#66 - Product Manager

Manbau; Valencia; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Manbau in Valencia is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the pallet portfolio from introduction through phase-out, collaborating with Engineering, Sales and Operations.

You will track market and customer trends across logistics and packaging, build business cases with Finance, and drive product requirements with cross-functional teams to ensure profitability and competitiveness.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Packaging, Business Administration or similar.
• 5+ years in Product Management, ideally in Packaging or Logistics.
• Track record leading cross-functional projects with commercial and financial acumen.
• Strategic thinker, customer-oriented and data-driven with stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own the pallet portfolio roadmap end-to-end, from introduction to phase-out.
• Define priorities based on market opportunities and business value, and keep the portfolio profitable and streamlined.
• Track market, competitor and customer trends across logistics, retail, pooling, industrial and export packaging.
• Turn customer feedback into product improvements.
• Build business cases with Finance for new products and investments (market potential, volumes, profitability, CAPEX).
• Define product requirements with Engineering and Operations, support launch readiness with the Program Manager.
• Manage pallet-related RFQs, coordinate product modification requests with Sales and Engineering.
• Act as go-to product expert in customer meetings, train Sales teams, support pricing and profitability decisions.
• Monitor performance metrics and translate sustainability ideas into customer value.

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Education

Engineering

Supply Chain

Packaging

Business Administration

Job description

• Own the pallet portfolio roadmap end-to-end, from introduction to phase-out.
• Define priorities based on market opportunities and business value, and keep the portfolio profitable, competitive and streamlined.
• Track market, competitor and customer trends across logistics, retail, pooling, industrial and export packaging.
• Turn customer feedback into product improvements.
• Build business cases with Finance team for new products, customisations and investments (market potential, volumes, profitability, CAPEX).
• Define product requirements with Engineering and Operations, and support launch readiness alongside the Program Manager.
• Manage pallet-related RFQs, define product solutions and coordinate product modification requests, working with Sales and Engineering.
• Follow opportunities through the internal process and track conversion and post-launch performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the pallet portfolio roadmap end-to-end, from introduction to phase-out.
• Define priorities based on market opportunities and business value, and keep the portfolio profitable, competitive and streamlined.

Market & customer insight

• Track market, competitor and customer trends across logistics, retail, pooling, industrial and export packaging.
• Turn customer feedback into product improvements.

Business case & product development

• Build business cases with Finance team for new products, customisations and investments (market potential, volumes, profitability, CAPEX).
• Define product requirements with Engineering and Operations, and support launch readiness alongside the Program Manager.

RFQs & customer opportunities

• Manage pallet-related RFQs, define product solutions and coordinate product modification requests, working with Sales and Engineering.
• Follow opportunities through the internal process and track conversion and post-launch performance.

Commercial support

• Act as the go-to product expert in customer meetings, building value propositions and supporting pricing and profitability decisions.
• Train Sales teams on the pallet portfolio.

Performance & innovation

• Monitor sales, margin, volume, market share and forecast accuracy; act on deviations.
• Bring market-driven ideas on recycled materials, PPWR and circular economy to the Innovation team, and translate sustainability into customer value.

What We're Looking For

• Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Packaging, Business Administration or similar.
• 5+ years in Product Management, ideally in Packaging or Logistics; experience with pallets, reusable packaging or plastic injection molding is a plus.
• Track record leading cross-functional projects, with strong commercial and financial acumen.
• Strategic thinker, customer-oriented, comfortable with data-driven decisions and stakeholder management.