Product Manager – Pallets & Sustainable Packaging

Cabka Group; Paterna; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Independent work

Training

Permanent contract

Strong team

Flat hierarchies

Gym access

Drinks

Job summary

Cabka Group in Valencia, Spain, is seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead pallet solutions and portfolio strategy across markets. You will own the roadmap, define priorities, and work with Engineering, Sales and Operations to deliver profitable products and drive growth.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in product management in packaging or logistics, strong business acumen, and a track record of cross-functional leadership.

Qualifications

• 5 years in Product Management, preferably in Packaging or Logistics.
• Experience in pallets, reusable packaging, or plastic injection molding preferred.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional projects.
• Strong commercial, business and financial understanding.

Responsibilities

• Own the complete pallet portfolio strategy and roadmap.
• Define portfolio priorities based on market opportunities and business value.
• Manage product lifecycle from introduction to phase-out.
• Maintain portfolio profitability and competitiveness.
• Drive portfolio simplification where appropriate.
• Continuously monitor market trends, competitor activities and customer requirements.
• Identify emerging opportunities within logistics, retail, pooling, industrial and export packaging markets.
• Gather customer insights and translate them into product improvements.
• Support strategic positioning of Cabka's pallet solutions.
• Develop business cases with finance team for new products, customisations and investments.
• Quantify market potential, sales volumes, profitability and investment requirements.
• Define product requirements together with Engineering and Operations.
• Support CAPEX evaluations and associated opportunity tracking.
• Support program manager on launch readiness and commercialisation.
• Manage RFQs related to pallet products.
• Define product solutions together with Sales and Engineering.
• Coordinate product modifications requested by customers.
• Ensure opportunities progress through Cabka's process.
• Track business conversion and post-launch performance.
• Act as the product expert for pallets.
• Support key customer meetings and strategic commercial discussions.
• Develop product value propositions.
• Support pricing recommendations and profitability analysis.
• Provide training and product knowledge to Sales teams.
• Monitor sales, margin, volume, market share, forecast accuracy and product profitability.
• Define corrective actions when performance deviates from targets.
• Identify innovation opportunities linked to recycled materials, PPWR requirements and circular economy trends.
• Support the Innovation Lab with market-driven ideas and customer opportunities.
• Ensure sustainability benefits are translated into customer value propositions.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Commercial mindset

Customer orientation

Data-driven decision making

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Financial acumen

Problem solving

Communication skills

Education

Engineering / related

Job description

Cabka Group in Valencia, Spain, is seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead pallet solutions and portfolio strategy across markets. You will own the roadmap, define priorities, and work with Engineering, Sales and Operations to deliver profitable products and drive growth.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in product management in packaging or logistics, strong business acumen, and a track record of cross-functional leadership.