Senior Product Manager

PRIER Products, Inc.; Grandview (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

PRIER Products, Inc. seeks a Senior Product Manager to own portfolios across brands, driving strategy and P&L. You’ll lead NPD, market intel, and long-range planning while partnering with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Quality, and Operations to accelerate time-to-market.

Expect to travel up to 30% visiting customers and facilities; a technical/engineering background and prior building-products experience are highly valued. Position is on-site in Grandview, MO.

Qualifications

• Own P&L and product strategy with 7+ years PM experience.
• Engineering/technical background preferred; building-products is a plus.
• Proven success with NPD pipelines and Vitality Index improvements.
• Strong market research, VOC methods, and translating insights into business cases.
• Experience with LRP/AOP cycles and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Category management with full P&L accountability and portfolio pricing/margins.
• Translate distributor/contractor input into actionable product requirements.
• Develop multi-year product roadmaps aligned to demand and channels.
• Lead end-to-end NPD and launch activities with R&D, manufacturing, and sales.
• Prepare business cases, ROI analyses, and investment justifications.

Skills

P&L ownership

Product strategy

NPD pipelines

Vitality Index

Market intelligence

Cross-functional leadership

ERP/CRM tools (Plex)

Salesforce

Travel up to 30%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Business/Marketing

MBA preferred

Tools

Plex

Salesforce

Job description

GWBD Operations manufactures top quality plumbing products for the residential & commercial building industries in the USA under three heritage brands — PRIER Products (frost-proof wall/ground hydrants, sill faucets, hose bibs, boiler drains, lead-free plumbing brass, est. 1881), Stern-Williams (terrazzo mop sinks, drinking fountains, shower towers, est. 1962), and FIAT Products (mop service basins, shower floors, laundry tubs, commercial faucets, est. 1919) — sold through multiple channels including retail, wholesale distributors, mechanical/plumbing contractors, and institutional end-users.

We’re hiring a seasoned Senior Product Manager to own portfolios across our brands — driving the strategy, roadmap, and P&L that keep GWBD’s products specified, stocked, and in the ground for another century. Success looks like faster time-to-market, stronger new-product ROI, and roadmaps the whole business can rally behind.

WHAT YOU’LL OWN

• Category management and full P&L accountability for assigned product portfolios — pricing, margin, and portfolio rationalization.
• Market intelligence and Voice of the Customer processes that turn distributor, rep, contractor, plumber and engineer input into actionable insight.
• Product strategy and multi-year roadmap development aligned to channel and end-user demand.
• NPD pipeline development and execution end-to-end, with a sustained focus on Vitality Index (% of sales from recent new products).
• Business case development — market sizing, ROI, and investment justification — for new products and platform extensions.
• Input to Long Range Planning (LRP) and the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), partnering with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Quality, and Operations.
• End-to-end launch leadership — rallying R&D, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Marketing, and Sales around a shared plan, then tracking performance against targets and driving course corrections when results fall short.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Minimum 7 years of product management experience, with a track record of owning P&L and product strategy.
• Technical or engineering background strongly preferred; manufacturing-sector experience required, plumbing/building-products industry a plus.
• Demonstrated success building and executing NPD pipelines and improving Vitality Index performance in a Stage-Gate or similar process.
• Skilled in market research, VOC methodologies, and translating insight into product requirements and business cases.
• Experience contributing to Long Range Planning and Annual Operating Planning cycles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or a related field; MBA and proficiency with ERP/CRM tools such as Plex or Salesforce preferred.
• Strong cross-functional leadership, negotiation, and communication skills; a curious, detail-oriented, adaptable team player who thrives on multiple concurrent projects.
• Willing to work full-time on-site in Grandview, MO, with travel up to 30% to visit customers, reps, trade shows, and manufacturing facilities.
• Reports to Director of Product Innovation & Engineering.