Product Manager Trainee

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People , we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.

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Hanes Geo Components

Your Leading Supplier of Geosynthetic and Environmental Products and Solutions

As a division of Leggett & Platt, Hanes benefits from the resources and support of a global, engineered products manufacturer.

Through the acquisition of top companies, Hanes Geo Components has already established itself as a nationwide resource of product knowledge and supply. With Hanes' rapidly expanding network of regional distribution facilities across North America, chances are we have a service and stocking facility near you. Our premier product portfolio includes TerraTex geotextiles which have been of the highest quality for over 25 years. Whatever the specification requirements – AASHTO M288, NTPEP, Corp of Engineers or state DOT – you can be confident that Hanes Geo Components has the best certifiable fabrics in the geotextile industry.

Learn more about Hanes Geo Components:

Hanes Companies, a division of Leggett & Platt (Member of S&P 500), is seeking a Management Trainee.

This supply chain focused position is a great opportunity for someone to learn our business and match their skill set with career growth opportunities in mind. You will work directly with key management personnel to learn the business and will make business decisions that will influence the company’s overall performance. Domestic and international travel will be required to help build relationships and drive strategic growth. 

Objectives:

• Fine tune working capital management skills
• Establish and execute market and product strategies
• Develop key supplier and customer relationships
• Sharpen negotiating, marketing and selling skill sets

Day-to-day Duties:

• Forecast demand and purchase products needed in line with market service expectations
• Apply negotiation skills
• Analyze product costs vs. market pricing
• Drive product positioning that optimizes sales growth and profitability
• Link customer product requirements with supplier capabilities and production schedules
• Monitor daily orders; recognize and implement improvements to order fulfillment
• Work closely with sales staff to update customers’ product demand, product quality requirements and new product development needs
• Coordinate new product development and new market development efforts
• Assess customer quality requirements and implement suggested improvements in product and service quality
• Other duties as assigned

We will provide training on our products, markets, and inventory management methods.

A bachelor’s degree in a business related field of study is required. Candidates must have strong analytical skills and be able to effectively communicate. Competitive salary and benefits offered: health/dental/vision insurance, 401-K, and discounted stock program.

Please visit our website at to learn more about Hanes.

Hanes Companies is a people-first organization dedicated to providing a complete benefits package for our employees and their families. Benefits include health/dental/vision insurance, retirement savings with company match, discount stock plan, paid time off, paid holidays, employee assistance program, gym reimbursement, education reimbursement, and many more!

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