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About the Role
As Product Development Senior Manager for the Consumables BU, you will own the end-to-end NPD pipeline strategy, from opportunity identification and sourcing through development and commercialization, for our portfolio of brands. You will set the strategic direction for how we build a differentiated, commercially robust product roadmap, optimized for speed and iteration on Amazon's fast-moving marketplace, while building the standards and margin discipline needed to selectively extend our strongest products into DTC and retail. You are accountable for ensuring the pipeline delivers sustained category growth against company targets, while positioning our brands to capture emerging white space ahead of competitors.
Responsibilities
- Drive brand growth by analyzing sales and market trends to identify white-space opportunities, scaling existing portfolios, and proactively expanding product offerings to capture new market share.
- Develop creative briefs that translate brand DNA into actionable product concepts.
- Solve complex product challenges—from functionality to cost—and establish manufacturing strategies that enable long-term brand transformation.
- Lead the end-to-end product creation process by briefing our industrial design team, facilitating collaborative brainstorming, and providing clear, strategic direction.
- Foster strategic supplier partnerships and manage end-to-end execution, from initial briefing and cost negotiation to timeline management.
- Ensure best-in-market quality and launch speed.
- Partner with legal and regulatory teams to navigate the complexities of trademarks, patents, and global compliance.
- Build operational safeguards that ensure a seamless path to market for products across all territories.
- Optimize profitability through strategic price negotiation and robust forecasting.
- Develop long-term factory relationships to secure superior cost structures.
- Use data-driven seasonality insights to manage inventory buys and shipment plans.
- Manage the full product lifecycle, analyze performance to drive range extensions, 2.0 iterations, and strategic category pivots.
Requirements
- Proven more than 5 years of experience in product development, preferably in consumer goods, hard goods category, or a similar industry.
- Experience/exposure to sourcing, supplier management, and price negotiation.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with brand, creative, legal, operations, with a focus on speed, quality, and profitability.
- Excellent project management skills with a track record of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proven strong drive.
- Strong analytical and negotiation skills.
- Creative mindset with the ability to think strategically and execute tactically.
- Technical fluency is a prerequisite for excellence.
- Individuals who are excited to pioneer new ways of working by leveraging LLMs, automated workflows, and data analysis tools.
- Practitioner of the "automated-first" mindset.
- Relentless "learn-and-apply" loop.
- Commitment to continuous experimentation and the proactive application of AI to solve complex business problems.
Skills
- Product Development
- Consumer Goods
- Hard Goods Category
- Sourcing
- Supplier Management
- Price Negotiation
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Project Management
- Analytical Skills
- Negotiation Skills
- Strategic Thinking
- Tactical Execution
- LLMs
- Automated Workflows
- Data Analysis Tools
- AI Coding Agents
- N8N
- Dify
- SQL
Experience Level
- Senior Manager
- More than 5 years of experience
About the Company
- The Product Development team supports our brands, driving growth through new product development and innovation.
- They build and execute extensive go-to-market plans and gather market insights to improve future products.
- Essor is committed to your growth through active mentorship and internal upskilling.
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, age, or national origin will be considered.
- No qualified applicants will be discriminated against on the basis of disability or protected veteran status.