Job Summary
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.
Job Summary
The Product Line Manager is a key leader within the marketing team, responsible for owning and driving strategy, execution, and performance across assigned product lines. This role will manage Meals, Proteins, and sides. The Product Line Manager serves as the strategic owner of their product lines, shaping their growth trajectory, building compelling sales enablement stories, managing the product lifecycle, guiding successful product launches, and leading and conducting internal and market/competitive analyses.
This individual will partner closely with Culinary, Sales, and Commercialization teams to identify opportunities, design customer-facing sell stories, and deliver impactful go-to-market strategies. They will leverage internal and external data to not only track performance but also uncover insights that answer the “what” and “why” behind business trends. 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.
Duties and Responsibilities
Product Line Ownership
- Manage the end-to-end strategy and performance of assigned product lines, ensuring alignment to company growth objectives.
- Drive portfolio planning, including assortment tracking, lifecycle management, and optimization of core, innovation, and seasonal/limited-time offerings.
Innovation & Launch Leadership
- Own the innovation pipeline for assigned product lines, partnering with Culinary, Sales, and Commercialization to identify white space and develop concepts from insight to launch.
- Develop launch strategies that account for seasonal and regional dynamics, including LTO calendars for soups and demand-driven variations for other product lines.
- Build compelling sales enablement tools and sell stories to support the Sales team in driving adoption and customer wins.
Insights & Data Analytics
- Analyze business performance (sales, margin, velocity, market share) to identify drivers and recommend strategies.
- Go beyond reporting—interpret data to uncover the “what” and “why” behind business results.
- 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 priorities.
Commercial Strategy & Enablement
- Lead product line pricing strategy to balance growth and profitability.
- Partners with Sales and Marketing to create customer-facing messaging, launch assets, and training that enable commercial success.
Required Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Business, or related field.
- 5–7 years of experience in product line management, brand management, or strategic marketing.
- Strong understanding of food industry trends and customer needs; CPG or foodservice experience preferred.
- Skilled in leveraging data and insights to shape strategy and storytelling.
- Proven ability to manage complex cross-functional projects from concept to execution.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with senior stakeholders.
Working Conditions
- Less than 10% of travel expected for events or meetings.
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.
Core Values
Kettle Cuisine takes the utmost pride in its people, products and reputation. Each employee is expected to understand and live our Core Values every day.
Honor Food We create and produce the best tasting, safest, all natural recipes that strive for perfection in every batch, from bench to kettle
Honor Each Other We seek to develop trusting, respectful and mutually rewarding relationships with all our team members and business partners
Honor Development We recognize and nurture each other’s talents, strengths and interests in order to further strengthen and grow our team
Honor Innovation We continually strive for creative and sustainable ways to achieve excellence
Pay Range for Product Line Manager
The Product Line Manager base pay range $104,000 - 145,000 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 and is eligible for the annual discretionary bonus program up to 10%. Kettle Cuisine and all its legal entities comply with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws.
