Product Development Manager

Job Title: Product Development Manager
Salary: 90k 135k / year
Location: Hicksville NY
Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in a related field preferred.
• 510 years of project management experience in product development or packaging within a manufacturing or CPG organization.
• Proven experience in building Bills of Materials (BOM) and sourcing products domestically.
• Experience in custom corporate gifting or promotional products is a significant advantage.
• Strong multitasking abilities with the capability to prioritize and support multiple initiatives.
• Detailoriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Creative problemsolving skills.
• Knowledge of sales cycles and experience in supporting sales staff and customers.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications particularly Excel.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

About Us:

Join our dynamic team in Hicksville NY as a Product Development Manager where you will play a pivotal role in a custom manufacturing environment. We are dedicated to exceeding customer expectations with innovative product solutions.

Role Overview:

In this essential role you will support the development and creation of unique products across multiple business lines. Your responsibilities will encompass all aspects of preproduction development including costing researching purchasing and sourcing both new and existing products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Development: Assist in the development of innovative product offerings for various business lines.
• Stakeholder Support: Fulfill requests from internal stakeholders and sales/broker teams for private label and branded programs.
• Research: Conduct thorough research on new product and packaging ideas.
• Project Coordination: Manage new product development activities including market and product research competitive analysis timeline creation sourcing costing and packaging.
• Sales Support: Collaborate with the sales team and sourcing department to locate and price products and packaging that meet customer specifications and price points.
• Cost Analysis: Assist in product costing breakdown and bill of materials development covering raw materials components labor and other costs to determine pricing.
• Order Management: Handle procedures such as sample log maintenance and order placement/tracking.
• Vendor Communication: Liaise with domestic and thirdparty vendors to obtain pricing stock and other information request samples and finalize details for purchasing marketing production and other departments.
• Additional Duties: Participate in other projects and duties as required.

Benefits:

• Competitive pay with annual reviews.
• Vacation/PTO.
• Dental vision AFLAC and pet insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Entrepreneurial work environment.
• And more...

Remote Work :

No