Product & Bailment Pool Manager

Surefitters is a Minnesota-based commercial upfitter of Class 1–6 vehicles serving local, regional, and national fleets, commercial dealers, FMCs, and municipalities. We’re looking for a Product & Bailment Pool Manager to own our standard product roadmap and catalog — including our Work Ready and ToughLite lines — and to manage our OEM Bailment Pool program.This is a product management seat first. You’ll decide what gets built next, build the business case, and take new products from concept through launch. Your second mandate is the Bailment Pool: OEM ordering, inventory, and dealer/fleet sales strategy, developed with our Sales Manager. You’ll lead outsourced mechanical design partners and work closely with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, Production, and Client Services — influencing without direct authority. What you’ll do Own the standard product roadmap and new product development (NPD) list, and build business cases covering margin, volume, and payback Gather voice-of-customer input, warranty claims, and competitive intelligence to shape the catalog, reviewing it at least annually Lead value engineering, make-vs-buy decisions with Supply Chain, and SKU consolidation to improve gross profit Manage NPD from concept through launchEquip Sales and Marketing with spec sheets, battlecards, web content, training, and CPQ/quoting data Own the monthly OEM ordering cadence as the single point of contact, and shape the Bailment Pool sales plan with the Sales Manager Track vehicle arrivals, inventory levels, and dwell time, and run a regular Bailment Pool business review with leadership What we’re looking forProven product management experience — owning a roadmap, setting priorities, and leading cross-functional launches (required) Comfort building business cases and using data and KPIs to make trade-offs Ability to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority Entrepreneurial, owner mindset — you initiate and drive rather than wait for direction Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or an engineering-adjacent field preferred Bailment Pool, fleet, or dealer-sales exposure is a plus, not a prerequisite