Product Manager

Location Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

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 span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive, furniture, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile and geo components industries.

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 Terra Tex 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.

Hanes Companies, a division of Leggett & Platt (Member of S&P 500), is seeking a Product Manager. 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:

• Optimize working capital strategy
• Establish and execute market and product strategies
• Develop key supplier and customer relationships
• Leverage negotiating, marketing and selling skill sets

• Oversee all aspects of product line health—including strategy, financial performance, inventory management, and quality assurance.
• Lead margin and pricing discipline initiatives to ensure sustained profitability and alignment with market dynamics.
• Manage global vendor relationships and negotiations to optimize supply chain reliability and cost efficiency.
• Present biannual product strategy updates to executive leadership and key stakeholders, highlighting performance, market opportunities, and competitive analysis.
• Monitor and adjust order volume and production schedules to align with business forecasts, capacity constraints, and strategic goals.
• Navigate macroeconomic challenges, evaluate their impact on the business, and adapt as necessary
• Lead product development and other initiatives with domestic and global partners

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.

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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