Global Product Analyst - Filtration

Hollingsworth & Vose; Walpole (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hollingsworth & Vose is seeking a Global Product Analyst to support Global Product Managers in enhancing profitability across product platforms. You will help from strategy through lifecycle, pricing, and portfolio optimization, collaborating with Sales, Technology, Operations, and Marketing on launches and improvements.

The role emphasizes cross-functional teamwork, data-driven decision making, and pricing governance, with occasional travel to align global teams and markets.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in a technical discipline; 1–3 years in industrial marketing, sales, product management or product development.
• Experience in filtration/separation is strongly preferred.
• Ability to collaborate with Product Marketing, Sales, Technology and Operations.

Responsibilities

• Increase product platform profitability, establish minimum pricing guidelines by application.
• Actively manage product lifecycles from creation through obsolescence
• Work closely with Product Marketing and Sales teams to drive sales and business development.
• Partner with Product Marketing to develop benchmarking data and clarify value propositions.
• Manage new product development efforts and engineering change requests.
• Coordinate with Marketing, Technology, and Operations for new product launches.
• Support the GPM in developing Multi-Generational Product Plan strategies for product platforms.
• Support Operations in capacity management and strategic expansion projects.
• Maintain product literature (TDS, benchmarking) and provide source data for marketing communications and tradeshows.
• Keep current with applicable regulations and standards.

Skills

Pricing

Segmentation

Product positioning

Marketing communication

Strategy development

Sales negotiations

Financial analytics

Business cases

Written communication

Verbal communication

Product costing

Project management

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Travel

Education

BA or BS in technical discipline

Experience in filtration/separation preferred

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

The Global Product Analyst (GPA) is accountable for supporting the Global Product Managers in improving global product platform profitability. They will support the GPMs in developing product line strategies, management product lifecycles, and product pricing. The GPAs will work closely with Sales, Technology, and Operations on product line optimization and complexity reduction. GPAs will manage the day-to-day tasks associated with new product developments, produce improvements, pricing, manufacturing location changes, capacity management, product recommendations, product sales support, and product rationalization.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Increase product platform profitability, establish minimum pricing guidelines by application.
• Actively manage product lifecycles from creation through obsolescence
• Work closely with Product Marketing and Sales teams to drive sales and business development.
• Partner with Product Marketing to develop benchmarking data and clarify value propositions.
• Manage new product development efforts and engineering change requests.
• Coordinate with Marketing, Technology, and Operations for new product launches.
• Support the GPM in developing Multi-Generational Product Plan strategies for product platforms.
• Support Operations in capacity management and strategic expansion projects.
• Maintain product literature (TDS, benchmarking) and provide source data for marketing communications and tradeshows.
• Keep current with applicable regulations and standards.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• 1 to 3 years of experience in industrial marketing, sales, product management or and product development
• Minimum of a BA or a BS (preferably in a technical discipline)
• Experience in filtration/separation is strongly preferred.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, ETC:

• Pricing, segmentation, product positioning, marketing communication, and strategy development
• Sales and negotiation skills
• Financial analytics and development of business cases for justification of investments
• Superior written & verbal communication and presentation skills
• Product costing and project management skills
• Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel, and Word
• Up to 15% travel
• Schedule flexibility for periodic calls with global team members in other time zones

CORE COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS:

The person that assumes this role must possess the following personal attributes necessary for success within H&V to meet our business objectives:

• Critical thinking – The capability to think out-of-the-box, and to develop critical questions and to identify insights by asking the 5 whys.
• Creativity and Innovation – The capacity to originate new or radical alternatives to traditional methods, approaches, and products.
• Influence others without authority – The capability to encourage and motivate stakeholders to invest resource into this segment and gain alignment toward a common goal.
• Outside-in thinking – The capability to balance outside-in and inside-out thinking (market solutions vs. products)
• Take measured risks – The capability and comfort level to manage ambiguity, make quantified analysis, and take measured risk when needed.
• Focus on 1-2 critical items – The mentality to identify and focus on the top 1-2 priorities and push them forward amid distractions.
• Achievement Motivation – The drive and determination to truly win, reject average performance and set challenging goals for self and others at H&V to achieve major breakthroughs.

Hollingsworth & Vose is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.