Business Product Manager
About the role
Description Take ownership of the strategy and growth of a key product category, shaping the product roadmap and bringing innovative offerings to market. You will leverage market insights, competitive analysis, and financial performance to guide pricing, forecasting, and lifecycle decisions that drive profitable growth. This role works cross-functionally with global teams, sales partners, and customers while leading a team focused on delivering strong business results.
Responsibilities Essential Functions:
- Build Mid to Long term strategy plan for Product Category and take ownership of executing strategy, go to market execution and profitably.
- Create and maintain product line-up and life cycle management, evaluate price positioning and determine if/when appropriate changes are required.
- Analyze P&L and set category budget, provide management reporting for spend, profit, share with fluctuation analysis and commentary.
- Continuously monitor Total Addressable Market and Market Share targets adapting strategy when necessary to achieve goals.
- Conduct weekly conference call with HQ teams sharing market insights and gaining global perspective and overall direction for the category. (Market / Competition /Product Planning).
- Prepare customer collaboration, market analysis, product research, competitive landscape snapshot, channel inventory analysis.
- Represent the category, along with Carrier and National Account Sales Team for partner meetings.
- Participating in end customer product presentations as needed.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining yearly forecasting and monthly forecast submission for the overall category, and presenting plan and strategy to executives.
- Responsible for providing daily direction to all staff by delegating and scheduling work to the assigned team, and monitors work completion and quality according to procedures and deadlines.
Qualifications Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
Knowledge:
- Demonstrated analytical skills – forecasting, operations, market research.
- Product management and lifecycle management.
- Market analysis and competitive intelligence.
About Us Premium Retail Services is a part of Acosta Group – a collective of the industry’s most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies reimagining the way people connect with brands at every point in their shopping journey.
Since 1985, Premium has been a top provider of sales and merchandising services, reshaping retail through innovation and excellence for hundreds of renowned brands across retail categories.
With 12,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada, we are a people-first company, and we strive to ensure our team members enjoy their jobs, feel valued, and emulate our core beliefs – that’s why we frequently promote from within. We encourage our employees to innovate and expand new horizons, making internal development our cornerstone. Find your place at Premium – whether it’s merchandising, sales or brand advocacy, there's a spot for you on our team.
Acosta Group is an equal opportunity employer and will ensure that applicants with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact AskHR@acosta.com. Be sure to include "Applicant Accommodation" in the subject of your email to expedite the request.
Acosta Group believes in good faith that the minimum and maximum annual salary or hourly compensation range for this opportunity is accurate and reasonable at the time of posting.
The Acosta Group utilizes E-Verify for validating the ability to work in the United States for all job candidates. If you want more information on what this entails and your rights as a job applicant, please use the link provided to access information on our use of E-Verify and your right to work. Employer Resources (e-verify.gov)
By applying, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions of Use.
#DiscoverYourPath Acosta, and its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Job Category: Administration
Position Type: Full time
Business Unit: Marketing
Salary Range: $132,000.00 - $132,000.00
Company: Premium Retail Services (Canada), Inc.
Req ID: 23726
Employer Description:
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About Acosta Group
Acosta Group fuses storied expertise, unmatched connectivity and advanced insight to accelerate brand growth – everywhere you sell. Our collective of the most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies is reimagining how people connect with brands at every point in the consumer journey.
Comprised of Acosta, ActionLink, CORE Foodservice, CROSSMARK, Mosaic, Premium Retail Services and Product Connections, Acosta Group understands and anticipates evolving consumer needs, fueling accelerated performance to connect tomorrow's commerce today. The collective delivers end-to-end solutions, including headquarter sales services, omnichannel retail solutions, assisted sales and training, integrated marketing, foodservice sales enablement and culinary solutions, and the most advanced data and insights.
Le groupe Acosta Group rassemble une expertise reconnue, une connectivité inégalée et des connaissances fines pour accélérer la croissance des marques - partout où vous êtes commercialisé. Notre collectif des agences de vente au détail, de marketing et de restauration les plus fiables réinvente la façon dont les gens se connectent aux marques à chaque étape du parcours du consommateur.
Composé d'Acosta, d'ActionLink, de CORE Foodservice, de CROSSMARK, de Mosaic, de Premium Retail Services et de Product Connections, le groupe Acosta Group comprend et anticipe les besoins en constante évolution des consommateurs, stimulant ainsi les performances accélérées pour connecter le commerce de demain dès aujourd'hui. Le collectif offre des solutions holistiques, y compris des services de vente externalisée, des solutions omnicanales de vente au détail, des ventes assistées et de la formation, du marketing intégré, des solutions de vente pour la restauration et la cuisine, ainsi que les données et les connaissances les plus avancées, et l’expertise nécessaire pour extraire la valeur de tous ces outils.
