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Job Title: Product Manager (Offering Manager – Operations/Supply)

Job Description:

Trystar is at the forefront of advancing power solutions, charged and driven by a committed, dynamic team, tackling complex challenges, and creating innovative solutions. We’re looking for motivated, driven, and talented individuals eager to be part of the future of power. Safety and integrity aren’t just buzzwords, they are the north star guiding us as we aspire to wow our customers every day. We’ve created power solutions that are not only durable and unique but are also the result of exciting teamwork from every corner of our organization.

Individually and collectively, every team member at Trystar plays for each other and strives to deliver unmatched value and 100% accuracy to our customers every single day. Our cutting-edge headquarters is in Faribault, MN, a facility that is partially solar and wind powered by our own microgrid! Together, we are Trystar, where we power the future and nurture innovation for a brighter tomorrow.

Trystar’s team members are our most important asset, and we are in search of a we expect this position to play a critical role in achieving our strategic objectives. We seek an Offering Manager – Operations/Supply to own the interface between our solution portfolio and operational execution — setting the fulfillment, cost, and supply requirements that enable Trystar to deliver on its customer commitments and win in the markets we prioritize.

If you understand how operational decisions drive margin and customer value, and know how to work across Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Planning to drive value, this role is for you.

The OM – Operations/Supply owns the interface between Trystar's solution portfolio and its operational ecosystem — ETO Engineering, Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Planning. This role sets the customer and market requirements for our Operations partners that enable Trystar to deliver on its solution commitments. Manufacturing, Sourcing, and Planning determine how to execute; this role defines what outcomes are required and removes the cross-functional roadblocks that slow delivery. SIOP cycle execution is owned by Sales Ops and Planning — this role provides the broad market context, new solution launch timing, and forward-looking demand requirements that inform the process.

• Fulfillment Model Strategy: Define the fulfillment model requirements across the enterprise portfolio, setting lead time targets and cost expectations that align to customer and market requirements and Trystar’s strategy.

• Margin Delivery: Set cost-out requirements and priorities across the portfolio, working with ETO Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sourcing to drive measurable GP improvement.

• Supply Resilience: Partner with our sourcing team to develop sourcing requirements and derisk critical solution components, ensuring Trystar can sustain delivery commitments under demand variability.

• Operational Readiness: Define the operational readiness requirements for new solution introductions and M&A integrations, ensuring our operations team is prepared before commercial launch.

Key Outcomes:

• On-time delivery (OTD) performance against customer commitments

• Cost-out targets achieved by solution family and fulfillment model

• Cycle time reductions that deliver meaningful lead time improvements

We are looking for people who believe in our guiding principles and values of:

• Safety – We believe everyone should leave Trystar facilities in the same or better condition than when they arrived.

• Integrity – We’re honest, transparent, and committed to doing what’s right.

• Customer focus – We have relentless focus on our customers and their success.

• Right with speed – We use good judgement, make thoughtful decisions quickly, and execute them with purpose and intensity.

• Play for each other – We’re a team. We show up for each other, and we know that through teamwork we achieve greatness.

• Champion change – We know adaptation and improvement are requirements to survive and to thrive.

• Enjoy the journey – We create an environment where our team feels appreciated and has fun along the way.

In this role you will get to:

Fulfillment Strategy & SIOP Contribution

• Define fulfillment model requirements for the enterprise portfolio — what lead time targets are required by segment, and how fulfillment decisions impact margin and customer experience.

• Provide SIOP with broad market context, new solution launch timing, and forward-looking demand requirements — informing the process without owning cycle execution, which remains with Sales Ops and Planning.

• Identify and escalate capacity constraints, make-buy risks, and fulfillment bottlenecks that threaten delivery commitments or growth objectives; set resolution requirements for Manufacturing and Sourcing.

Cost Structure & Margin Requirements

• Set cost reduction requirements and priorities across the portfolio by solution family and lifecycle stage — ETO Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sourcing determine how to achieve them.

• Consume Finance’s margin reporting and translate it into specific cost-out targets, design-to-cost requirements, and make-buy direction for the operational teams.

• Participate in EQR Performance reviews, identifying systemic cost overruns and poor-margin configurations — and setting the requirements to address them.

• Build business cases for platform consolidations, tooling investments, and fulfillment model shifts that improve Trystar’s cost competitiveness and scalability.

Supply Resilience & New Solution Readiness

• Establish dual-source and supply risk standards for critical components, working with Sourcing to develop mitigation plans against single points of failure.

• Define operational go-live requirements for new solution introductions — Manufacturing, Sourcing, Quality, and Planning own the execution against those requirements.

• Set the operational integration requirements for M&A transactions, including manufacturing footprint, supplier rationalization, and inventory strategy; coordinate across functions to ensure execution.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in operations strategy, supply chain management, product operations, or offering management in a B2B manufacturing or industrial technology business.

• Demonstrated experience with SIOP or S&OP processes and their commercial implications — contributing to the process without owning its execution.

• Strong understanding of CTO vs. ETO fulfillment model tradeoffs and their impact on lead time, margin, and customer experience.

• Experience driving cost-out programs across manufactured solution portfolios with measurable gross margin outcomes.

• Ability to build supply chain resilience frameworks, including dual sourcing standards and supply risk assessments.

• Cross-functional credibility with Manufacturing, Sourcing, Planning, Engineering, and Finance — able to set requirements and hold teams accountable without direct authority.

• Proven ability to integrate AI tools (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot) into core workflows — research, modeling, communications, synthesis — with demonstrated examples of how AI accelerated output quality or speed.

• Monthly travel required for candidates not based in Minnesota.

Preferred skills:

• Experience in electrical power systems, capital equipment manufacturing, or adjacent industrial markets.

• Familiarity with ERP systems (Oracle, SAP, or equivalent) and operational data environments.

• APICS CPIM, CSCP, or equivalent supply chain certification a plus. Bachelor’s degree in Operations, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or related field. MBA a plus.