ForestryWorks · 1 month ago
Strategic Product Manager – Engineered Wood Products -01023414
Hinds County, MS
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$129K/yr - $193K/yr
10+ years expWeyerhaeuser is a company that sustainably manages forests and manufactures products to improve the world. They are seeking a National Strategic Product Manager to manage engineered wood products, drive profitable growth, and lead a national design team, while maintaining supplier relationships and initiating product training.
Paper & Forest Products
Responsibilities
Responsible for profitably managing and growing assigned product categories
Maintain and grow strong regional and national supplier relationships within those categories
Identify and evaluate potential suppliers, new markets, new product opportunities, and competitors
Direct product pricing strategy
Lead a national design team tasked with technical sales support of EWP
Coordinate interaction between assigned suppliers and other departments
Maintain distributor and incentive agreements with selected suppliers that provide protection and position the business for profitable sales
Initiate and implement product training applicable to your category or categories
Review performance of assigned suppliers; implement appropriate action plans for improvement when results are below expectations
Develop annual marketing plan incorporating vendor, division and product promotions
Willing to travel 25-35% of the time to company, vendor and customer locations across the US and Canada
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in relevant field of study
10+ years of experience in building products industry
5+ years managing strategic relationships (supplier or customer) at the division/region or enterprise level
5+ years of large account buying and/or selling experience
Deep and wide experience with EWP suppliers and markets
Strong business acumen
Excellent communicator and proven relationship builder
Strong analytical abilities to find and utilize vendor, customer and market-related data to identify opportunities and solve problems
Preferred
Prior national product management experience for a manufacturer or distributor a strong plus
People management experience a plus
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Short and long-term disability
Life insurance
Health Savings Account option
Voluntary Long-Term Care
Employee Assistance Programs
Paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary
3-weeks of paid vacation
Eleven paid holidays per year
Company
ForestryWorks
Forestry Works is a collaborative effort by the Forest Workforce Training Institute and other partners within the forest industry to develop a pipeline of qualified workers for the logging and wood product manufacturing industries.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase