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Associate Product Manager

Alto-Shaam · Menomonee Falls, WI · Full time · Product Management

Posted Sep 28, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

You will manage pricing data in Oracle. Tell me about a time you kept a large data set accurate and current.

What they are checking: Whether they are careful with detail work, since one pricing error can spread across every quote.

Tell me about a time you had to become an expert on a product or topic quickly. How did you do it?

What they are checking: Whether they can learn technical products fast enough to train a sales force.

Tell me about a time you found a gap or error in data and fixed it before it caused a problem.

What they are checking: Whether they catch problems on their own instead of waiting to be told.

What would you do

A sales rep asks you for a special discount that falls outside our pricing structure. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they protect pricing discipline while still helping sales close business.

How would you explain a product's advantage to a chef versus a foodservice consultant?

What they are checking: Whether they can tailor the message to what each audience actually cares about.

Two senior product managers each want your time for urgent work this week. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: Whether they can manage competing requests openly instead of quietly letting one slip.

About the work

How would you gather the voice of the customer from dealers, consultants and end users and turn it into something a product team can use?

What they are checking: Whether they can organize scattered feedback into clear insight rather than a pile of anecdotes.

Walk me through how you would build a competitive comparison for one of our cooking categories. What would you include?

What they are checking: Whether they know which specs and features actually drive buying decisions in foodservice equipment.

How would you decide whether a list price increase makes sense for a product line?

What they are checking: Whether they think about margin, competition, dealer discounts and customer value together.

How do you build a simple business case for a new product or feature?

What they are checking: Whether they understand volume, cost, price and payback well enough to support a senior product manager.

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The full job description

As published by Alto-Shaam.

The ideal candidate for an Associate Product Manager would be able to do the following: Product Management Support • Support the Senior Product Manager team across assigned halo categories throughout the product line life cycle, from strategic planning through tactical execution. • Assist in maintaining product roadmaps and in gathering the voice of the customer — organizing dealer, consultant, and end-user feedback into usable insight. • Build and maintain competitive comparisons, product matrices, and specification data that support product differentiation and business-case development. • Develop into a product expert on assigned categories — supporting sales force and distribution network training, and participating in customer-facing sales support alongside a Senior Product Manager. • Monitor the competitive landscape and proactively share findings with the product management and sales organizations. Pricing Responsibilities • Serve as a key resource within Alto-Shaam’s ERP environment (Oracle) for product pricing data — supporting list pricing setup, pricing structures, and discount management, and helping ensure pricing records remain accurate, complete, and current. • Partner with the Director of Pricing & Product Management to help build and maintain the Pricing Roadmap, contributing the analysis that shapes forward-looking pricing strategy. • Help identify gaps in our pricing relative to the competitive set, along with sources of margin leakage, and bring forward recommendations to close them. Analytics, Tools & AI • Use Alto-Shaam’s approved AI tools to accelerate competitive research, data summarization, and documentation; build and share repeatable prompts and workflows so the wider team benefits. • Identify and propose automation opportunities within pricing operations, and help set the standard for responsible, effective AI use across Product Management. Education & Experience • Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, finance, economics, engineering, supply chain, or a related field. • 0–3 years of professional experience in product management, pricing, finance, analytics, marketing, or sales support. Relevant internship and co-op experience will be considered. • Working proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; comfort learning ERP and quoting platforms (Oracle and AutoQuotes preferred). Skills & Attributes • Quantitative aptitude. Genuinely enjoys numbers, math, and working through a problem to a defensible answer. • Attention to detail. Treats data accuracy as a personal standard; builds checks into their own work. • Curiosity and drive. A self-starter who asks why, teaches themselves what they need, and moves work forward with limited direction. • Presence and communication. Confident and credible in front of sales teams and senior leadership; explains analysis in plain, decision-ready language. • Appetite for AI. Actively interested in learning and applying AI tools such as Claude to everyday analytical, research, and communication work — with sound judgment about where they help and where they do not. We are looking for team-members that exemplify and live our High FIVE values: • Highest Quality: Are you detailed-oriented and ensure the accuracy of your work? • Win together as a Family: Do you exceed expectations by being attentive and going above and beyond? • Unleash the Innovative Spirit : Are you passionate about finding solutions to streamline and enhance the way you and your peers work? • Be a Helpful Voice : Are you a positive person who wants to make an impact on others? • Every Individual Makes an Impact: Are you a go-getter who takes initiative and pride in your work? If you share our values, we want you to be a part of our Alto-Shaam family!

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