Global Product Manager: Strategy, Growth & P&L

Apex Tool Group; Lexington (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Tool Group is seeking a Product Manager to lead a category or product line, applying market and end-user insights to drive category leadership and revenue growth. You will partner with cross-functional teams to develop and commercialize new pipelines, align with brand standards, and influence pricing and portfolio decisions.

Key responsibilities include steering long-term vision, managing lifecycle, and collaborating on go-to-market strategies to meet revenue and gross margin targets.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of marketing and/or general management experience with consumer goods, durable, or professional products.
• Experience developing new products from concept to commercialization and in-market success.
• Demonstrated cross-functional collaboration to complete initiatives.
• Understands P&Ls and financial management, including how to drive revenue and profitability.
• Proven communication, collaboration and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Manages the day-to-day operations of a category and/or product lines.
• Assigns employees clear projects and tasks, and coaches and develops their skills.
• Tracks external data and trends, including macroeconomic data, market and category trends, competitive information, customer insights and suggests conclusions and recommendations.
• Proposes category and/or product line long-term vision, strategies and 3-5-year financial targets.
• Makes product branding and naming recommendations in line with brand architecture and visual identity.
• Collaborates with Graphics to ensure product, pack and marketing assets support brand communication priorities and style guide.
• Assesses product portfolio choices to determine product classes to enter, exit, or maintain.
• Participates in price strategy discussions. Understands the principle of extracting maximum value via pricing and recommends promotional guardrails for category and/or product line.
• Proposes distribution/penetration goals for new product launches. Monitors results vs targets and recommends adjustments to ensure success.
• Provides input into annual base and stretch revenue and gross margin targets for category and/or product lines.
• Delivers category and/or product line revenue and gross margin targets. Takes action to address financial risks and opportunities, including optimizing pricing/programming and managing mix.

Skills

Category leadership

Market understanding

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Branding & naming

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

Apex Tool Group is seeking a Product Manager to lead a category or product line, applying market and end-user insights to drive category leadership and revenue growth. You will partner with cross-functional teams to develop and commercialize new pipelines, align with brand standards, and influence pricing and portfolio decisions.

Key responsibilities include steering long-term vision, managing lifecycle, and collaborating on go-to-market strategies to meet revenue and gross margin targets.