Product Manager, Consumer

About the role

Medela LLC is seeking a strategic and commercially minded Product Manager, Consumer to manage a key segment of their consumer product portfolio. The role involves driving portfolio growth, leading product lifecycle initiatives, and collaborating across global teams to bring innovative products to market.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage a defined consumer product portfolio, including assortment, profitability, and lifecycle strategy.
• Work on product specifications, testing, ensuring products meet specifications.
• Analyze market trends, customer insights, and competitive activity to identify growth opportunities.
• Lead product launches, portfolio expansions, rationalizations, and end-of-life activities.
• Develop product positioning, value propositions, and pricing strategies.
• Partner closely with Marketing, Sales, R&D, Finance, Supply Chain, and Operations to achieve business objectives.
• Use analytical skills to gather data from various sources, connect the dots, and build a comprehensive picture.
• Support commercial teams with product knowledge, tools, and market insights.
• Maintain key business metrics including revenue, margin, market share, and portfolio performance.
• Build business cases and present recommendations to senior leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field (MBA preferred).
• 4+ years of experience in Product Management, Portfolio Management, or Category Management.
• Experience in Consumer Products, Consumer Healthcare, or FMCG preferred.
• Proven success leading portfolio extension, product launches, and geographic or channel expansions.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience working within global or regional organizations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.

Qualifications

• Commercially focused with a strong understanding of growth and profitability drivers.
• Skilled at influencing and collaborating across cross-functional teams.
• Able to translate strategy into action and deliver measurable business results.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong consumer product management experience.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data.
• Experience in Consumer Products, Consumer Healthcare, or FMCG.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits plan, 401K with match, Money Purchase Plan, 16-week Paid Parental Leave, Generous PTO package, plus 14 paid holidays, A great place to work!

Pay

Starting at $115K plus bonus

Schedule

3 days on-site at our McHenry, IL location. Candidate needs to be within commuting distance to McHenry, IL.

Benefits

Generous PTO package, plus 14 paid holidays, A great place to work!

Pay

Starting at $115K plus bonus

Schedule

3 days on-site at our McHenry, IL location. Candidate needs to be within commuting distance to McHenry, IL.

Contact

If you're interested in this opportunity, we are looking forward to receiving your application. For this position we only consider direct applications only- thank you for your understanding.

EEO/Affirmative Action Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, protected veteran status, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, HIV/AIDs status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity (transgender status), weight, height or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law or ordinance.