Strategic Product Manager - Engineered Wood Products

Title: Strategic Product Manager - Engineered Wood Products

Location: Remote US

Work Type: Remote, Full Time

Job Description:

Weyerhaeuser Distribution is hiring a National Strategic Product Manager. This position reports to the Director of Product Management and will manage internal and third-party engineered wood products (EWP) across the Distribution business. This position also has people leadership responsibility of technical design services, primarily supporting managed products. Growing EWP is a core initiative for the distribution business, and this position is at the center of driving continued growth in scale categories.

Role Overview: The Strategic Product Manager works directly with key suppliers and site managers to steward profitable growth for the business.

Location: This is a remote position. Candidates must be located near a major airport and within commuting distance of a Weyerhaeuser distribution location and related service market 

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for profitably managing and growing assigned product categories

• Maintain and grow strong regional and national supplier relationships within those categories

• Identify and evaluate potential suppliers, new markets, new product opportunities, and competitors

• Direct product pricing strategy

• Lead a national design team tasked with technical sales support of EWP

• Coordinate interaction between assigned suppliers and other departments

• Maintain distributor and incentive agreements with selected suppliers that provide protection and position the business for profitable sales

• Initiate and implement product training applicable to your category or categories

• Review performance of assigned suppliers; implement appropriate action plans for improvement when results are below expectations

• Develop annual marketing plan incorporating vendor, division and product promotions

• Willing to travel 25-35% of the time to company, vendor and customer locations across the US and Canada

We manufacture and sell an innovative collection of proven structural framing materials to the residential, multi-family and light commercial markets, and provide seamless building solutions, from design to installation to support. This team moves fast, works smart and never stops pushing to be and stay number one in the industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field of study

• 10+ years of experience in building products industry

• 5+ years managing strategic relationships (supplier or customer) at the division/region or enterprise level

• 5+ years of large account buying and/or selling experience

• Deep and wide experience with EWP suppliers and markets

• Strong business acumen

• Excellent communicator and proven relationship builder

• Strong analytical abilities to find and utilize vendor, customer and market-related data to identify opportunities and solve problem

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior national product management experience for a manufacturer or distributor a strong plus

• People management experience a plus

Core values: Consistent with our company core values: Safety, Integrity, Citizenship, and Sustainability, and Inclusion

Key behaviors: Acts with urgency, accountable, courageous, keeps it simple, driven to innovate in process and approach

We sustainably manage forests and manufacture products that make the world a better place. We’re serious about safety, driven to achieve excellence, and proud of what we do. With multiple business lines in locations across North America, we offer a range of exciting career opportunities for smart, talented people who are passionate about making a difference.

What We Offer...

Compensation: This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of $129,000 - $193,000 based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 20% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.

Benefits: When you join our team, you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.

Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary.

Paid Time Off or Vacation: We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment. In addition, after being employed for six months, eligible employees begin to accrue vacation for future use. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours