Product Manager
Core
Shaping and driving the success of the product portfolio across trade and retail markets, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives and market opportunities.
Role type
Product Manager (Category Management)
Builds
Product roadmap, category strategies, pricing strategies, and value propositions for trade and retail markets.
Domain
Manufacturing, automotive aftermarket, maintenance consumables, industrial hardware.
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Product lifecycle management, category management, market analysis, pricing strategy, project management, stakeholder engagement, commercial acumen.
Preferred skills
Knowledge of automotive aftermarket and maintenance consumables, experience with ITW products (Rain X, Chemtech, Septone), understanding of trade/industrial/automotive/hardware/retail channels.
Responsibilities
Own and deliver the product roadmap across assigned categories; Manage full product lifecycle including pricing, simplification, innovation, and channel growth initiatives; Develop and execute category strategies aligned to annual and long-range business plans; Build business cases and manage projects through the ITW Stage Gate process; Analyse market trends, customer needs, competitor activity, and regulatory changes; Develop pricing strategies and support value engineering initiatives; Develop value propositions, product claims, and marketing materials; Deliver product training to internal teams, distributors, and customers.
Seniority
Mid-to-Senior, hands-on IC
