Product Development & Brand Manager

Company Overview

Position Overview

Position Responsibilities

  • Translate consumer, category, and competitive insights into a clear product roadmap, including assortment gaps, pricing tiers, and innovation priorities.
  • Build pricing and margin plans for new and existing items, partnering to manage COGS, targets, and profitability outcomes.
  • Partner with Sales to support retailer needs (line reviews, channel-specific materials, exclusives) and incorporate retail feedback into product decisions.
  • Work with Creative/Digital Content teams to develop launch plans, product storytelling, packaging direction, and content timelines.
  • Monitor performance (POS, shipments, and portfolio health), recommend actions to optimize results, and lead annual SKU rationalization/complexity reduction.

Position Qualifications

  • Required: A minimum of 4–5 years of progressive experience in product management and/or product development (pet industry experience preferred, but strong adjacent consumer goods experience is welcomed).
  • Required: Strong commercial acumen, including pricing strategy, margin/COGS management, and comfort using sales/market insights to guide recommendations.
  • Preferred: Familiarity with grooming tools and/or pet grooming categories; strong understanding of product quality standards and testing requirements.
  • Required: Ability to travel ~15% domestically and internationally for factory visits and industry events/trade shows.

Talentfoot Executive Search

Talentfoot Executive Search specializes in future proofing organizations by securing forward-thinking leaders across sales, marketing, eCommerce, product, data, operations, finance, and technology with a track record of accelerating growth, innovation and profitability. Since 2010, we’ve partnered with more than 2,500 companies and lead the industry with a 98% client success rate. Learn more at Talentfoot.com

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Product Development & Brand Manager