Product Line Director, Doors

About the Job

Pacific International has been retained by market leader in building and construction materials to identify a Director of Product Line Management, Doors to lead one of the organization's largest and most strategically important product categories. This is not a traditional product management role. The successful candidate will have full P&L ownership of a+$400M business and will be responsible for defining where the product line goes next, commercially, strategically and competitively.

The Opportunity

This leader will own the long-term strategy for the Interior Doors business, with responsibility across:

• Full P&L ownership, including revenue, margin, pricing and profitability
• Development of a clear 3-year product and commercial roadmap
• Market and competitive strategy
• Pricing strategy and margin expansion
• Customer and channel strategy, particularly within two-step distribution
• Product portfolio and investment decisions
• New product development and commercialization
• Market share growth and competitive positioning
• Leadership and development of the existing Product Line Management team
• Cross-functional partnership with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Manufacturing, Sourcing and Finance

A major part of the mandate will be bringing a stronger commercial, customer and market perspective into Product. This leader will help the organization better anticipate where the market is heading, identify where to invest, and translate customer and competitive insights into actionable product strategy.

What We're Looking For

We are particularly interested in leaders who bring:

• Meaningful experience within the doors industry, ideally interior doors
• Strong understanding of two-step distribution, dealers, distributors and/or builder channels
• Significant P&L or business-unit leadership experience
• Product management or product-line leadership experience
• Strong commercial and customer orientation
• Experience owning or influencing pricing strategy and margin performance
• Demonstrated ability to translate market and competitive intelligence into business strategy
• Experience working within a complex manufacturing environment
• Ability to build credibility across Sales, Operations and executive leadership
• A track record of leading through change and developing high-performing teams

Candidates may come from Product, Category Management, General Management or Business Unit leadership backgrounds. The critical combination is industry expertise + commercial product leadership + P&L ownership.

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a strategic business within a major building-products organization at an important point in its evolution.

The mandate isn't to maintain the status quo. The organization is looking for a builder and strategic leader who can define where the business should be three years from now, strengthen its commercial approach, defend and grow market share, and bring the organization along with them.

For further information on this position, please apply directly through this LinkedIn post to make sure your application is reviewed.

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Since 1997, we have been dedicated to building lasting client partnerships based on trust and reliability, and a proven track record of successful C-suite and mid- to senior-level leadership project delivery across many key industries globally.

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