The role owns portfolio strategy and P&L for Pfister product categories, leads multi-year planning and governance, drives category performance, and partners with engineering and marketing to deliver innovative products and successful launches.

Own category P&L and portfolio performance
Lead portfolio planning and governance
Drive innovation and cross-functional collaboration

Job Description

Responsibilities

Portfolio Strategy & Business Leadership: Develop and execute short-term and long-term category strategies that support Pfister growth, profitability, and market share objectives.
Own the strategic direction and business performance of assigned product categories, including Kitchen, Lav, Tub/Shower, Valves, and Parts, across Retail, Wholesale, Builder, Showroom, and E-Commerce channels.
Lead annual and multi-year portfolio planning processes, including growth priorities, investment recommendations, and category roadmaps.
Own overall category P&L performance, including revenue growth, gross margin, operating profitability, inventory productivity, and return on invested capital.
Lead portfolio governance processes that prioritize investments, balance resource allocation, manage complexity, and ensure alignment with long-term growth and profitability objectives.
Evaluate portfolio performance and identify opportunities to expand, optimize, reposition, or rationalize product offerings.
Drive category business reviews, performance management routines, and executive-level recommendations.
Partner with Finance to support annual operating plans, forecasts, long-range plans, and margin improvement initiatives.
Innovation & New Product Strategy: In partnership with Engineering R&D, build and maintain a robust product innovation roadmap based on consumer needs, customer opportunities, market trends, competitive gaps, and financial returns.
Generate and prioritize product ideas, platform opportunities, and category growth initiatives in partnership with Sales, Brand Marketing, Channel Marketing, and Engineering.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of progressive experience in product management, product marketing, category management, marketing, or related commercial leadership roles.
5+ years of direct people leadership experience.
Demonstrated success leading product portfolios with business, margin, and/or P&L accountability.
Experience developing product strategies, roadmaps, business cases, and commercialization plans.
Experience launching new products through structured cross-functional development processes.
Strong financial acumen with experience managing revenue, margin, pricing, investment, and ROI decisions.
Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders.

Preferred

MBA preferred.
Experience within plumbing, building products, durable goods, consumer products, hardware, home improvement, or related industries.
Experience working across retail, wholesale distribution, builder, showroom, and ecommerce channels.
Experience with global sourcing, manufacturing, and supply chain environments.

ASSA ABLOY Group

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Let’s create a safer and more open world – together!ASSA ABLOY is the global leader in access solutions with sales of SEK 150 billion and 63,000 employees. The Group has operations in over 70 countries and sales worldwide. ASSA ABLOY’s innovations enable safe, secure and convenient access to physical and digital places. Every day, we help billions of people experience a more open world. We have a feeling of discovery and urge to innovate by working together and telling it like it is, enabling us to be always growing, never boring and leading right. Do you want to be encouraged to act, have responsibilities to grow with and opportunities to explore? Join us!

Founded in 1994

Härjedalens kommun, Jämtland County, Sweden

12K employees (784 in marketing)

www.assaabloy.com/group/en

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