• NPD Manager

    Actalent (Cleveland, OH)


    Job Title: Product Manager

    Job Description

    This role serves as the primary liaison between operations teams, including manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and the sales organization, in executing forecasting processes. The position is pivotal in aligning various departments towards achieving cohesive product line strategies and revenue goals.

    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 the supply chain on forecast details to support raw material and labor planning.

    + Lead ongoing analysis of market trends and competitors.

    + 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 an interface and product expert with the sales team; drive up-sell and new qualifications.

    + Drive empowerment of inside and outside sales teams through the 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.

    + Support commercial process improvement by establishing and enforcing guidelines around order management, campaign planning, inventory optimization, and customer service.

    Essential Skills

    + Product management experience.

    + Project management skills.

    + Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical, Materials, or Electrical.

    + Expertise in working with high-temperature processing equipment of quartz, glass, ceramics, or mineral processing or high-temperature steel.

    + Familiarity with commercial processes such as quoting, forecasting, and order management.

    + Experience with the stage gate process.

    + Experience managing a team.

    + New product development experience.

     

    Additional Skills & Qualifications

     

    + Platform/product development experience.

    + Experience managing multi-million-dollar projects.

    + Experience with, or design of, quartz fusion processes including electric fusion, arc fusion, or flame fusion.

    Work Environment

    This individual will be working in an office attached to a lab and manufacturing facility. They will spend 60% of their time in the lab and 40% in pilot production. The role focuses on the company's QUARTZ, involving direct reports of two engineering technicians and two mechanical engineers. The work environment is dynamic, with advanced materials science at its core, contributing to the semiconductor, electronics, and aerospace industries.

     

    Job Type & Location

     

    This is a Permanent position based out of Cleveland, OH.

    Pay and Benefits

    The pay range for this position is $160000.00 - $185000.00/yr.

     

    401K match, medical, dental, vision Bonus eligibility

     

    Workplace Type

     

    This is a fully onsite position in Cleveland,OH.

     

    Application Deadline

     

    This position is anticipated to close on Feb 3, 2026.

    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 [email protected] (%[email protected]) for other accommodation options.