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Product Manager
BENEFITS: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K
AHF Products has an exciting career opportunity for a Product Manager based in Mountville, PA. Are you passionate about innovation and creating products that make a difference in people's lives? Join our dynamic team as a product development manager and AHF products!
This role will be responsible for driving new product development efforts, analyzing competitor products, and executing operating and project plans to differentiate our products from those of the competition, resulting in top and bottom-line growth. If you are a strong product manager who can roll up your sleeves and balance both strategic and tactical responsibilities while bringing new ideas and strong leadership, this is the opportunity for you! This role will travel 15%-20% of the time.
Job Duties
AHF Products provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
AHF Products is a leading hard surface flooring manufacturer in the USA with a family of trusted brands serving the residential and commercial hardwood, tile, and vinyl flooring markets. With decades of experience in award-winning flooring design, product development, manufacturing, and service, we create quality flooring to last for generations through inspiring designs, innovation, and a deep commitment to outstanding customer service. Our residential flooring brands include Bruce®, Armstrong Flooring™, Hartco®, Robbins®, LM Flooring ®, Capella®, HomerWood®, Hearthwood®, Raintree®, Autograph®, Emily Morrow Home®, tmbr®, Crossville®, and Crossville Studios®. Our commercial brands include Bruce Contract™, Hartco Contract™, AHF Contract®, Armstrong Flooring, Parterre®, Crossville® and Crossville Studios®. Headquartered in Mountville, Pennsylvania, with manufacturing operations across the United States and in Cambodia, AHF Products employs over 3,000 dedicated team members.
BENEFITS: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K
AHF Products has an exciting career opportunity for a Product Manager based in Mountville, PA. Are you passionate about innovation and creating products that make a difference in people's lives? Join our dynamic team as a product development manager and AHF products!
This role will be responsible for driving new product development efforts, analyzing competitor products, and executing operating and project plans to differentiate our products from those of the competition, resulting in top and bottom-line growth. If you are a strong product manager who can roll up your sleeves and balance both strategic and tactical responsibilities while bringing new ideas and strong leadership, this is the opportunity for you! This role will travel 15%-20% of the time.
Job Duties
- Collaborating cross-functionally to develop business plans that drive new product development efforts across the AHF commercial portfolio of products
- Launching new products and line extensions that are aligned with strategic and operating plans and objectives
- Developing product specifications utilizing voice of the customer input
- Working closely with AHF Operations leaders to enhance our capabilities and operational effectiveness while bringing industry leading products to market
- Partnering with our sourcing and supply chain teams to enhance our portfolio through strategic external supply capabilities
- Collaborating with the sales and marketing teams to obtain and analyze competitive and market research to help guide product recommendations
- Evaluating requests for product changes and enhancements and making decisions on such requests
- Collaborating with Marketing managers to develop strategies and tactics for the successful marketing of products, including new product launches and re-positioning of current products
- Ensuring the establishment of appropriate product pricing, utilizing appropriate market data
- Conducting product training for internal and external customers and business partners
- Bachelor's degree in business, sales, marketing, or similar discipline
- Five or more years’ experience with brand/product management in a product support, product planning, or consulting environment. Preferably within flooring or related building products industry
- Experience in the Commercial products category &/or servicing the commercial business segment
- Experience with new product development, pricing, and marketing
- Experience conducting market research and analyzing competitor products
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively function and influence others in a highly matrix organization
- Strong financial and business acumen
- Excellent analytical skills
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Experience developing products for the A&D community is a plus
- Occasionally push, pull, carry, and lift 20 - 50lbs.
- Occasionally will be walking, standing, stretching, bending, stooping, twisting, reaching, grasping and repetitive movements
- Frequently will talk, hear, read, write
- Think analytically
- Make decisions
- Develop options and implement solutions
- Work with a team
- Maintain regular and punctual attendance (consistent with ADA and/or FMLA)
- Attention to detail
- Communicate effectively
- Multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Work with a Sense of Urgency
AHF Products provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
AHF Products is a leading hard surface flooring manufacturer in the USA with a family of trusted brands serving the residential and commercial hardwood, tile, and vinyl flooring markets. With decades of experience in award-winning flooring design, product development, manufacturing, and service, we create quality flooring to last for generations through inspiring designs, innovation, and a deep commitment to outstanding customer service. Our residential flooring brands include Bruce®, Armstrong Flooring™, Hartco®, Robbins®, LM Flooring ®, Capella®, HomerWood®, Hearthwood®, Raintree®, Autograph®, Emily Morrow Home®, tmbr®, Crossville®, and Crossville Studios®. Our commercial brands include Bruce Contract™, Hartco Contract™, AHF Contract®, Armstrong Flooring, Parterre®, Crossville® and Crossville Studios®. Headquartered in Mountville, Pennsylvania, with manufacturing operations across the United States and in Cambodia, AHF Products employs over 3,000 dedicated team members.
