Job Title: Product ManagerJob Description This role serves as the primary liaison between operations teams, including manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and the sales organization, in executing forecasting processes. It is an exciting opportunity to drive growth and productivity in a company experiencing consistent year-over-year growth. Responsibilities + Develop and maintain short- to long-term forecasts for product line volumes and revenues. + Communicate expectations to leadership, commercial, and operations teams. + Track and react to product line success metrics. + Coordinate with supply chain on forecast details to support raw material and labor planning. + Lead ongoing analysis of market trends and competitors to assist the commercial team in delivering incremental growth opportunities at targeted prospects. + Improve product mix through pricing, product expansion, and capacity utilization decisions. + Serve as interface and product expert with sales team; drive up-sell and new qualifications. + Drive empowerment of inside and outside sales team through expanded development of pricing tools and templates. + Maximize pricing and overall margin potential in a competitive market. + Manage new product extensions and execution through SAP workflow tools, coordinating with operations and supply chain teams. + Assist in commercial process improvement through helping to establish and enforce guidelines around order management, campaign planning, inventory optimization, and customer service. Essential Skills + Product management + Project management + Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Chemical Engineering + Previous experience within industries such as glass, ceramics, sand, or mineral processing + Familiarity with commercial processes such as quoting, forecasting, order management + Previous experience managing a team Additional Skills & Qualifications + High temperature processing + Expertise in working with and the design of high temperature processing equipment of quartz, glass, ceramics + Capital projects experience + Experience with, or design of, quartz fusion processes including electric fusion, arc fusion or flame fusion Work Environment This individual will work in an office attached to a lab and manufacturing facility. The environment supports innovative solutions in advanced materials science, contributing to the semiconductor, electronics, and aerospace industries. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $160000.00 - $170000.00/yr. Medical/Prescription Drug Coverage Dental Coverage Vision Coverage 401(k) plan with Company Match Basic and Voluntary Life/AD&D Insurance Short and Long Term Disability Insurance Employee Assistance Program Wellness Program Tuition Reimbursement Employee Referral Program Workplace Type This is a fully onsite position in Richmond Heights,OH. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Jun 30, 2025. About Actalent Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com (%20actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com) for other accommodation options.