Exciting role with a large, profitable, rapidly growing company. Manage an experienced, high-performance cabinetry product management team. We offer a hybrid work schedule with generous vacation time.
About the Company
Hardware Resources is an industry-leading provider of cabinet hardware, cabinet accessories and kitchen cabinets. Across our six brands, we design, engineer, manufacture, and sell our decorative and functional hardware, cabinets, cabinet organizers, vanities, wood products, and LED lighting for the kitchen and bath. We sell our own, and only our own products to thousands of kitchen and bath dealers across the country, stocking and/or manufacturing products in 12 facilities across the country. We enjoy an outstanding reputation for quality and service. The company is successful and has a long history of winning in the marketplace. Our employees find us to be just the right size – about 600 people in total.
Hardware Resources has its primary facility in Bossier City, Louisiana, and a substantial office in Irving, Texas.
Our team members are valued and are encouraged to reach their full potential. We foster entrepreneurial spirit and imaginative teamwork with the freedom to act. Our company offers competitive wages, career growth opportunities, and a generous benefits package that includes PTO (sick time, paid vacation), holidays, 401(k), Personal Assistance Program, medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to hiring a diverse and talented workforce.
Who are we looking for?
Are you passionate about product strategy? Do you consider team leadership a personal strength? If you answered “yes” to both of those questions, then we may have the perfect opportunity for you. The ideal candidate should have a proven background in leading cabinetry product management teams, driving new product development programs, and delivering the best value within a market segment with their products. A big plus is experience and success in RTA or stock cabinetry categories with products focused on the dealer/distributor channel. If this sounds like a good fit, we want to have a conversation with you!
About the Job
The Director of NorthPoint Cabinetry Product Management leads a team of two product management professionals. This leader works with the product managers to set and implement product line strategic plans, product development plans, marketing plans and promotions, training programs, sales support, inventory control, E&O reduction, forecasts, product phase-in and phase-out, channel development programs, supplier evaluation, market research, and competitor research, all toward achieving the revenue, profit, and market share objectives of the company. Strong preference will be given to candidates that are willing to live and work from one of our facility locations: Dallas, Texas (Irving); Bossier City, Louisiana; or York, Pennsylvania.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop Product Strategy: Establish a comprehensive strategy for NorthPoint Cabinetry product lines to optimize margins and create value through differentiation. Stay informed about housing market trends, analyze competition, market conditions, and customer needs to guide product management and strategic planning.
- Drive Innovation and Speed to Market: Collaborate with engineering to expedite the market entry of innovative, proprietary products, and guide product managers in setting strategic plans, protecting intellectual property, and managing the product lifecycle.
- Prioritize Initiatives: Prioritize product development initiatives and marketing programs to ensure optimum return-on-investment.
- Implement Project Management: Drive the use of project management tools and processes for successful development of new products and projects.
- Enhance Quality and Productivity: Collaborate with product managers and quality teams to identify and implement improvements in quality, productivity, packaging, and on-time delivery while reducing costs and time-to-market.
- Control Inventory: Work with operations to drive inventory control through accurate new product forecasts, MOQ reduction, and E&O reduction.
- Develop Pricing Strategy: Coordinate product price changes and develop competitive pricing strategies for assigned product lines pricing to market while yielding targeted margins.
- Support Sales and Training: Ensure product managers collaborate with sales teams for effective training on product features, benefits, and target customers, and work with learning and development to enhance training methods.
- Identify Channel Opportunities: Identify channel opportunities and assist sales teams in developing and implementing penetration plans with necessary training and marketing resources.
Required Knowledge and Skills
- Solid project management skills, including excellent organizational and time management skills
- Solid Excel skills
- Experience working with international and/or domestic product manufacturers for cabinetry
- Experience working with databases and report generation
- Solid business knowledge of marketing, finance, manufacturing, sales
- Excellent interpersonal skills and experience working across multiple departments
- Self-motivated, results-driven professional who consistently delivers high-quality work
- Proven track record of successfully leading mid-size to large teams
- Strong presentation development and public speaking skills
- Core product management practices and principles
Education and Employment Experience
- 4-year college degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 5+ years of product management experience in the cabinetry industry with RTA experience desired
- Leadership & supervisory experience required
- Experience working for a B2B company is a plus
Additional Information
- Moderate travel – likely 8+ domestic trips a year, possibly 1-2 overseas trips a year
- Relocation will be considered for highly qualified candidates
- All new employees are required to pass a drug screen and background check in accordance with state and local laws
FSLA Status: Salaried Exempt
Location: Bossier City, LA; Dallas, TX; York, PA
Learn More About the Company: HardwareResources.com
