MEDELA LLC
Product Manager, Consumer
Hybrid Role: 3 days on-site at our McHenry, IL location. Candidate needs to be within commuting distance to McHenry, IL.
Salary Starting at $115K plus bonus
Medela LLC is seeking a Product Manager, Consumer
We are seeking a strategic and commercially minded Product Manager, Consumer to manage a key segment of our consumer product portfolio. In this role, you will drive portfolio growth, lead product lifecycle initiatives, and collaborate across global teams to bring innovative products to market.
This is an exciting opportunity for a product management professional who enjoys balancing strategy and execution while making a measurable impact on business performance in the consumer market.
What We Offer our Product Manager, Consumer
- Comprehensive benefits plan
- 401K with match
- Money Purchase Plan
- 16-week Paid Parental Leave
- Generous PTO package, plus 14 paid holidays
- A great place to work!
What You'll Do as our Product Manager, Consumer
- Own and manage a defined consumer product portfolio, including assortment, profitability, and lifecycle strategy.
- Work on product specifications, testing, making sure products are performing to specifications that you need.
- Analyze market trends, customer insights, and competitive activity to identify growth opportunities.
- Lead product launches, portfolio expansions, rationalizations, and end-of-life activities.
- Develop product positioning, value propositions, and pricing strategies.
- Partner closely with Marketing, Sales, R&D, Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations to achieve business objectives.
- Use your analytical skills to triangulate data. You will gather data from numerous sources, connect the dots and build a whole picture.
- Support commercial teams with product knowledge, tools, and market insights.
- Monitor key business metrics including revenue, margin, market share, and portfolio performance.
- Build business cases and present recommendations to senior leadership.
What We're Looking For: Product Manager, Consumer
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field (MBA preferred).
- 4+ years of experience in Product Management, Portfolio Management, or Category Management.
- Experience in Consumer Products, Consumer Healthcare, or FMCG preferred.
- Proven success leading portfolio extension, product launches, and geographic or channel expansions
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and project management skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Experience working within global or regional organizations.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.
What Makes You Successful: Product Manager, Consumer
- Commercially focused with a strong understanding of growth and profitability drivers.
- Skilled at influencing and collaborating across cross-functional teams.
- Able to translate strategy into action and deliver measurable business results.
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong consumer product management experience.
Why Join Medela LLC?
- Make a direct impact on the growth and success of a leading consumer product portfolio.
- Collaborate with talented teams across multiple functions and regions.
- Help shape innovation pipelines and product strategy.
- Gain visibility with senior leadership while advancing your career in a dynamic global organization.
If you're passionate about developing products that delight consumers and drive business growth, we'd love to hear from you.
Our employees are empowered to serve this purpose in a family-owned company that is growing rapidly around the world. We value intensive exchanges, diverse perspectives, and unbureaucratic decisions. You will have the opportunity to develop at an international level, and witness the direct impact your work has on our company’s success.
If you are interested in this opportunity, we are looking forward to receiving your application.
For this position we only consider direct applications only- thank you for your understanding.
As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, protected veteran status, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, HIV/AIDs status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity (transgender status), weight, height or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law or ordinance.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or related field
- MBA
- 4+ years of experience in Product Management, Portfolio Management, or Category Management
- Experience in Consumer Products, Consumer Healthcare, or FMCG
- Proven success leading portfolio extension, product launches, and geographic or channel expansions
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and project management skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Experience working within global or regional organizations
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint
- Commercial focus with understanding of growth and profitability drivers
What We Do
Through advancing research, observing natural behavior, and listening to our customers, Medela turns science into care while nurturing health for generations. Medela supports millions of moms, babies, patients, and healthcare professionals in more than 100 countries all over the world. As the healthcare choice for more than 6 million hospitals and homes across the globe, Medela provides the leading research-based breast milk feeding and baby products, healthcare solutions for hospitals, and clinical education. A family-owned company, Medela has 20 subsidiaries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia, three production and warehouse facilities in Switzerland, the U.S and China and a worldwide distribution network in over 100 countries. With more than 1,500 employees, Medela is dedicated to developing breakthrough innovations that build better health outcomes and improve the lives of moms, babies and patients. Founded in 1961 by Olle Larsson, his son Michael Larsson serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2001. Annette Brüls is the CEO of the company since 2018. Medela is committed to providing equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, protected veteran status, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, HIV/AIDS status, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law or ordinance
