Product Manager Specialty Kitchen

Representing the consumer, supporting the development of competitive, relevant, and differentiated value propositions in Kitchen Appliances – Specialty Kitchen (Breakfast & Cooker). Managing cross-functional collaboration to identify and address portfolio gaps, price partition opportunities, and emerging consumer needs. Reporting into the Kitchen Appliances – Specialty Kitchen Product Director on a day-to-day basis, this role ensures that innovation projects align with strategic objectives and value propositions are grounded in strong consumer, market, and competitor understanding.

About the role

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the development of product category strategy by analyzing consumer insights, market dynamics, and competitors
• Defining the portfolio gaps, assessing the size of the opportunities, and feeding the innovation roadmap
• Teaming up with Product Project Managers for product development projects and representing the consumer throughout the project development process
• Developing consumer-centric, differentiating, and compelling value propositions
• Creating and owning the project business case to evaluate revenue, profitability, and ROI
• Briefing marketing and design teams on required assets and communication materials to ensure consistent, consumer-centric representation across all touchpoints
• Making post-launch analyses to sharpen the competitiveness of the product portfolio
• Monitoring the market performance of the category and optimizing the product range mix
• Managing lifecycle activities including improvements, extensions, animations, and planning end-of-life

KPI’s

• Ensuring successful launch of new products/innovations: on-time, on-cost, on-quality
• Driving growth opportunities: sales and profitability increase
• Innovation thought leadership: prepare short-term and long-term roadmap and execute
• Quality/consumer satisfaction: percentage of deliverables meeting standards, ratings and reviews
• Collaborate effectively: team up with R&D, design, marketing, and country teams to deliver innovation

The skills and knowledge you’ll bring

• 3–5 years in product management
• Proven experience managing projects, budgets, timelines, and risks
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business or related field, possibly engineering
• Strong problem-solving and prioritization skills
• Strong communicator, capable of working and influencing cross-functional teams
• Experience or strong affinity with technology-intensive or complex innovation programs is a plus, reflecting the increased ambition level of future projects
• Affinity with food, cooking, and consumer food preparation trends is highly desirable. Exposure to different culinary traditions and an understanding of how cooking habits, preferences, and meal preparation vary across cultures would be a strong advantage.

What we’ll give you in return

• Internationally competitive base salary, benchmarked against global industry and market leaders.
• Performance-based Annual Incentive Program, rewarding those who dare and achieve more.
• Top-of-the-market pension plan with the opportunity for higher employee contributions.
• Work-from-home and phone allowances to support your home office setup and business connectivity.
• Balanced office-based working with a strong focus on in-office collaboration, with flexibility to work from home based on team needs and individual circumstances.
• Work from abroad up to 30 days per year.
• Structured holiday policy including defined care days, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, and a capped option to purchase additional leave days annually.
• Special health insurance plan for Versuni employees with convenient conditions when signing up with partner insurance.
• Product discounts on all Versuni products sold under the Philips brand and other brands.
• High-growth environment, offering exciting learning and career development perspectives beyond your first role.
• Inclusive working culture and family spirit, embracing an international community.