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Position Title: Associate Product Line Manager

Department: PLM

Job Type: Full-Time Exempt

Reports To: Sr Product Line Manager

Job Summary

The Product Line Management (PLM) Team at AIS is responsible for shaping the company’s product portfolio to support growth and market relevance. We identify market opportunities, define product strategy, and partner with engineering, operations, sales, and marketing to bring new products to market and continuously improve existing ones. Our focus is on building commercially successful products that meet customer needs, align with AIS’s brand, and drive profitable growth.

The Associate Product Line Manager role provides additional product line management capacity with a targeted focus on product data analysis, decision support, performance tracking, category management, and project management support.

Key Responsibilities-Enhanced Product Data Analysis

• Collect internal and external data to enable faster, more informed decisions around new, competitive product strategies, and perform consistent product performance tracking.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Product, Finance, Operations, and IT teams to validate data and implement improvements.
• Analyze current and legacy pricing data across multiple pricelists, investigate root causes of legacy pricing errors and recommend corrective actions to improve accuracy, consistency and margins.
• Conduct market research on trends for new products and identify competitive opportunities for gap management.

Sales and Dealer Support

• Provide product inquiry support to sales, customer service, and dealers on focused product line(s) including answering product questions, provide competitive insight and positioning.
• Support AIS Sales, client, customer and dealer relations internally and externally in product training tools & presentations, both in the office and in the field as needed.
• Update all tools for price increases, including express brochure, margin maker slides, GP calculator, price lists, etc.
• Help to ensure a professional appearance of all products at HQ (if applicable).
• Support dealer showroom and AIS showroom refreshes as needed.

Cross Functional Team Support

• Participate in regular meetings with PLM and broader product development teams to support product launches, planning and forecasting needs.
• Support improved cross functional team support of Engineering, PLM and Manufacturing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Marketing, Analytics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field. Equivalent experience in data analysis and product support may be considered.
• 4+ years demonstrated success in data analysis, product development or project management.
• Experience supporting sustainability programs, environmental compliance, operational initiatives, or administrative functions.
• Strong organizational, communication, and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Commercial furniture industry experience preferred.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally and balancing strategic initiatives with hands-on operational support.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

At AIS, we have a strong set of values that guide our business and help us align with our customers.

We listen to our Customers. We rely on our Employees. We honor Integrity. We embrace Continuous Learning. We lead with Design. We create Value. We work to make the World better.

EEO/AA Statement

As an EEO/AA employer, AIS will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected genetic information, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, religion, height, weight, other protected group status, or any other basis protected by the laws where we employ people.

This organization participates in E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by members assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.