Assistant Product Manager, Firearms & NPI Strategy

SIG SAUER Careers; Exeter (NH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SIG SAUER, Inc. seeks an Assistant Product Manager in New Hampshire to guide product ideas, support Product Manager, and serve as a technical advisor across Sales, R&D, and Operations. 1–3 years in the firearms industry in related roles is expected.

You will collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and various suppliers to drive NPI, portfolio management, and inventory strategy while ensuring compliance with Quality and ISO standards.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in Business, Marketing, or related field preferred; or equivalent years of experience.
• 1-3 years in the Firearms industry in Product Management, Project Management, Engineering, or similar role.
• Moderate knowledge of industry product portfolio.
• Good business acumen, market research and analysis experience, basic financial literacy, and project tracking experience.
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration, negotiation, and communication skills.
• Product Management certificate preferred.
• Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word) required, Monday.com, Agile, Oracle, and 1+ years of previous experience with Product Lifecycle Management system preferred.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct market research to understand customers' needs, turning those needs into sound business plans.
• Assist Product Manager with the product requirement documents for product, packaging, accessories, and manuals.
• Create SKUs and BOMs as needed.
• Support team for the full-spectrum creation of NPI throughout all stages. Coordinate with Engineering and Project Management throughout product development.
• Coordinate with Marketing and help develop NPI and sustainment marketing campaigns.
• Manage product holds as required by Quality, Engineering, Legal, Product Management, etc.
• Create sell sheets for NPI.
• Coordinate, support, and educate adjacent business units on upcoming NPI.
• Assist Product Manager with the product portfolio for website and price list production.
• Directly coordinate with 3rd party vendors to support both products and accessories.
• Support Product Manager with inventory management by reviewing and execution of old or slow-moving inventory.
• Act as Product Manager in the actual Product Manger's absence.
• Train, mentor, and develop Operations Support Specialists to ensure optimized productivity.
• Communicate effectively to supervision regarding problems and corrective action.
• Travel to events and tradeshows as required.
• Engage in Continuous Improvement projects/tasks.
• Participate in and sustain 5S Standards.
• Must follow all required Safety and ISO procedures.
• Miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Skills

Product Management experience

Market research

Project tracking

Communication

Negotiation

Collaboration

Education

Associate degree in Business/Marketing or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Word

Monday.com

Oracle

PLM systems

Agile tools

Job description

SIG SAUER, Inc. seeks an Assistant Product Manager in New Hampshire to guide product ideas, support Product Manager, and serve as a technical advisor across Sales, R&D, and Operations. 1–3 years in the firearms industry in related roles is expected.

You will collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and various suppliers to drive NPI, portfolio management, and inventory strategy while ensuring compliance with Quality and ISO standards.