Product Manager - Automation

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Carol Stream, IL
In-Office
94K-140K Annually
Senior level
Industrial • Manufacturing
The Role
As a Product Manager - Automation, you will oversee automated beverage dispensers, lead collaboration across teams, shape product strategies, and ensure integration into customer operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.

About The Job
Though you may not know us by name, you’ve most likely enjoyed meals and refreshments supported by our industry-leading brand portfolio. For decades, we’ve designed and manufactured foodservice equipment for some of the world’s biggest, most recognized consumer brands. We are driven to innovate with a clear purpose in mind: revolutionize the future of foodservice.

As a Product Manager - Automation, you will manage our key automated beverage dispensers, coordinating execution and communication with our internal teams and customers. You will collaborate across engineering, product, and commercial teams to develop innovative features that enhance product performance, efficiency, reliability, and user experience.

This role blends product strategy with technical expertise in automation and systems integration. You will help shape product roadmaps, define technical requirements, and ensure seamless integration of automated equipment into our customers’ operations.

What You’ll Do

  • Own product and project management for our automated beverage dispensers, ensuring execution of current and future workstreams.

  • Champion automation internally across product lines, ensuring alignment and integration of automation opportunities.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally to evaluate automation expansion opportunities and feed unmet needs into the Innovation pipeline.

  • Define and manage product requirements for automated systems across multiple product lines.

  • Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams to ensure cohesive system integration.

  • Conduct market research and customer interviews to identify needs and translate them into actionable product features.

  • Support product development from concept through launch, ensuring alignment with performance, safety, and regulatory standards.

  • Stay current on trends in mechatronics, automation, and system design to inform product strategy and innovation.

Who You Are

  • Automation Advocate: Passionate about embedding automation across products to transform operator workflows.

  • Collaborative Partner: Uses interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.

  • Strategic Thinker: Relies on analytical and problem-solving skills to think strategically and execute tactically.

  • Customer-Focused Innovator: Ensures solutions address real operator challenges while enabling scale and growth.

  • Trusted Partner: Creates value-add relationships with stakeholders as well as a culture of accountability among colleagues.

  • Results-Driven: Understands and tenaciously works at meeting or exceeding goals

Skills/Experience We’re Looking For

  • Strong technical background with mechatronic systems, including sensors, actuators, control systems, and embedded software.

  • Experience translating customer workflows into product requirements and technical system needs.

  • Familiarity with system modeling, simulation tools, and hardware/software integration.

  • Ability to influence and align stakeholders across multiple product lines.

  • Understanding of system reliability, serviceability, and lifecycle economics

  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder relationships.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

  • 5+ years of experience in product development or technical product management with automation or mechatronic products.

Benefits

We support your well-being with comprehensive and easy-to-use benefits that you’ll be eligible to enroll in on your first day of employment. Here are some of the highlights:
 

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug insurance plans

  • Access to a Health Advocate who is an expert in Marmon’s health plan and can help you select the best health benefits for you and your family.

  • Tax advantaged spending accounts for health and dependent care expenses.

  • Wellness programs and resources including Telehealth, Mental Health, Fitness, and Family Planning

  • Generous paid time off for personal use, holidays, and parental leave

  • Company-sponsored life insurance

  • 401(k) with fully vested company match; Marmon may also make an additional annual discretionary contribution to your account, whether or not you contribute on your own.

  • Financial and retirement advising

About Marmon Holdings

Marmon Holdings, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, comprises 11 groups and more than 100 autonomous businesses with total annual revenue of $10 billion. Marmon’s 28,000-plus team members are celebrating the company's 70th anniversary in 2023 and helping write the next chapter of Marmon's story.
 

Pay Range:

93,600.00 - 140,400.00

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, and more!

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to [email protected], and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.

Top Skills

Actuators
Control Systems
Embedded Software
Hardware/Software Integration
Mechatronic Systems
Sensors
Simulation Tools
System Modeling
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The Company
Chicago, , IL
485 Employees

What We Do

Marmon Holdings, a Berkshire Hathaway company, comprises more than 120 autonomous businesses serving diverse industries and markets worldwide

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