Sr. Manager, Products and Segments

Chicago, IL, US, 60601

James Hardie Building Products Inc. is the North American leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions. Hardie® products offer long lasting beauty and endless design possibilities with trusted protection and low maintenance. The company pioneered modern fiber cement building products and continues to invest in innovation to transform the industry. James Hardie is a high-performance organization, with an unwavering commitment to Zero Harm. The company proudly employs a diverse workforce of over 3,000 employees across operations in North America.

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As part of the Core Product Management Team, the Senior Product Manager is responsible for the end-to-end performance of the HardieBacker and premium product line, specifically P&L/baseline business management, product strategy, and project management of key initiatives.  This position will have high cross functional interaction and shared accountability with Segments, Sales, MFG, Supply Chain, and R&D.  James Hardie’s HardieBacker product line is large scale business that requires a talented, experienced Senior Manager.

Position Responsibilities:
Senior Product Management:

Fulfilling the below responsibilities for a large-scale business

Baseline product stewardship– P&L, Sales, Service, Capacity, Brand Promise, Quality, Competitors

Product Strategy – Ensuring we have the right products and the right value for our customer, end-user, and consumer segments to drive profitable growth

Key Initiatives – Critical analysis, identification, and business alignment around projects that support a check/adjust to any aspect of the product line

Product Roadmap – Leading commercial prioritization for future innovation to drive profitable growth

Project Management – Leading projects/key initiatives to improve the business

People Management & Development – Lead direct report

Position Requirements:

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (required):

Excellent leadership, project management, collaboration skills, and the ability to drive results

Ability to proactively manage multiple projects in a fast paced, change oriented environment, yet flexible enough to adapt to changes

Ability to analyze business, market trends and partner feedback to better refine product offerings and drive business growth

Strong bias for results and ability to work independently as well as interact effectively across functions and at all levels

Demonstrated history developing and maintaining strong relationships with potential partners across industry

Strong understanding of industrial manufacturing value chain, supply chain and manufacturing environment

Ability to achieve alignment and buy in for strategies and plans to drive achievement of goals

Demonstrated ability to successfully understand profit and loss techniques and skills to develop and evaluate business goals and strategies, analyze information to derive insights and implications to initiate planning and/or re-planning, and controlling actual results versus budget

Results-oriented to ensure delivery of appropriate products and services in an accurate, complete, and timely fashion

Superior interpersonal and written/oral communication skills with the ability to relate well and cooperate with others to effectively coordinate activities and accomplish goals

Demonstrated advanced skills with the standard features of various personal computer word processing and spreadsheet software (Microsoft Word and Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet, and proprietary software)

Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%

Education/Experience (required):

Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, Sales, Engineering or related field. MBA preferred

Seven or more years of experience in product or brand management, and/or channel marketing in a consumer durable goods or related industry

Multi-faceted market research experience to derive market insights

Experiencing managing the product, place, price and promotion (4 Ps of marketing)

Proven project management experience in a cross-functional environment

Business to business plus business to consumer marketing experience (preferred)

Experience managing a small team

What You’ll Receive:

As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position is $145,700 to $189,400. Placement in the range depends on several factors such as experience, skills, geography and internal equity and may change over time. This position qualifies for benefits and you will be eligible to participate in a bonus plan.

Benefits available include:

Comprehensive low-cost co-pay medical insurance; as well as vision insurance benefits for every 30+ hour full-time employee. Insurance starts on day one!
Life insurance
Short-term and long-term disability insurance

401(k) Retirement plan that will match 100% of employees saved dollars up to the first 6% of your salary

Paid Time Off
11 paid holidays per year, paid vacation including Jury Duty and bereavement leave
Paid sick leave
Wellness Program
Employee Assistance Program
Parental Leave
Tuition reimbursement
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Community Involvement & Sustainable Solutions
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James Hardie will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies.

Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis.

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James Hardie Building Products Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, veteran's status, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or any other basis protected by law.