Do you want to work for a global company that creates remarkable experiences through people, products, and food? If you want to be part of a rewarding People First culture that values relationships, trust, and taking the long view, then this is the place for you. Henny Penny was named the 2021 Dayton Business of the Year for many good reasons. Read on to learn more!
The Senior Product Manager, Emerging Markets is a highly experienced member of the Product Strategy organization focusing on high-growth emerging markets (e.g. China, Southeast Asia, Middle East & Africa, Latin America). This role involves understanding local needs, identifying opportunities, and delivering product offerings and strategies that resonate with diverse customer segments. This role will work closely with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Sales & Services, Engineering, Operations to drive successful product portfolio development and customer satisfaction in emerging markets.
What We Offer:
- An opportunity to work for a company that is 100% employee-owned. As an employee-owner, you will be enrolled in our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) program following one year of service. This is a qualified retirement plan that is separate from your 401k and consists only of Henny Penny shares that will be paid out when you retire (or when you leave the company, but we hope you’ll stay)
- Annual company performance bonus in addition to base salary
- Flexibility to work from home 2 days per week
- Defined career paths so you’ll always know what’s next and what steps can get where you want to go
- Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement and unlimited free access to LinkedIn Learning courses
- A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays
- Expanded onsite wellness clinic offering preventive care services such as wellness screenings, annual physicals, and related lab work at no cost to employee-owners
- Achieve total well-being at our new Wellspring and Owners Hall facility, featuring 24/7 fitness center with a wide variety of cardio and strength training equipment. This facility reflects our continuous evolution in supporting our valued employee owners.
- Activities including department outings, holiday parties, and our annual company-wide Thanksgiving Dinner
What You'll Be Doing
- Conduct thorough market research and assessment to quantify addressable market, understand specific needs, behaviors and economic factors influencing customers in emerging markets. Use insights/data to drive product decision and prioritization
- Define and execute a product strategy that aligns with Henny Penny’s strategic goals and addresses the unique challenges of emerging markets. Develop a product roadmap and set successful/measurable metrics
- Be an expert and advocate for multiple product categories with intimate knowledge of our customers, their operations, and trends in the industry.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams in NPI (new product introduction) stage-gate process to develop/launch new products in emerging markets
- Lead the creation of product budgets and prepare budget documents for review by the management team. Be the consultant on the prioritization of all resources/projects regarding a product category
- Oversee the development of product pricing strategies that encompass value and market position
- Develop and monitor key product metrics and perform quality and cost control reviews based on these metrics
- Outline need for training and promotional materials in support of Product Categories
- Serve as mentor and/or train Product Managers
- Consistently models the Company values and expected behaviors.
- Other duties as assigned.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor (Other) Marketing, Business or Technical field Required
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- 7+ years Professional experience with 5+ years of product management experience Required
- Prior experience working in food service equipment preferred
- Strong understanding of emerging market dynamics including socio economic factors
- Proficient in data analytics and market research with the ability to use insights to drive product decisions
- Excellent verbal and written communication. Proficiency in two or more languages is preferred.
- Excellent organization, and time-management skills
- Ability to work with highly technical products at a global level
- Ability to consistently handle a large volume of work effectively
- Ability to travel nationally and internationally to support trade show and customer visits as needed.
- Proven leadership and the confidence to prioritize and make tough decisions
- Proven success delivering comprehensive product roadmaps to fuel future growth in new and existing product categories and services
- Experience and ability to coach and guide people
- Proficient with Microsoft Office products
About Us
We’re known in our industry for making the best commercial food equipment in the world. Every day, millions of people eat in restaurants operating Henny Penny equipment. We’re a behind-the-scenes engine in the world’s most demanding kitchens, including long-term partners like McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Wendy’s. We’re 1,000+ employee-owners who thrive by living a People First mission: to support employees in becoming the best version of themselves both personally and professionally.
We recently completed the largest expansion in our history with the addition of 150,000 square feet on our Eaton campus. This expansion drives development of the world’s most reliable, easy-to-use equipment with an innovative new space for global research and development. We have several collaborative spaces for our project teams, a dedicated electrical engineering lab for our hardware and software engineers, a full model shop for rapid prototyping, and a brand-new test lab that has 300 feet of hood space to test new equipment on our product roadmap. On top of that, we have a new state-of-the-art kitchen for our food science group to meet with our customers, understand what they need, and then dial in our equipment to help them make legendary menu items.
Henny Penny is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), marital status, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
