Product Manager

ASK Entreprise·India·Onsite

Product ManagerEnterprise

Experience

2–4 years

Employment

Full Time

Work mode

Onsite

Level

Product Manager

Location

India

Posted

2 weeks ago

Listed compensation: ₹22K–25K/mo

About the role

About the Organization*

ASK Enterprises is a manufacturer and supplier serving industrial customers across three product lines: industrial wiping rags, cotton yarn, and fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) products. We supply to manufacturing units, textile mills, engineering and infrastructure customers, and distributors in domestic and export markets. We are looking for a Product Manager to own the performance, positioning and growth of these product lines.

_*Role Summary*_

The Product Manager will be responsible for the full lifecycle of our product portfolio: understanding customer needs, defining the range and specifications, managing pricing and margins, and working with sales, procurement and production to grow profitable revenue. This is a commercial, hands-on role that sits between the market, the plant and the sales team.

Key ResponsibilitiesPortfolio and Product Strategy

What you'll do

Own the product roadmap and P&L for industrial rags, cotton yarn and FRP products.
Identify new product opportunities, grades, counts, sizes and applications based on customer and market needs.
Rationalise the SKU range: drop low-margin items, and expand high-demand and high-margin ones.
Define clear specifications, grading standards and quality parameters for each product.
Market and Customer Insight
Track demand, pricing trends and competitor activity across segments and regions.
Monitor raw material trends (cotton, waste and cut-piece supply, yarn prices, resins, glass fibre and related inputs) and their impact on costs and margins.
Meet key customers and distributors regularly to gather feedback and identify unmet needs.
Evaluate new end-use segments and export markets.
Pricing and Margin Management
Set and review pricing, discount structures and price lists in line with cost movements and market conditions.
Build cost sheets and margin analyses by product, customer segment and channel.

What you'll bring

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Textile, Polymer, Chemical, Mechanical or Production preferred), Science or Commerce.
2-4 years of experience in product management, business development or category management in textiles, yarn, industrial consumables, composites or a related manufacturing sector.
Working knowledge of at least one of: cotton yarn and spinning, textile waste and recycling, or FRP/GRP and composite materials.
Experience dealing with B2B customers, distributors and exporters.
Skills and Competencies
Strong commercial and analytical skills, including costing, pricing and margin analysis.
Ability to read technical specifications and translate customer requirements into product definitions.
Good negotiation, communication and presentation skills.
Comfortable with Excel and reporting tools; familiarity with ERP or CRM systems is a plus.
Self-driven, organised and able to manage multiple product lines at once.
Willingness to travel to plants, customer sites and trade events.
Key Performance Indicators