Who We Are:
Feit Electric has been at the forefront of global lighting innovation for 45+ years. We combine best-in-class design, manufacturing expertise, and cutting-dge technology to deliver smarter, safer, and more energy-efficient home products.
What You'll Do:
Own Category Strategy & Revenue
- Define and champion the vision, goals, and roadmap for your category.
- Build and maintain detailed financial models, set pricing strategies, and forecast revenue and margin.
- Monitor category performance against KPIs, making data-driven adjustments to hit targets.
Manage Full Product Lifecycle
- New Product Creation: Identify new products that end users love, are strategic for our retail partners, and work for our business.
- Launch Leadership: Coordinate cross-functional launch readiness, ensuring specs, timelines, and support materials are on track.
- End-of-Life & Transition: Develop EOL plans, communicate sunset schedules, and execute SKU rationalization to minimize revenue gaps.
- Portfolio Health: Continuously assess SKU performance; recommend extensions or retirements based on sales, margin, and customer feedback.
Drive Retail & Sales Success
- Craft and present compelling category pitches to retail buyers, articulating ROI, differentiation, and go-to-market plans.
- Partner with Sales leadership to track pipeline, identify bottlenecks, and implement tactics to accelerate deal closings.
- Develop sales enablement tools—training decks, FAQs, and sell-sheets—to equip field teams.
Lead Cross-Functional Teams
- Oversee and mentor Product Development Managers, empowering them to execute prototyping, cost negotiations, and factory partnerships.
- Facilitate syncs across Engineering, Quality, Marketing, Operations, and Sales to maintain alignment and momentum.
- Champion best practices in product/project management, documentation, and risk mitigation.
Leverage Market & Competitive Insights
- Conduct regular market scans, customer research, and competitive analyses to identify emerging trends and threats.
- Translate insights into strategic recommendations, ensuring your category remains ahead of the curve.
Develop People & Culture
- Provide coaching, feedback, and career-development guidance to your direct reports.
- Foster a culture of transparency, collaboration, and “get scrappy” innovation aligned with Feit’s values.
What You'll Need:
Education: Bachelor’s in Business, Engineering, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
Experience: 7+ years in senior product or business leadership roles, ideally within lighting, consumer electronics, or IoT hardware.
Skills
- Proven P&L ownership and strategic planning capabilities.
- Strong negotiation and presentation skills for retailer engagements.
- Expertise in end-to-end product lifecycle and EOL management.
- Excellent stakeholder management and team leadership.
- Robust analytical acumen and comfort with financial models.
What You'll Get:
- Leadership role shaping the future of one of our core categories.
- Collaborative, innovation-driven environment with a global impact.
- Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and professional growth opportunities
- Salary Range: Exempt / Salary with a range of $140,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually.
Application Instructions:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume, along with a cover letter outlining their suitability for the role and relevant achievements. Please include examples of past projects that demonstrate your ability to lead engineering teams to success in developing and launching high-quality, compliant products.
Additional Data:
The position is onsite Monday through Friday in our Pico Rivera, CA office. Position does not offer relocation package. No remote work available for this position.
Feit Electric, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, pregnancy, race, national origin, color, religion, age or disability or any other status protected by law.
