At Standard Textile, we’re dedicated to providing comfort and care across generations. Guided by our values, we focus on solutions that serve our customers, support our associates, and strengthen our communities. Since 1940, we’ve remained committed to creating better textiles—delivered seamlessly by experts who care.
The Program Manager leads the day-to-day execution of product and program initiatives that support Standard Textile’s growth strategy. This role manages product lifecycles, drives cross-functional collaboration, and ensures new products and programs meet business goals, customer expectations, and profitability targets. The Program Manager partners closely with Merchandising, R&D, Marketing, Sourcing, and Sales to bring ideas from concept to commercialization while ensuring operational readiness for launch.
Key Responsibilities Include:
Product & Program Leadership
- Manage product development and commercialization from concept through final development for assigned programs.
- Lead RFP and brand program deliverables, ensuring complete, timely, and competitive submissions, including tailored customer facing product sample submissions
- Develop and maintain pricing, margin analysis, and roadmap updates aligned to business objectives.
- Oversee program or RFP specific product projects, ensuring milestones and quality standards are met.
- Maintain existing assigned Hospitality Programs with incremental changes and ongoing assortment upkeep
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with R&D, Product Merchandising, Sourcing, and Marketing to ensure alignment on design, cost, quality, and positioning.
- Collaborate with Sales and Account Management to support customer-specific initiatives and new opportunities.
- Coordinate launch readiness across internal teams including operations, marketing, and customer support.
Market & Customer Focus
- Gather and interpret customer and market insights to guide product improvements and new development.
- Support trade shows, customer presentations, and brand reviews with accurate and compelling product and program information.
Key Qualifications Include:
- Bachelor’s Degree Required
- 1-3 years experience with Product, Business/Marketing Strategy
- Project Management experience preferred
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required, Salesforce and Power BI preferred
- Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt to change in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent problem-solving skills and enthusiastic about new ideas
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Proudly, Standard Textile has earned a title of US Best Managed Company for the sixth year running, an honor awarded by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, celebrating the exceptional achievements of American private companies and their management teams.
Standard Textile is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 1-3 years of experience with product, business, or marketing strategy
- Project management experience
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Salesforce experience
- Power BI experience
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to adapt to change in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent problem-solving skills
What We Do
Standard Textile is a global, vertically integrated manufacturer and provider of institutional textiles and apparel. It develops and produces durable products for hospitality, healthcare, education, and other professional settings, including bed and bath linens, patient and staff apparel, surgical textiles, privacy curtains, window treatments, décor, and linen-management solutions. The company emphasizes design, patented innovation, supply-chain stability, and customer-focused textile services.
