Company Description

Whether you're just beginning your career or have years of experience—you've come to the right place! Working at Alto-Shaam means you’re a part of a passionate team working together towards one goal.

Since 1955, Alto-Shaam has pioneered industry-leading commercial foodservice equipment that anticipates and responds to our customers' needs. Our solutions help foodservice businesses like Sendik’s Food Market and Saz’s Hospitality Group enhance their menus while providing a greater return on their investment.

Our world-class products are made in a world-class facility. Alto-Shaam’s headquarters and manufacturing space is dynamic, clean and safe for all.

As a family company, we also take care of our people by providing market-leading benefits:

• Earn an annual bonus on your gross income, which has averaged 15% over the past five years
• Low premiums for full coverage healthcare with wellness participation
• 11 paid holidays and generous earned PTO
• Advancement opportunities to grow through our career ladders program
• Tuition assistance to pursue a degree or certification
• Fitness reimbursement for gym memberships, classes, or training sessions
• Biannual performance reviews with yearly merit increases
• Annual free lunch with the company president to celebrate your work anniversary

Job Description

Responsible for successfully attaining all product management facets required to meet or exceed the product line objectives set annually and in the long term. This position requires a Business Unit Manager mentality, driving timely results across all internal Alto-Shaam operating systems and its global sales network to contribute significantly to Alto-Shaam's growth and strategic direction. 

The ideal candidate for a Product Manager would be able to do the following:

• Becoming the unequivocal point person, knowledge leader, and communicator for all internal functional customer questions and directions related to the product line. 
• Continually being aware of potential market threats to the product line value propositions through constant competitive benchmarking utilizing multiple sources and addressing those threats promptly through timely continued enhancement and differentiation through AS and AI engineering disciplines.
• Through this consistent competitive benchmarking, provide current competitive matrices comparing price, features, options, accessories, and value propositions for the product line. 
• Leading and managing all market research activities relating to the product line.
• Conducting customer feedback and enabling gathering the true voice of customers who utilize the product line.
• Leading and managing the NPD funnel for the product line. Continually soliciting NPD ideas from both internal and external sources, establishing priorities.
• Building the business case for all New Product Development initiatives relating to the product line
  • Management of project managers assigned to the product line NPD initiatives approved for the stage gate process. 
• Leading, managing, and strategically charting via a product line roadmap the next generation of products. 
• Leading the development and execution of all sales network training on the product line. 
• Leading and managing (guidelines and authority) all strategic pricing for the product line.
• Taking an active support role in numerous key operator and chain customers utilizing the product line, building relationships beyond the account manager
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.

Qualifications

For a candidate to be successful as a Product Manager they must have:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Some experience leading major projects through multifunctional disciplines with non-direct organizational authority
• Strong people management skills
• Excellent strategic and critical thinking skills
• A strong sense of urgency
• A natural sense of curiosity and anticipation for opportunity
• Strong organizational and decision making skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good financial analysis and mathematical skills
• Project management skills
• Multitasking and prioritization skills
• Ability to forge winning and reliable working relationships both internally and externally to AS
• Food Service Industry knowledge

Additional Information

We are looking for team-members that exemplify and live our High FIVE values:

• High Quality: Are you detailed-oriented and ensure the accuracy of your work?
• Family: Do you exceed expectations by being attentive and going above and beyond?
• Improve: Are you passionate about finding solutions to streamline and enhance the way you and your peers work?
• Voice: Are you a positive person who wants to make an impact on others?
• Empower: Are you a go-getter who takes initiative and pride in your work?

If you share our values, we want you to be a part of our Alto-Shaam family!