We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to manage product lines and ensure material availability that supports business growth. The role works closely with Business Directors and Sales Managers to understand market opportunities, customer requirements, and strategic priorities. It supports product strategy, new product introductions, product rationalization decisions, and long-term portfolio plans.
This position combines classic product management with significant supply chain, plant coordination, and operational execution responsibilities. You will manage product lifecycles for domestic and imported products, own demand planning and inventory, serve as the main commercial link to the plant, and lead Customer Service and product team members.
Full-time, about 40 hours per week, based in Orangeburg, New York, with domestic and international travel as required.
Compensation is $123,000 to $153,000 base plus an 8 to 12% annual bonus, a 401K match, and low-cost benefits. This is a nationwide search with strong paid relocation.
Key Responsibilities- Own demand planning (forecasting) for all product lines, integrating forecasts, actual sales, customer requirements, inventory, manufacturing capacity, and supply constraints
- Own inventory levels for all product lines, including slow-moving, excess, obsolete, expired, damaged, and off-spec material
- Serve as the primary commercial interface with the plant and manufacturing organization
- Convert customer demand and commercial priorities into executable production, purchasing, inventory (imports), and logistics plans
- Manage product lifecycles for domestic and imported products, including new product registration (NPR), commercialization, production scale-up, raw material planning, and launch readiness
- Directly manage Customer Service personnel, including staffing, workload, training, development, and performance
- Supervise Product Managers, Assistant Product Managers, Product Specialists, and other assigned staff
- Coordinate Sales, Technical, Product Development, Purchasing, Planning, Manufacturing, Operations, Logistics, and Quality to develop, launch, supply, and rationalize products
- Work with Business Directors and Sales Managers to align product plans with customer needs, market opportunities, and business goals
- Monitor production schedules, inventory, customer orders, and supply constraints; communicate risks and recovery actions
- Establish inventory, safety stock, and replenishment requirements that support service and limit excess inventory
- Coordinate supply for domestic and export customers, including products purchased from or supplied to subsidiaries
- Prioritize production campaigns with Manufacturing to improve fulfillment performance and forecast accuracy
- Lead MRB reviews and develop disposition, reduction, and rebalancing plans with cross-functional teams
- Establish and monitor Customer Service measures: order accuracy, cycle time, response time, backlog, on-time delivery, issue resolution, and customer satisfaction
- Lead improvements to order execution, customer communication, and escalation handling
- Maintain budgeting, forecasting, and fulfillment processes for reporting accuracy and product availability
- Participate in demand-sensing, month-end, and plant production, inventory, and supply-planning reviews
- Provide market analysis on existing and emerging technologies and support product strategy and portfolio planning
- Travel domestically and internationally as required
- Complete additional assignments as directed by management
Requirements- 5-10 years of experience in a chemical-related business, specifically in supply chain, product management, or planning
- Experience in supply chain, marketing, product management, or planning
- College degree in a business or technology-related field
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, with at least 8/10 competency in Excel
- SAP experience, with at least 8/10 competency, particularly in S/4HANA
- Working knowledge of PowerPoint and MS Access (or related)
- Ability to analyze sales data (historical, forecast, and budget) and recommend plans or actions to ensure supply
- Direct customer experience
- Ability to work across Japanese-American cultural lines
- Cross-cultural sensitivity, strategic thinking, creative problem solving, and ability to influence across departments
- Strong verbal and written communication, organization, time management, and results focus
- Sales fundamentals
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required
- Prompt, regular, and dependable attendance
- Currently in present position for a minimum of 6 months
