At Seaman Paper, we're helping the world's leading apparel and retail brands replace plastic with innovative paper-based packaging solutions. Vela™, our flagship transport packaging platform, is redefining sustainable packaging for apparel and accessories, while our market-leading Footwear Solutions continue to serve many of the world's largest footwear brands. Together, these platforms position Seaman Paper at the forefront of the global transition from plastic to paper. With manufacturing operations across North America, Europe and Asia, we partner with global brands to bring innovative packaging concepts from idea to commercial scale.
Global brands are replacing plastic with paper, driven by regulation, customer expectations and their own sustainability commitments. Seaman Paper is helping them make that shift. As Product Manager, you'll make sure our products across Vela™ and Footwear Solutions are commercially positioned, supported and ready to sell in every market. You'll manage a growing portfolio, turn customer and market insight into product priorities and work across Product Development, Sales, Marketing and Operations to make every product a commercial success.
- Manage the Commercial Product Portfolio: Organize and manage the commercial portfolio across Vela™, Footwear Solutions and our expanding outsourced product range, including product positioning, pricing frameworks, product documentation and portfolio expansion.
- Own Commercial Product Readiness: Make sure every product, new and existing, is ready to sell, including pricing, product sheets, samples, sales tools, training and customer materials.
- Drive Commercial Product Success: Coordinate go-to-market execution for new products, from commercial positioning and value propositions through launch and sales readiness, in coordination with Marketing.
- Coordinate the Commercial Product Roadmap: Work alongside Product Development to coordinate commercialization priorities and the commercial product roadmap.
- Turn Customer and Market Insight into Priorities: Collect customer feedback, track competitor activity and market trends, and translate them into clear priorities for Product Development.
- Partner with Global Brands: Work with our sales teams and leading apparel, footwear and accessories brands to understand unmet needs and feed them into portfolio priorities.
- Connect the Organization: Coordinate Sales, Marketing, Product Development, Operations and Manufacturing so products move smoothly from development to commercial success.
- Measure Success: Track adoption, commercial readiness, portfolio performance and the revenue contribution of new and existing products.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Sustainability or a related field (MBA preferred).
- 5+ years of product management experience in packaging, consumer products, apparel, footwear, accessories, paper or related industries.
- Demonstrated success launching and growing products in global markets.
- Strong commercial, analytical and strategic thinking skills.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership abilities.
- Passion for sustainability and replacing plastic with innovative paper-based solutions.
- Willingness to travel globally approximately 25–40%.
- Accelerate adoption of Vela™ and Footwear Solutions with leading global brands.
- Build a commercially organized, scalable product portfolio that enables global growth across Vela™, Footwear Solutions and adjacent product categories.
- Improve commercial readiness by ensuring pricing frameworks, sales tools, samples and product documentation are consistently available across regions.
- Turn customer and market insight into product priorities that strengthen the portfolio over time.
- Help identify and commercialize adjacent product opportunities that expand Seaman Paper's value to existing customers.
- Play a central role in one of the company's highest-priority global growth platforms.
- Work with iconic global brands shaping the future of retail packaging.
- Influence strategy from concept through commercialization.
- Join a collaborative, entrepreneurial culture focused on innovation and sustainability.
- Help create packaging solutions that have a measurable environmental impact.
