Product Portfolio Associate — New Product Launch

Inline Plastics Corp; Shelton (CT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Inline Plastics Corp in Shelton, CT seeks an Assistant Product Portfolio Manager to support new product development, line extensions, and commercialization from concept through launch and lifecycle. You will work with Sales, RD&E, Marketing/Branding, CX, and Operations to align with customer and market needs and drive profitability.

This role partners with cross-functional teams to evaluate feasibility, coordinate development, and ensure timely launches while translating customer feedback

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or business management.
• Understanding of engineering terminology is a plus.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Word.
• Experience with Salesforce, Pardot, SharePoint and Teams is preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret technical and financial information.
• Ability to apply mathematical and statistical concepts to sales forecasting and financial analysis.
• Ability to analyze complex data and draw data-driven conclusions.

Responsibilities

• Support the Product Portfolio Manager with new product development, line extensions, and commercialization from concept through launch, including product briefs, assigned projects, timelines, prototypes, samples, and deliverables.
• Partner with RD&E and cross-functional teams including Sales, Marketing/Branding, CX, Quality, and Operations to evaluate feasibility, coordinate development, resolve challenges, and support timely launches.
• Support Sales and customer-facing activities by working directly with Sales Managers, participating in customer meetings, innovation sessions, plant visits, and trade shows, and translating customer feedback into product opportunities.
• Conduct market and competitive research to identify trends, customer needs, pricing, portfolio gaps, and opportunities. Maintain competitive analyses, cross-references, category matrices, and other market intelligence tools.
• Prepare pre-development NCMs, margin analyses, reports, and recommendations to support product, customer, and business decisions.
• Manage prototype, sample, and product information, including historical RP/prototype tracking, sample coordination, competitive samples, and accurate product information in applicable systems.
• Support and improve product processes and systems, including Salesforce, PSF, Epicor, SOPs, project trackers, and checklists to improve visibility, consistency, and efficiency.
• Partner with Marketing/Branding and internal teams on product launches and communication, including product training, photoshoots/videos, application ideas, presentations, sales materials, catalogs, and carton artwork.
• Domestic travel approximately 5%–10%.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Product Management.

Skills

MS Office proficiency

Data analysis

Sales forecasting

Financial analysis

Technical reading

Education

Bachelor’s degree in marketing or business management

Tools

Salesforce

Pardot

SharePoint

Teams

Job description

Inline Plastics Corp in Shelton, CT seeks an Assistant Product Portfolio Manager to support new product development, line extensions, and commercialization from concept through launch and lifecycle. You will work with Sales, RD&E, Marketing/Branding, CX, and Operations to align with customer and market needs and drive profitability.

This role partners with cross-functional teams to evaluate feasibility, coordinate development, and ensure timely launches while translating customer feedback