Product Management Specialist
About the role
At Franklin Electric, Product Management plays a critical role in supporting the development, execution, and lifecycle management of products that serve our customers and markets. As a Product Management Specialist, you will provide administrative, operational, and project support to the Product Management team while gaining exposure to a broad range of product-related activities across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Support Product Managers in executing product-related initiatives, projects, and day-to-day activities across the product portfolio.
- Assist with organizing product information, maintaining documentation, and ensuring accuracy of product records within company systems.
- Help coordinate activities related to product launches, product updates, and product lifecycle management.
- Support the development and maintenance of product literature, brochures, specifications, presentations, and other customer-facing materials.
- Assist in preparing internal and external product communications, training materials, and presentation content.
- Gather and organize information from Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Operations, and other stakeholders to support product initiatives.
- Assist in collecting and analyzing customer, market, and competitive information to help inform product decisions.
- Support reporting activities by preparing project updates, summaries, and business insights for the Product Management team.
- Support special pricing requests and annual pricing review activities, including data collection, competitive pricing research, margin analysis, and preparation of pricing recommendations.
- Assist with Product Management initiatives involving artificial intelligence (AI) tools and emerging technologies.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to support product-related projects and business initiatives.
- Coordinate project activities, meeting schedules, and follow-up actions to help ensure timely execution of initiatives.
Requirements
- Strong interest in product management, marketing, business, engineering, or related disciplines.
- Interest in and familiarity with AI-enabled tools and technologies is beneficial, with a willingness to learn and apply emerging AI capabilities to support product management processes and decision-making.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
- Curious, analytical mindset with a desire to learn about customers, products, and markets.
- Ability to gather and interpret information to support decision-making.
- Comfortable working collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
Qualifications
- Exposure to AI tools, data analytics platforms, or technology solutions that support business processes, market analysis, or product management activities.
- Internship, co-op, campus leadership, or professional experience involving product management, marketing, sales support, engineering, project management, market research, or customer engagement.
- Experience using data to support recommendations and business decisions.
- Experience using business systems, databases, or CRM tools.
- Familiarity with data analysis and reporting tools.
Skills
- Product Management Support
- Project Coordination
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Communication
- Business Analysis
- Market Research
- Customer Focus
- Product Information Management
- Data Analysis
- Problem Solving
- Organization & Planning
- Attention to Detail
- Learning Agility
- Initiative
- Continuous Improvement
Education
Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, Engineering, Communications, or a related field preferred. Associate degree with relevant experience will also be considered. Recent graduates and candidates with internship, co-op, or project experience are encouraged to apply.
Learning and Growth Opportunities
This position provides exposure to a wide range of product management and business activities, including product lifecycle management, product launch planning and execution, market and competitive analysis, customer and sales feedback analysis, product data management, cross-functional project coordination, product training and communication, business systems, and product information management. The role offers opportunities to develop professional skills while contributing to product and business initiatives across the organization.