Product Manager

STEMCO Products is seeking a Product Manager to manage its wheel-end product portfolio and guide product strategy, roadmap development, and life-cycle execution. The role translates customer and market insights into product requirements and coordinates cross-functional teams to achieve revenue, margin, and customer satisfaction objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute long-term product strategy and vision for assigned product lines
• Define and communicate product roadmaps to internal and external stakeholders
• Lead new product development and serve as a liaison between field sales and internal teams to ensure effective and timely information flow
• Translate voice-of-customer feedback, market intelligence, and competitive insights into clear product requirements
• Prioritize portfolio initiatives and manage multiple product development projects
• Develop and present business cases for new products, product enhancements, and technology upgrades
• Lead products through development, commercialization, and full life-cycle management
• Manage major product category changes and improvements, including competitive benchmarking and market analysis
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to support major commercial opportunities
• Optimize product margin performance through pricing analysis and collaboration with Production, Supply Chain, and Commercial teams
• Provide sales forecasts to support manufacturing, distribution, and financial planning
• Partner with Marketing to develop product branding, positioning, catalogs, sales collateral, bulletins, advertising materials, and other customer-facing communications
• Support the sales organization through product training, technical guidance, customer engagement, and bid-specification support
• Monitor market trends, competitive offerings, customer needs, and regulatory impacts
• Track portfolio performance and drive actions to achieve financial and strategic objectives
• Travel to support customers, gather voice-of-customer insights, and conduct market research
• Represent the business at industry trade shows, panels, customer meetings, and other industry forums
• Identify and pursue opportunities for continued professional development and increased role effectiveness

Requirements:

• Four-year degree required
• Solid understanding of the Product Development Process
• Experience working across multiple sites and with cross-functional teams
• Strong organizational agility with the ability to communicate, collaborate, and influence at all levels of the organization
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Strong public speaking and presentation skills, including proficiency in PowerPoint
• Basic knowledge of blueprint reading, purchasing, RFQ, and PPAP processes
• Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on driving results
• Ability to use data and analytics to support recommendations and business decisions
• Strong organizational skills with a high degree of rigor, discipline, and attention to detail
• Basic understanding of income statement elements and their impact on gross margin
• Proficiency in Google applications, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Legal authorization to work in the United States is required
• MBA and/or engineering or technical background
• Five or more years of experience in the heavy-duty truck industry
• Customer channel management experience
• Program management experience