Delicious Food and Meaningful Careers
At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking, using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients, complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale.
But it’s not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another’s talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other’s growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success.
We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.
If you’re looking for a place where your skills, passion, and ideas can flourish, we invite you to explore the opportunities available within our dynamic and supportive team.
Product Line Manager
Full-TimeRemote
Position Summary
The Product Line Manager is a key leader within the marketing organization. This role is responsible for delivering owned category strategy, P&L management, and in-market results focused on key growth categories including proteins, sauces, and sides. This position will build, coordinate, and execute strategic and tactical commercial plans across innovation and business continuity aligned with growth agenda. Candidate will lead cross-functional teams to identify strategic, data-backed growth opportunities grounded in internal and competitive market analyses, drive new product launches, build compelling sales stories, and manage the product life-cycles of their portfolio. With support from the Sales & Marketing Analyst, the Product Line Manager is expected to be highly hands-on with data and lead the strategic decision-making for their product line.
Key Responsibilities
Product Line Ownership
Strategic category planning driving transformational growth across channels including Consumer and Foodservice.
Drive portfolio excellence including assortment tracking, lifecycle management, and optimization of core, innovation, and seasonal/limited-time offerings.
Innovation & Launch Leadership
Deliver innovation pipeline from insight-to-launch for assigned product lines; collaborates closely with
commercial functions to deliver innovation agenda including Culinary, Sales, and Commercialization.
Responsible for leading launch strategies that drive excitement behind the initiatives and sell them
Develops briefs for integrated communications, creative, branding/design, and market
Insights & Data Analytics
Analyze business performance to identify and prioritize growth initiatives based on consumer/ customer, brand/category, research, and landscape analysis.
Go beyond reporting, interpret data to uncover the “why" and “so what” behind business
Collaborate with the Sales & Marketing Analyst for additional data mining, while remaining accountable for full analysis and strategic implications.
Cross-Functional Leadership
Act as the internal subject matter expert for assigned product lines, driving strategy through market insights, competitive intelligence, and culinary trends.
Partner across teams to ensure alignment on strategy, execution, and business
Commercial Strategy & Enablement
Lead product line pricing strategy to balance growth and
Partner with Sales and Marketing to create customer-facing messaging, launch assets, and training that enable commercial success.
Skills & Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or related
5–7 years of experience in product line management, brand management, or strategic
Strong understanding of food industry trends and customer needs; CPG or Foodservice experience
Skilled in leveraging data and insights to shape strategy and
Proven ability to manage complex cross-functional projects from concept to
Excellent communication and presentation skills with senior
Demonstrated self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset; problem
Working Conditions
Remote position
Less than 10% travel expected for events or meetings
Pay Range for Product Line Manager
The Product Line Manager base pay range $100,000 - 140,000 USD/annually. The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine’s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum for new hire salaries for the Remote location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee’s rate of pay within the range is determined by their qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated performance over time. In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth. The Product Line Manager position is eligible for our comprehensive benefits package. Kettle Cuisine and all its legal entities comply with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws.
This position is also eligible for a target bonus of 10%.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Kettle Cuisine complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws. This means we will not discriminate against qualified individuals with a disability in any phase of the employment relationship including application for employment, hiring, promotions and/or advancement opportunities, termination, compensation, training and any other conditions or privileges of employment.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Kettle Cuisine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions at Kettle Cuisine are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.
Kettle Cuisine will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