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Business Product Manager
About the role
Description Take ownership of the strategy and growth of a key product category, shaping the product roadmap and bringing innovative offerings to market. You will leverage market insights, competitive analysis, and financial performance to guide pricing, forecasting, and lifecycle decisions that drive profitable growth. This role works cross-functionally with global teams, sales partners, and customers while leading a team focused on delivering strong business results.
Responsibilities Essential Functions:
- Build Mid to Long term strategy plan for Product Category and take ownership of executing strategy, go to market execution and profitably.
- Create and maintain product line-up and life cycle management, evaluate price positioning and determine if/when appropriate changes are required.
- Analyze P&L and set category budget, provide management reporting for spend, profit, share with fluctuation analysis and commentary.
- Continuously monitor Total Addressable Market and Market Share targets adapting strategy when necessary to achieve goals.
- Conduct weekly conference call with HQ teams sharing market insights and gaining global perspective and overall direction for the category. (Market / Competition /Product Planning).
- Prepare customer collaboration, market analysis, product research, competitive landscape snapshot, channel inventory analysis.
- Represent the category, along with Carrier and National Account Sales Team for partner meetings.
- Participating in end customer product presentations as needed.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining yearly forecasting and monthly forecast submission for the overall category, and presenting plan and strategy to executives.
- Responsible for providing daily direction to all staff by delegating and scheduling work to the assigned team, and monitors work completion and quality according to procedures and deadlines.
Qualifications Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
Knowledge:
- Demonstrated analytical skills – forecasting, operations, market research.
- Product management and lifecycle management.
- Market analysis and competitive intelligence.
About Us Premium Retail Services is a part of Acosta Group – a collective of the industry’s most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies reimagining the way people connect with brands at every point in their shopping journey.
Since 1985, Premium has been a top provider of sales and merchandising services, reshaping retail through innovation and excellence for hundreds of renowned brands across retail categories.
With 12,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada, we are a people-first company, and we strive to ensure our team members enjoy their jobs, feel valued, and emulate our core beliefs – that’s why we frequently promote from within. We encourage our employees to innovate and expand new horizons, making internal development our cornerstone. Find your place at Premium – whether it’s merchandising, sales or brand advocacy, there's a spot for you on our team.
Acosta Group is an equal opportunity employer and will ensure that applicants with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact AskHR@acosta.com. Be sure to include "Applicant Accommodation" in the subject of your email to expedite the request.
Acosta Group believes in good faith that the minimum and maximum annual salary or hourly compensation range for this opportunity is accurate and reasonable at the time of posting.
The Acosta Group utilizes E-Verify for validating the ability to work in the United States for all job candidates. If you want more information on what this entails and your rights as a job applicant, please use the link provided to access information on our use of E-Verify and your right to work. Employer Resources (e-verify.gov)
By applying, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions of Use.
#DiscoverYourPath Acosta, and its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Job Category: Administration
Position Type: Full time
Business Unit: Marketing
Salary Range: $132,000.00 - $132,000.00
Company: Premium Retail Services (Canada), Inc.
Req ID: 23726
Employer Description:
PREM
*RTL*
SERV
*EMP*
DESC
About Acosta Group
Acosta Group fuses storied expertise, unmatched connectivity and advanced insight to accelerate brand growth – everywhere you sell. Our collective of the most trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies is reimagining how people connect with brands at every point in the consumer journey.
Comprised of Acosta, ActionLink, CORE Foodservice, CROSSMARK, Mosaic, Premium Retail Services and Product Connections, Acosta Group understands and anticipates evolving consumer needs, fueling accelerated performance to connect tomorrow's commerce today. The collective delivers end-to-end solutions, including headquarter sales services, omnichannel retail solutions, assisted sales and training, integrated marketing, foodservice sales enablement and culinary solutions, and the most advanced data and insights.
Le groupe Acosta Group rassemble une expertise reconnue, une connectivité inégalée et des connaissances fines pour accélérer la croissance des marques - partout où vous êtes commercialisé. Notre collectif des agences de vente au détail, de marketing et de restauration les plus fiables réinvente la façon dont les gens se connectent aux marques à chaque étape du parcours du consommateur.
Composé d'Acosta, d'ActionLink, de CORE Foodservice, de CROSSMARK, de Mosaic, de Premium Retail Services et de Product Connections, le groupe Acosta Group comprend et anticipe les besoins en constante évolution des consommateurs, stimulant ainsi les performances accélérées pour connecter le commerce de demain dès aujourd'hui. Le collectif offre des solutions holistiques, y compris des services de vente externalisée, des solutions omnicanales de vente au détail, des ventes assistées et de la formation, du marketing intégré, des solutions de vente pour la restauration et la cuisine, ainsi que les données et les connaissances les plus avancées, et l’expertise nécessaire pour extraire la valeur de tous ces outils.