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Associate Product Manager - Pricing

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

Posted Aug 7, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 28, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

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About your past

You would develop into a product expert and support sales force and distribution training. How do you learn a product line well enough to teach it?

What they are checking: Learning method, since this is a development-oriented seat.

You support senior product managers across assigned categories through the product life cycle. How do you add value on a category someone more senior owns?

What they are checking: Working usefully in a support role without either overstepping or coasting.

This is an associate seat in Menomonee Falls reporting alongside a Director of Pricing and Product Management at a foodservice equipment manufacturer. What would you want to learn in your first year?

What they are checking: A real development goal appropriate to an associate role.

What would you do

You would monitor the competitive landscape and share findings proactively. What would you actually watch?

What they are checking: Concrete sources rather than an intention to stay informed.

A salesperson asks for a discount outside the pricing structure. How do you respond?

What they are checking: Holding pricing discipline from a junior position.

About the work

This role serves as a key resource in the company's Oracle system for product pricing data including list pricing setup and pricing structures. What goes wrong with pricing data in an enterprise system?

What they are checking: Practical awareness — stale lists, inconsistent structures, discount stacking.

You would gather voice of the customer from dealers, consultants and end users. How do those three groups see the same product differently?

What they are checking: Understanding of a three-tier channel, which the posting names explicitly.

Walk me through building a competitive comparison that a salesperson could actually use.

What they are checking: Whether they build for the user or for the file.

You would support the Pricing Roadmap with analysis. How would you decide whether a price increase is supportable?

What they are checking: Pricing analysis reasoning at an associate level.

How do you tell whether a product roadmap item is worth doing?

What they are checking: Early product judgment, which this role is meant to build.

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The full job description

As published by Alto-Shaam.

The ideal candidate for an Associate Product Manager - Pricing 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!