Portfolio Lead

Why join us?

Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It’s the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of MillerKnoll means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows MillerKnoll to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

Portfolio Lead

GENERAL PURPOSE

Serves as the owner of a specified portfolio of products. Assists in the development and execution of category strategy. Supports the product portfolio strategy from a product management, regional market share and financial performance standpoint. Serves as a critical position within product management, and involves leading cross-functional teams in support of achieving the portfolio strategy.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Develops, drives, and implements product plans and strategy for a portfolio of products.
• Provides exploration and direction to design and product development based on market opportunity.
• Provides leadership of the Product Management function within a specific product portfolio.
• Directs ongoing analysis and leads the pricing and discounting strategy for a portfolio of products to provide greatest financial performance.
• Supports more strategic customer opportunities, including selling strategy and product positioning and provide product updates to sales.
• Involved with high impact quality issues and product changes, providing evaluation support and approving low impact changes for portfolio.
• Makes presentations, both internally and externally, for critical product situations and gain followership effecting the portfolio of products.
• Defines product sales support and training requirements to support a portfolio of products or product category.
• Oversees and make final decisions for all data management system functionality and usage.
• Defines analytical tools necessary to provide insight necessary for decision making for a portfolio of products or product category.
• Responsible for the financial health of the product lines or portfolio, including accountability for P&L.
• Collaborate with Category Leader and Product Development to establish advanced exploration and product development priority for product portfolio.
• Manages the product life cycle of the product lines or portfolio from introduction, through growth and maturity, to decline and discontinuation. Makes decisions on product simplification/discontinuation based on revenue, complexity, cost/savings, and customer impact.
• Responsible for performance evaluations, team development, role definition, and making hiring recommendations and decisions.
• Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

Additional Essential Functions

Performs additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience

Leader of product management best practices and processes, typically gained through 8+ years of experience in product management/product marketing or related experience.

Contract furniture, capital goods, B2B and/or consumer marketing experience preferred.

Global leadership experience preferred.

Licenses and Certifications

Skills and Abilities

Excellent negotiation, communication and leadership skills with all functional areas and levels within a company are desired

Advanced understanding of operations, production, supply management, full value stream.

Applies understanding of Herman Miller’s channels, including dealer and/or retail, and understanding their main functions (sales, design, and operations) to develop product strategies for a portfolio of products or specific market segment.

Advanced knowledge of the customer and sales process with demonstrated customer and field interaction.

Demonstrated high level of written, verbal and interpersonal skills to communicate information, ideas, procedures and processes in a logical sequence; at a level appropriate to the audience and resulting in effective working relationships.

Demonstrated entrepreneurial, risk-taking, and creative design orientation.

Proven mentoring, people development, and leadership skills, including experience leading cross functional development teams.

Ability to manage multiple projects and programs, effectively prioritizing for the portfolio and managing risk as needed.

Demonstrated knowledge and experience with business, financial, manufacturing, and purchasing acumen and integrate this knowledge into decision making to optimize the return for a portfolio of products.

Demonstrated ability to effectively use office automation and communication software and tools currently being used in the Herman Miller office environment.

Willingness to travel approximately 25% of the time.

Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Must be able to perform all essential functions of the position with or without accommodations.

Who We Hire?

Simply put, we hire everyone. MillerKnoll is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We’re committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.

MillerKnoll complies with applicable disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact MillerKnoll Talent Acquisition at [email protected].