Head of Product Management and

Hands-On Product Manager Opportunity

Join our high performing Product Management team as a hands-on product manager. This individual contributor role focuses on day-to-day product execution: managing product help-desk requests and pricing approvals, educating the commercial organization on assigned portfolios, and owning tactical new product development (NPD) and lifecycle activities. The role converts market and customer inputs into manufacturable requirements, runs NPD activities, supports pricing/margin actions, and coordinates across sourcing, operations, quality, engineering, sales, and marketing to ensure timely, high-quality delivery. curiosity for cable fundamentals and solid financial/Excel skills are essential.

Serve as primary owner for product help-desk requests for assigned SKUs: triage, investigate, resolve or escalate, and close tickets with documented actions and timelines.

Track recurring help-desk themes and recommend durable product/process fixes.

Execute pricing and transactional tactics for the portfolio: prepare price change requests, run margin impact analyses, and implement approved price updates in systems.

follow approval workflows and document rationale.

Own tactical NPD projects from requirements through launch: write product requirement briefs, define critical specifications, produce or coordinate manufacturing-ready drawings, and manage sample/qualification cycles.

Maintain and prioritize the short-term product roadmap for assigned SKUs, aligned to business priorities.

Manage product lifecycle tasks: release control, sustainment, cost-down initiatives, inventory stocking strategy, and end-of-life transitions.

Recommend SKU rationalization or consolidation opportunities based on data and commercial input.

Work daily with sourcing, operations, quality, and engineering to clarify requirements, resolve production issues, and drive continuous improvement.

Build and maintain Excel models and margin analyses to support pricing decisions, launches, and cost-down projects.

Track product KPIs (revenue, margin, forecast accuracy, OTIF, quality metrics) and run regular reviews with stakeholders.

Translate financial targets into tactical product actions and measurable outcomes.

Develop technical messaging, ROI/cost-benefit analyses, and training materials for the field.

Deliver or coordinate product training sessions and ensure field readiness for launches and changes.

Act as product escalation for sales on technical, application, and pricing questions.

3+ years hands-on product management, or commercial/product operations experience

• B2B manufacturing, industrial products, or distribution, specifically wire & cable experience preferred but not required.
• Demonstrable experience converting market/customer inputs into product specs and manufacturable requirements.
• Strong financial fluency and advanced Excel skills: margin modeling, scenario analysis, and business case support.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with sourcing, operations, quality, and engineering.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Commutable to Macedonia, OH and in-office at least 3 days per week.
• Willingness to travel ~25% (domestic and occasional international).
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Experience specifically in wire/cable, interconnects, or premium industrial hardware products.

Business & financial acumen: converts financial targets into tactical priorities and measures results.

Cross-functional influence: gains alignment across operations, sourcing, quality, and sales.

Analytical rigor: uses data to prioritize requests, identify cost-down opportunities, and evaluate outcomes.

Customer focus: partners with sales and customers to capture requirements and resolve field issues.

Collaboration & learning: mentors peers, shares knowledge, and contributes to process improvements.

Full-time position with standard office hours.

Flexibility may be required to support executive schedules, events, or urgent priorities.

This position is eligible for the hybrid schedule of 3 days in office per week.

TPC Wire & Cable Corp. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.