Product Manager

**Who We Are**

Mitten is the original Canadian manufacturer and market leader of vinyl siding. Our continued focus on operational excellence has set the industry benchmark for service, quality, performance and design, backed by the best in class lifetime warranty. As a coast to coast distributor of premium exterior building products we are the link between architects, builders and installers providing an endless variety of business and design solutions. As part of the Cornerstone Building Brands family, we are the largest manufacturer of exterior building products in North America. Our Canadian made vinyl siding has the largest and boldest colour palette in the industry and our colour matched aluminum, shake, stone, and accessories provide the perfect complements and finishing touches to any project. Our products maximize curb appeal and benefit installers by minimizing labour requirements.
Mitten Building Products is a growing company in the building products industry backed by Cornerstone Building Brands, providing us with stability and strength in the North American market. Cornerstone Building Brands is the largest manufacturer of vinyl windows in North America with brands you’ve come to know and trust. We have endless building product options from standard to specialty to customized to whatever you’re looking for. But it’s our service capabilities that sets us apart.
Our building solutions are the cornerstone of the communities we serve. We believe every building we create, and every part of that building, positively contributes to communities where people live, work and play.

**Why Join Our Team**
Our employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact on our success while pursuing a wide range of opportunities to meet your personal aspirations for development and advancement within a stable, growing Canadian industry leader.

**What You Can Expect from our Company**:

- You will be Part of a Winning Team
- You Can Capitalize on Your Opportunities and Make an Impact
- You Will Be Well Rewarded for Your Contributions to our Success
- You’ll work for a growing company with an excellent reputation in our sector for providing great products and customer service
- Competitive and tangible rewards that provide fair compensation relative to expectations and effort including base earnings, benefits for you and your family, and contributions toward your retirement savings
- Additional performance-based compensation depending on your role
- Competitive vacation time and flexibility in work schedules and location consistent with your role
- Resources and support to help you manage your personal wellness

**What the Company Expects of our Team**:

- Bring yourself fully to work each day
- Playing your role on the team so together we Win as One
- Welcoming and Driving Change to support our continued evolution
- Help drive the success of our Canadian Business through living our universal core values
- Making an Impact to ensure our continued success

**Purpose/goals**

The Product Manager is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle, including: understanding our customers and their personas, researching market and customer requirements, defining the product vision, developing and leading the new product development roadmap and working closely with design and development, sales and marketing to ensure profitable revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. The Product Manager’s job also includes ensuring that the category strategy and product supports Cornerstone Building brand’s overall strategy and goals.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Support strategic priorities of the leading brand of Vinyl Siding in Canada, Mitten, and accompanying allied partners; including sales & marketing assessments, R&D roadmap development, NPD and long-term innovation planning.
- Work in conjunction with sales, engineering, manufacturing, product development and other functional areas to create, communicate and execute on short-term and long-term strategic goals and objectives of Cornerstone Building Brands.
- The Product Manager - Exterior Cladding will serve as the category market expert developing relationships with external market and category influencers driving an ‘outside - in’ philosophy to product and category development.
- Build product lines to achieve contribution margin targets. Use lifecycle analysis, market research and industry trends to ensure portfolio has necessary depth and breadth while maintaining financial effectiveness.
- Conduct situation analysis (including industry trends, field and customer input, competitive gap analysis) to identify and confirm opportunities
- Support marketing communications strategy around product, channel and brand strategies. Ensure product literature and installation manuals are developed, disseminated, and maintained as appropriate.
- Execute on Go to Market requirements in collaboration with the sales and marketing teams resul