Product Innovation Manager, Floorcare & Tools

Shop Vac USA; Redlands (CA); Presencial; USD 90.000 - 115.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Shop Vac USA in Redlands, CA is seeking a New Product Development Manager for Floorcare, Tools & Consumer Products. You will drive the development lifecycle from opportunity through commercialization, conducting market research, VOC, and competitive benchmarking to shape product requirements and business cases.

The role manages stage-gate processes and leads cross-functional teams across engineering, sourcing, operations, sales, quality, finance, and marketing to ensure on-time, within-cost

Qualificações

• Experience leading consumer product development from concept through commercialization.

Responsabilidades

• Own the new product development pipeline from initial opportunity through commercialization and launch.
• Establish and manage stage-gate reviews, project standards, decision points, and required documentation.
• Identify product opportunities through market research, customer and consumer insights, VOC, and competitive analysis.
• Translate opportunities into product concepts, requirements, specifications, target costs, and business cases.
• Build project plans covering milestones, timing, dependencies, resource needs, and approved budgets.
• Lead cross-functional project meetings and maintain clear accountability for decisions, actions, risks, and timing.
• Coordinate with engineering, sourcing, operations, quality, sales, finance, and marketing to keep development aligned with customer needs and company objectives.
• Work with domestic and international suppliers and factories to assess feasibility and support sourcing, development, testing, and production readiness.
• Coordinate prototypes, samples, testing, product approvals, packaging requirements, and engineering changes.
• Identify schedule, cost, quality, and supply risks early; develop action plans and elevate issues when needed.
• Review product cost, margin, and business case assumptions with the appropriate teams as projects develop.
• Support launch readiness, forecasting, handoff to production, and coordination with Sales and Marketing on product launch needs.
• Maintain accurate project schedules, status reporting, and launch readiness documentation.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed to support product development and supplier work.

Conhecimentos

Product development

Market research

VOC

Stage-gate

Cross-functional leadership

Overseas suppliers

Descrição da vaga

Shop Vac USA in Redlands, CA is seeking a New Product Development Manager for Floorcare, Tools & Consumer Products. You will drive the development lifecycle from opportunity through commercialization, conducting market research, VOC, and competitive benchmarking to shape product requirements and business cases.

The role manages stage-gate processes and leads cross-functional teams across engineering, sourcing, operations, sales, quality, finance, and marketing to ensure on-time, within-cost