Product Manager - Presto Specialty Business

Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities! We are passionate about achieving results and have fun winning as a team!

We provide amazing job opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, dynamic, fast-paced, and fun workplace environment. Are you looking to build a strong career? Then we have an opportunity for you! We currently have an opportunity for a Product Manager-Presto Speciality Business at our manufacturing plant in Appleton, WI.

Your Role:

The Product Manager for the Presto Specialty business plays a central role in driving product strategy, commercial excellence, and customer engagement across three key product lines: Fresh-Lock® zippers and sliders, industrial films, and GeoSystems®. This position blends data-driven decision-making with cross-functional leadership, ensuring product performance, customer experience, and business processes operating at the highest level. The Product Manager manages critical systems, reporting, forecasting, and product lifecycle activities while supporting commercial and manufacturing teams.

This role is preferably based in Appleton, Weyauwega, or Waupaca, close to key facilities and partners. Previous experience within the Specialty business is highly preferred.

You will have the opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!

Customer Information Management

• Own the structure, accuracy, and usability of the CRM platforms; Ensure data integrity and streamline workflows to support commercial decision-making.
• Develop dashboards, reporting views, and usage guidelines to improve adoption and visibility across teams, especially sales pipeline reporting.
• Maintain comprehensive customer records, including onboarding new customers, maintaining existing customers, and segmentation by market and products.
• Track agreements, contracts, pricing terms, and renewal timelines.

Forecasting

• Spearhead the quarterly forecasting process for all Specialty product lines; Serve as the primary POC for finance, supply planning, and operations/engineering.
• Analyze trends, identify gaps and risks, and communicate insights to leadership around improvement opportunities.

Resin Index Tracking & Communication

• Monitor resin market indices and translate changes into actionable insights for pricing, margin management, and customer communication.
• Prepare and distribute resin updates to internal stakeholders and support the development of customer-facing messaging when appropriate.

Item Maintenance, Data Segmentation and Analysis

• Manage item lifecycle across Fresh-Lock®, industrial films, and GeoSystems®; Serve as the primary POC for operations, engineering, finance, and customer service.
• Ensure accurate product attributes, costing, and hierarchy alignment, specifically supporting the SAP transition.
• Optimize Power BI tools that support the commercial, operations, and finance.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual reporting and improve data accessibility.

Regular Reporting & Analytics

• Deliver recurring reports including Sales performance, trends; Accruals; Resin tracking, Customer mapping, segmentation; and Financial summaries, analysis.
• Provide recommendations to leadership to add profitability and eliminate cost.

GEOSystems Specific

• Support the GeoSystems® team by maintaining documentation, training materials, and compliance requirements related to product standards and certifications.
• Monitor and manage the GeoSystems® customer support inbox and hotline activity.
• Ensure timely responses, proper documentation, and escalation of technical or quality-related inquiries.

ISO Audit Support (Weyauwega & Waupaca)

• Assist with preparation, documentation, and follow-up activities for ISO audits at the Weyauwega and Waupaca facilities.

PRESTO SPECIALTY AT RCP

• High mix, specialty supply planning requires tight demand forecasting and supplier coordination among extensive customer base and a variety of product categories.
• Supplier reliability and quality control due to specialized materials.
• Cost to serve optimization across niche product lines.
• Close collaboration with manufacturing, engineering, and commercial stakeholders across Fresh-Lock® zippers and sliders, GeoSystems®, and industrial films.

You will love it here if…

• You put safety first, always
• You listen, learn, and evolve
• You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals
• You treat all people with respect, operating ethically, and embrace inclusivity
• You are committed to improving our impact on local communities

We need you to have:

• BA/BS degree in Engineering, Marketing, Business, or related field
• 3-5+ years of product management or development experience within CPG industry
• Proficient in MS Office, especially Excel

   

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and the ability to communicate and influence at all levels within the organization

   

• Self-directed with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and multiple internal customers

   

• Strong analytical skills as well as organizational skills with high attention to detail

   

• Ability to translate business objectives into tactical actions and make sound business decisions under time pressure

   

• Ability to work a flexible schedule during key business deadlines

   

• Ability to travel (up to 10%)

Icing on the cake:

• MBA or other advanced degree a plus
• Prior experience in Specialty is preferred

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Local candidates only, no relocation assistance available

Join Reynolds Consumer Products and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities!

For applicants or employees who are disabled or require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, you may request assistance by emailing us at Recruitment@ReynoldsBrands.com.

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RCP affords equal employment opportunities to applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, disability status, sex, marital status, protected veteran status, pregnancy, national origin, genetics, genetic information, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. RCP conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.