Product Manager

Product Manager New Product Development | Peoria, IL (In-Person) | Full-Time | 10–20% Travel | Relocation Assistance Provided Base Salary: $105,000 – $145,000 Variable Compensation: Eligible for Rheo's Product Manager KPI scorecard and bonus plan, tied to the condition and performance of your assigned product families Every quote Rheo sends and every spec sheet a customer trusts starts with the person who owns the product record. If that level of ownership appeals to you, keep reading. Rheo builds the powder handling, containment, and single-use equipment that pharmaceutical, biotech, and industrial manufacturers rely on. The portfolio spans roughly eight product groups and thirty product families, and is growing. We're looking for a Product Manager to be the commercial owner of a set of those product families: holding the data the company quotes from, answering the questions the field asks, and building the picture of where your products win and where they fall short. What You’ll Do Own an assigned set of product families, accountable for their maturity, competitiveness, documentation, and commercial readiness to be sold Drive every assigned product family to the maturity standard: current pricing, a released BOM, validated design documentation, accurate collateral, and correct SharePoint and Epicor records Author the roadmap sections covering assigned product families (improvement, new-opportunity, and lifecycle recommendations) Recommend product extensions, standardization opportunities, and retirement candidates, each with a business case behind it Own the sellable-product data of record in Epicor for assigned product families (MSRP, standard lead time, and stock levels) Own the estimating methodology as published and applied; CEM and Sales execute estimating within it Analyze pricing and margin performance for your products and bring the Product Director evidence-backed recommendations on where price and margin should move Own the currency of the Products SharePoint pages and product collateral for assigned product families, supplying Marketing the technical substance and product claims behind them Gather and structure customer, field, and Service input into product requirements, maintaining the requirements record that roadmap and NPD decisions are made against Own the competitive record for assigned product families: a current comparison of competitor products, configurations, pricing posture, lead times, and claims the organization can quote from with confidence Run win/loss review with CEM and Sales, carrying the findings into the improvement slate and the roadmap Serve as first-line triage for inbound product questions from Sales, Inside Sales, CEM, and Operations, owning the intake, response commitment, and escalation route Build and run the product training cadence: a published calendar, sessions delivered to Sales, CEM, PMO, Service, and Operations, refreshed whenever products change or…