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Product Manager

Full-Time | Hybrid Role | Austin, IN

Our Opportunity:

Morgan Foods, Inc. is seeking a commercially driven Product Manager to lead the strategy, performance, and profitable growth of assigned private-label food product categories.

Serving as the business owner for the portfolio, this role will lead category strategy, pricing and margin management, customer-focused innovation, commercialization, and product lifecycle decisions. Reporting to the Director of Marketing, the Product Manager will partner closely with Sales, Operations, R&D, Finance, Procurement, and Supply Chain to translate customer needs into scalable, profitable solutions.

Candidate profile will combine strong CPG experience and business acumen in food or food related product manufacturing. Role requires, analytical rigor, disciplined proactive project execution, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams in a fast-paced private-label manufacturing environment.

Who We Are:

Morgan Foods, Inc., established in 1899, is proud of its longstanding tradition in store-brand food manufacturing. Privately held and headquartered in Austin, Indiana, Morgan Foods creates high-quality, delicious foods that families have enjoyed for generations.

For more than 125 years, Morgan Foods has built its reputation on quality, innovation, customer partnership, and investment in its people. Five generations of the Morgan family have helped guide the organization while supporting employees’ careers, professional development, and long-term success.

What You’ll Bring:

You are a commercially focused product leader who approaches assigned categories as a business owner. You understand how product strategy, pricing, customer needs, operational capabilities, and financial performance work together to drive profitable growth.

• Strong ownership of category performance, profitability, and business results
• The ability to influence decisions and drive execution across cross-functional teams without direct authority
• Analytical curiosity and confidence working with complex financial, customer, and market data
• Sound judgment and the ability to turn insights into clear, practical recommendations
• Disciplined project leadership with a track record of delivering commercialization initiatives on time and within scope
• Proactive communication of priorities, progress, risks, and opportunities
• Confidence presenting recommendations to customers, stakeholders, and senior leaders
• Strong organization and the ability to manage multiple priorities independently
• Accountability for commitments, accuracy, and execution
• The ability to balance long-term strategy with hands-on attention to detail
• A continuous-improvement mindset focused on growth, efficiency, and stronger business performance

What You Will Be Doing:

The Product Manager owns the strategy, performance, profitability, and lifecycle of assigned private-label and co-manufactured food product categories. This role leads category planning, pricing, innovation, commercialization, portfolio decisions, and customer support while coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver profitable growth.

Using customer, market, operational, and financial insights, the Product Manager identifies opportunities and risks, recommends actions, and drives execution from concept through launch and post-launch evaluation

Category and Financial Ownership

• Own category performance, including volume, revenue, gross margin, market share, and profitability.
• Develop and execute annual plans and long-range category strategies.
• Monitor customer, competitive, consumer, and industry trends to identify growth opportunities and business risks.
• Translate data into clear recommendations, priorities, and action plans.

Pricing and Profitability

• Develop pricing strategies that support margin, market position, and customer objectives.
• Lead customer bids, pricing reviews, margin analysis, and profitability-improvement initiatives.
• Partner with Sales, Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Operations to implement pricing actions.
• Evaluate results and recommend corrective actions as needed.

Commercialization and Project Leadership

• Lead projects from concept through commercialization, launch, and post-launch review.
• Establish timelines, responsibilities, risks, deliverables, and success measures.
• Ensure projects follow Morgan Foods’ Stage Gate and commercialization processes.
• Drive accountability, resolve issues, and communicate progress, risks, and mitigation plans.

Portfolio and Product Management

• Manage the full product lifecycle, including innovation, optimization, renovation, rationalization, and discontinuation.
• Partner with R&D and Operations to improve product quality, reduce cost, and strengthen competitiveness.
• Lead product benchmarking, sensory evaluations, competitive analysis, and portfolio reviews.
• Recommend product, distribution, and SKU actions based on performance and customer needs.

Customer and Cross-Functional Leadership

• Serve as the category expert in customer meetings, business reviews, presentations, and sales planning.
• Develop insights and recommendations using shipment, financial, syndicated, customer, and market data.
• Lead cross-functional teams across Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, Quality, Regulatory, Commercialization, and R&D.
  

Other Things That We’ll Be Looking For:

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, finance, supply chain or related field.
• Minimum of five years of experience in Product Management, Category Management, Commercialization, Marketing, or a related consumer packaged goods discipline in food or food related products. Must have CPG product experience, not services to be considered. Private-label experience is strongly desired.
• Strong project-management and organizational skills, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Strong financial, pricing, analytical, and business-planning capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.
• Experience using syndicated data, customer data, shipment information, and business analytics to support decisions.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and business-reporting tools.
• SAP knowledge and experience
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and business-storytelling skills.
• Ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment while collaborating within a larger marketing & sales group.
• Strong attention to detail with a demonstrated commitment to accuracy.
• Ability and willingness to travel as required.

What We Offer:

Compensation: Salary & Bonus: Competitive and commensurate with experience and knowledge.

Benefits: Comprehensive offering: Med/Den/Vis, Life, LTDI, STDI, Vac, Holidays, Retirement w/match, company events, professional development, professional membership support, & great people centric culture. 

Relocation: Some relocation support may be available.

Candidate Notes

The above job description is an outline of the primary responsibilities of the role and not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities associated with the role. Full job description will be provided as part of the application process.

Hybrid position. The role is hybrid: M/F remote; T-Th onsite. Primary schedule 8-5pm with expected flexibility as needed to fulfill the role’s responsibilities and meet needs of the organization.

Travel: < 10%.  

We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. Morgan Foods, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, height, weight, marital status, arrest record, disability, or any other characteristic protected under Indiana or applicable federal law. Reasonable accommodation is available for individuals with disabilities during the hiring process upon request.

**Come join our Company - Great People, Deep Roots, A Proud History, And An Exciting Future!!