Product Manager - Manufacturing Business Systems

The posting, as Fictiv wrote it

About MISUMI Americas

MISUMI Americas, a division of MISUMI Group, is a leading provider of standard, configurable, and custom manufacturing solutions. By integrating a vast catalog of components with a world-class digital manufacturing platform, MISUMI Americas empowers engineers and procurement teams to accelerate innovation across the entire product lifecycle. With operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, the company serves as a vital partner for the most innovative companies in the Americas.

Impact In This Role

As the Product Manager for Manufacturing Business Systems, you will shape and drive the internal systems that power Fictiv and MISUMI Americas’ manufacturing operations — including PLM, ERP, TMS, MRP, and other business systems we adopt or build over time to support how the business runs. You will contribute to the strategy and roadmap for this systems landscape and own the execution of solutions that deliver against it, balancing customer satisfaction, growth, reliable delivery, and operational efficiency.

This role is focused on solution implementation and optimization rather than IT support. You'll identify and validate business opportunities that can be unlocked through technology, partner with engineering to define the right solution, build the business case for the investment, and drive execution from planning through implementation, qualification, and launch. The solutions you contribute to are foundational to the MISUMI Americas manufacturing business - enabling it to scale, deliver differentiated value, and drive growth by serving product innovators.

Areas of Responsibility

Business acumen and domain awareness

• Research and evaluate the needs of internal users (operations, finance, supply chain, engineering, IT) to understand priorities and pain points within manufacturing workflows, and assess their feedback on current systems.
• Understand the needs of Fictiv and MISUMI Americas customers, and how the workflows and tools used by internal teams shape the experience those customers receive. Use that lens to identify and evaluate opportunities.
• Develop deep knowledge of Fictiv and MISUMI Americas PLM, ERP, and other manufacturing business systems — including data models, integrations, and dependencies — and translate that knowledge into product opportunities.
• Assess the needs of our growing network of manufacturing partners where they touch internal systems, and identify opportunities to improve data flow, traceability, and partner experience.
• Contribute to the strategy and roadmap for evolving the manufacturing business systems landscape to support Fictiv and MISUMI Americas growth trajectory.
• Roadmap execution and project delivery
• Analyze, comprehend, and take ownership of the assigned roadmap items related to manufacturing business systems and translate high-level goals into detailed objectives and projects.
• Contribute to building the business case for system investments (new sys

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en and verbal communication skills, with the ability to rally cross-functional teams behind a product vision, collaborate across multiple time zones, and document decisions clearly.

• Results-driven mindset with a focus on delivering high-quality outcomes within defined timelines.
• Ability to lead and influence without authority: operate proactively, with empathy and accountability.
• Comfortable working, negotiating, and communicating with internal users, customers, vendors, implementation partners, and leadership to develop insights about needs and solutions.

Perks and Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K plan
• Parental leave programs
• Paid volunteer days
• And much, much more!

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk and hear; use hands to keyboard, fingers, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, crawl, reach, and stretch.

Salary Range: $150K - $185K per year, depending upon experience

Interested in learning more? We look forward to hearing from you soon.
We’re actively seeking teammates who:

• Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.
• Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.
• Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.
• Have an ‘always learning’ mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.
• Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates

We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.