, we are improving lives, every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place. With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.