Product Development and Commercialization

Position Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Product Development & Commercialization professional to identify, evaluate, and bring new packaging products to market. This role will assess whether products should be manufactured in-house, imported, or sourced domestically, while evaluating costs, profitability, and manufacturing feasibility.

The ideal candidate has experience commercializing physical products, evaluating suppliers, and working closely with manufacturing and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Product & Market Research: Research customer needs, distributor requests, competing products, and new packaging opportunities.

• Sourcing & Cost Analysis: Evaluate whether products should be manufactured, imported, or sourced domestically, considering total landed costs, duties, tariffs, freight, quality, capacity, and lead times.

• Business Case Development: Build financial models comparing machinery investment, materials, labor, overhead, inventory, risk, gross margins, and expected returns.

• Supplier Management: Identify and qualify suppliers and manufacturing partners, coordinate quotes, and obtain product samples.

• Product Development & Launch: Lead product specifications, prototypes, testing, production trials, and launch timelines.

• Manufacturing Collaboration: Work closely with production, quality, equipment vendors, and operations teams at the Poughkeepsie manufacturing facility.

• Sales & Marketing Collaboration: Partner with Sales and Marketing on product introductions tailored to distributor channels.

• Post-Launch Analysis: Track product profitability, customer feedback, and opportunities for improvement.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with physical product commercialization and supplier evaluation; packaging experience preferred.

• Ability to evaluate sourcing economics and practical manufacturing feasibility.

• Strong analytical and financial evaluation skills.

• Ability to work closely with manufacturing, production, and cross-functional teams.

• Willingness and ability to travel very frequently to the Poughkeepsie manufacturing facility.