When Alfred Fain founded a small Rhode Island tire store in 1924, at the time no one could have predicted how Teknor Apex would become an international custom compounder sought out by companies around the world. After a nearly hundred-year journey that’s carried us through acquisitions and expansion, we now have nine U.S. locations, as well as operations in Belgium, Singapore, Germany, and China.

Teknor Apex is a sought-after global provider of compounding solutions, driven by a passion for technology and a customer-centric approach that enables us to deliver customized solutions worldwide. Guided by our core values of innovation, partnership, sustainability, and integrity, we foster a collaborative and inclusive culture across our nine U.S. locations and operations in Belgium, Germany, Singapore, and China.

To support our growth ambitions, we are seeking a motivated Product Manager who will be responsible for developing and executing product line strategies in support of the company’s overall product vision and objectives. While some responsibilities may include global elements, the role is primarily focused on execution, market development, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver innovative solutions that meet customer needs and drive profitable growth.

As a key member of the commercial organization, the Product Manager will work closely with global product management leadership, sales, technical, and operations teams. This role offers high visibility and an excellent opportunity to contribute directly to Teknor’s continued success in the global marketplace.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Strategy: Develop and execute product line strategies aligned with business objectives. This includes analyzing customer needs, market trends, and the competitive landscape to identify opportunities for product growth, innovation, and differentiation. The Product Manager supports the development of product roadmaps and contributes to go-to-market plans that ensure alignment with overall business goals.
• Product Portfolio Development: Translate customer insights and market requirements into product attributes and specifications. Partner closely with technical teams on product development, prototyping, and commercialization. Coordinate product launch activities, ensuring that positioning, marketing tools, and sales enablement resources are in place to drive adoption and success.
• Portfolio Management: Manage assigned product lines across the lifecycle, from introduction and growth through maturity and rationalization. Evaluate portfolio performance, profitability, and value proposition to ensure alignment with business objectives. Provide support for new product introductions and product extensions within assigned markets, ensuring they contribute to portfolio health and profitability.
• Product Integration: Ensure that products are effectively integrated into end-user applications. Collaborate with operations on scale-up and product ramping to ensure smooth commercialization. Monitor product pricing and margins, support value pricing strategies, and identify opportunities for optimization within the portfolio.
• Maximize Product Profitability: Track the financial performance of product lines and monitor profitability drivers. Collaborate with commercial teams to develop and support pricing strategies. Identify opportunities to expand product lines into new markets and applications, strengthening both revenue and margin performance.
• Product Roadmap: Build market insight for assigned product lines by understanding the competitive landscape and monitoring industry trends. Support the definition and execution of go-to-market strategies, working closely with marketing to develop product collateral, sales tools, and training materials that drive effective product positioning and market penetration.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work collaboratively with sales, marketing, technical, and supply chain teams to ensure effective execution of product strategies. Provide training and resources to commercial teams, while gathering and communicating voice-of-customer insights throughout the organization to support data-driven decision making.

Profile:

• Proven track record of success in product management, with experience developing and executing product strategies that drive measurable business results.
• Skilled in managing and rationalizing product portfolios across multiple businesses, markets, and customer segments.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to balance technical and commercial considerations. Adept at market planning, business case development, and product positioning.
• Core capabilities include product and portfolio analysis, profitability assessment, lifecycle management, stage-gate process execution, market and segment strategy development, value proposition validation, voice of customer insights, and go-to-market planning.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate across levels of the organization; able to communicate effectively, manage conflicts, and align cross-functional teams toward common goals.
• Highly organized with the ability to prioritize, multitask, and lead complex projects within defined timelines.
• Strong interpersonal and team-building skills with experience working in a global, matrixed environment.
• Experience in B2B marketing, particularly within specialty materials, plastics, or chemicals industries, is preferred.

Requirements:

• At least 5-8 years of experience in product management function in multinational organization B2B organization.
• Experience in specialty plastics, chemicals or materials industries preferred.

• Strong analytical, financial, and business acumen.
• Demonstrated ability to manage product lifecycle and deliver profitable growth.
• Ability to travel up to 20–25% domestically and internationally.
• Cross regional and cross-cultural working experience.
• A degree in engineering or chemistry, MBA desirable.
• Ability to travel about 30% of time within and outside region.

  This description is a summary of principal responsibilities and is not intended to include all duties that may be assigned.

  Teknor Apex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any protected status under state or federal laws. Must be 18 years of age or older to work at Teknor Apex.