Product Manager - Metals - Fort Worth, TX

Fort Worth, TX, US, 76111

Job ID:  495632

Exempt

Oldcastle Infrastructure™, a CRH company, is the leading provider of utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America. We’re more than just a manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, or plastic products. We’re a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, and more. With our network of more than 80 manufacturing facilities and more than 4,000 employees, we’re leading the industry with innovation and a safety-first mindset.

Position Overview

The Product Manager is responsible for both product planning and product marketing. This includes managing the product throughout the Product Lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product, customer, and market requirements, defining the product vision and long-term roadmap, and working closely with the commercial and operational functions to deliver winning products. It also includes working with sales, marketing, and customer support to ensure revenue, profitability and customer satisfaction goals are met. The Product Manager leads the product development stage gate process for new product development projects, product line extensions and line gap fillers, ensuring that the product offering supports the company's overall strategy and goals.

Key Responsibilities

Working closely with our Inwesco team, the Product Manager will work at both a strategic level, managing Oldcastle's competitive position and product line performance, and at the tactical level managing product line lifecycle activities and commercialization efforts. The Product Manager (PM) will lead new product development and manage existing products and lead product commercialization activities for all products across the Metals Market.

Duties Include
 

• Analyze current product catalog and steer commercial direction in terms of identifying core product lines
• Develop and manage the product line roadmap, establishing the value proposition for products and solutions across all markets
• Develop and manage product development across the stage gate process including new product innovation, product line extensions and gap fillers
• Collaborate with Product Engineering address the key product performance needs
• Lead in identifying, pursuing, and supporting new market opportunities across all market segments for the product line(s)
• Analyze & benchmark the product offering of key competitors for gaps or opportunities in our product line
• Create further reach within the targeted market sector and assist in identifying new business opportunities outside of the current customer group
• Provide additional technical support to customers and the plant, visit the customers when necessary to assist in and or pursue opportunities and/or problem-solving strategies, develop training modules for customers and develop outline for marketing materials

Competencies, Education and Experience

• Team player with effective interpersonal skills and an open, collaborative style
• Effective cross-functional collaborator who can balance external and internal objectives
• High initiative and results driven; an entrepreneurial self-starter who operates with speed, simplicity, and passion to succeed
• Bachelor's degree in a related field; advanced degree preferred
• 5+ years professional experience, with 3+ years in product management, product development, and/or product marketing
• Experience in dealing with metal fabrication preferred
• Travel is expected to be ~35%

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• A diverse and inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of large international organization.

If you’re up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today! Once you click apply now, you will be brought to our official employment application. Please complete your online profile and it will be sent to the hiring manager. Our system allows you to view and track your status 24 hours a day. Thank you for your interest!

Oldcastle Enclosure Solutions (OES), a CRH Company, is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

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