Product Manager - Lighting in Willoughby, Ohio

Product Manager

Buyers Products Company, a leading manufacturer in the work truck industry, is seeking a detail-oriented Product Manager to join our team. In this role, you will support the integrity of product information by creating and maintaining Bills of Materials (BOMs), routings, and engineering data. You will work closely across Engineering, Supply Chain, and Operations to ensure product structures are accurate, manufacturable, and aligned with business needs.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, thrives in a collaborative environment, and has a strong attention to detail. If you enjoy working with technical product information, solving data-related challenges, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives, we'd like to hear from you.

• Finds category growth opportunities
• Defines feature and specification and finds desired position amongst competitive set
• Presents business case and seeks organizational alignment
• Manages product introduction and initial growth wave
• Maintains competitive pricing of goods
• Sets pricing for new product introductions
• Researches and continually monitors competitive market pricing to retain desired position
• Monitors and evaluates cost and adjust pricing or costs to maintain adequate margin
• Manages Product Lifecycle
• Initiates activities to bolster category growth as needed (including marketing and promotional activities)
• Monitors competitive set and evaluates for product improvements and line extension opportunities
• Works with Quality team to monitor quality issues and initiate actions
• Gains organizational alignment to move towards discontinuation of non-viable products
• Listens to Voice of Customer
• Maintains running dialog with key category customers
• Maintains a regular cadence of multi-day field visits with sales team (quarterly at minimum)
• Cast net to hear wide "voice of customer" using tools such as surveys, monitoring online reviews

• 7-10 years' experience in the work truck industry in a category such as sales, marketing, planning, production, or product management
• 3-5 years hands-on experience with truck-upfitting
• Thorough understanding of work truck equipment including parts and accessories, electronic components, and hydraulic and pneumatic control systems
• Working knowledge of regulatory requirements set by: DOT, SAE, FMVSS
• Familiarity with materials and fabrication processes related to the work truck industry including: welding, machining, forging, casting, extrusion
• Proven experience with new product development, onboarding, and pricing
• Sourcing experience a plus

• Highly organized; must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Process-oriented
• Confident in use of Microsoft Office Suite including:
  Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

• Friendly, engaging, and cordial. Comfortable interacting with many departmental stakeholders.
• Confident presenting to all levels of organization including Executive Team
• At ease interacting directly with customers

• Bachelor's degree required in marketing, business, product management or related field

• Mobility and dexterity to move around office settings including accessing file cabinets or storage and navigating to different workstations.
• Must be able to remain stationary for extended periods of time and engage in some repetitive motion.
• Standing, walking and sitting for extended periods of time.
• Mobility and dexterity to move around operating machinery and powered industrial equipment.

• Competitive pay
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits
• Generous vacation and paid time off (PTO)
• Profit-sharing opportunities
• Career growth and advancement potential
• Additional employee programs, perks, and benefits

Established in 1946, Buyers Products Company is a premier manufacturer serving the work truck industry. Our products include durable truck boxes, heavy-duty towing equipment, hydraulics, controls, and trailer accessories. Our snow and ice equipment brands include Snow Dogg® snowplows, Salt Dogg® spreaders, and Scoop Dogg® snow pushers. Join a company with a long history of innovation, quality, and growth while building a rewarding career.