Product Marketing Manager - Consumer Products- Metro NY/NJ Based

Felix Storch Inc (FSI) is a 56-year-old private business with locations in New York and New Jersey. Through our Summit Appliance and Accucold brands, we specialize in producing innovative appliances for the foodservice, hospitality, residential, and medical markets. For a more complete company history, candidates are encouraged to visit our website, summitappliance.com.

FSI is seeking a highly creative and energic product manager to bring an exciting new product line to life. Our turnkey / modular kitchen suites are the first in-market products to combine kitchen cabinetry, built-in appliances, and countertops with sinks and faucets for specialty markets in the residential, hospitality and healthcare fields. A preview of the product line can be found at: https://www.summitappliance.com/turnkey-kitchens-bars.

The job is onsite, full time, but candidates can choose to work in either our Freehold, NJ facility where the products are manufactured ? our Edison, NJ operations center or our Bronx, NY HQ. Some travel to major customers and trade shows is required. The candidate will interact heavily with our marketing and sales teams and will have the opportunity to influence our design and engineering teams to develop adjacent products to customer specifications.

Core Responsibilities:

• Develop go-to-market strategies and launch and execute plans for this product line in our existing customer channels and new channels. Work closely with our sales and marketing teams.
• Reach an audience of kitchen designers, architects, contractors and other influencers who would benefit from a product that saves them time and money.
• Use creativity to work with selected retail and trade partners to resell our products in their markets
• Educate our sales and marketing teams and their customers on the benefits of new products through the creation of compelling training materials.
• Become a subject matter expert with a deep understand of the product?s capabilities, benefits and main customer use cases. Participate in the sales demand forecasting and capacity planning for the category.
• Help launch all new products in the specialty kitchen category successfully. Specialty kitchen category includes turnkey kitchen, traditional kitchenettes, tiny home and RV/mobile home kitchen suites.

Requirements:

• A four-year college degree in marketing, business or design or similar education or equivalent experience.
• 5 years of experience in product management and marketing with full responsibility for bring a product to market.
• Intense creativity and drive and strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to learn the kitchen appliance and cabinet business to speak authoritatively to designers and architects. NKBA membership is a strong plus but not a requirement.
• High energy level, strong organizational and time management skills
• Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel with the ability to create visually appealing training presentations. Familiarity with AutoCAD or SolidWorks is a plus.
• A passion for customer engagement
• Ability to work both with team members and independently.

Compensation: $90,000 to $125,000 annually, commensurate with education and experience.

All full-time FSI employees receive:

• Medical/Dental insurance (some employee contribution is required)
• Company paid vision and life insurance.
• Transit check and 125 medical plans.
• 401k with a company match.
• Paid vacation and sick time.
• Discretionary bonuses and profit sharing.

Our work week is Monday to Friday with standard business hours and a business casual dress code.