Sr. Product Manager

Position Overview

Encore Wire is currently looking for an experienced product manager to lead the company’s product development strategy to include management of Encore Wire’s extensive product portfolio, lead all new product development efforts, manage and advance the company’s patent portfolio, and drive innovation and efficiencies across the organization. The role is located in McKinney, Texas and will work collaboratively with Encore Wire’s customers, sales agents and broad multi-disciplinary teams within the company.

Essential Job Functions

• Develop and foster a contractor solutions program through regular travel and engagement with sales agents/distributors/contractors
• Foster strategic partnerships to align our products with other industry equipment/wire/service providers
• Understand, research, and follow technical trends in the industry and in general
• Maintain oversight of Encore’s patent portfolio as well as competitor’s patent submissions and expirations
• Identify markets through agent and customer engagement for new wire and cable products and help drive product development from conception to launch through constant interaction with R&D, quality control, process engineering, and operations
• Identify market expansion opportunities and development of go to market strategy
• Owns product line profitability and margin optimization
• Maintain Tableau dashboards and reporting for agent performance and daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/annual reporting
• First line of contact for agent concerns with quality issues
• Develop and deliver training content to contractors, distributors and agents
• Provide technical support for product use and acceptability questions
• Manage current product portfolio enhancements/adjustments in line with operational needs, cost reduction strategies, market trends, and customer requests
• Support marketing initiatives for tradeshow exhibits, product information, copy development, and custom product sheets
• Develop tools and resources for agent optimization and best practice implementation
• Collaborates with other functions to provide input into segments, product marketing, account penetration, distribution, and commercial operations
• Identifies product expansion and/or penetration opportunities at existing and potential new customers

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in an engineering discipline from an accredited university or college with a minimum of 3 years of product management experience or equivalent experience and a minimum of 10 years of electrical product experience in a product management role or similar capacity
• Proven track record as a product line owner with responsibility for the full lifecycle management of that product or product family
• Strong business financials, analytics and statistics background
• Knowledge in electronics and electrical componentry
• Working knowledge with industry specific regulatory standards (ASTM, ISO, UL, RoHS, etc.)
• Ability to interact at all levels of the organization and collaborate effectively with a diverse group of stakeholders
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong business analysis, problem solving and strategy development skills
• Position requires the ability to travel an average of 20% of the time during a typical work week
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work in the US

Physical Requirements

• Requires repetitive movement
• Requires walking
• Requires kneeling, crouching and stooping
• Requires using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls
• Requires lifting up to 50 pounds while bending, twisting and/or standing

NOTE: This job description does not contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Encore Wire Corp