Assistant Manager, Portfolio Commercialization
Job ID 2023-01528
Description
About Cuisinart:
Cuisinart is a renowned consumer product company that specializes in delivering high-quality kitchen appliances and equipment to bring more joy to the heart of people’s home. Today Cuisinart continues its heritage of innovation with an ever-expanding array of essentials that inspire people to cook great food more often, experience the joy of cooking and explore their culinary creativity. Today, tomorrow, always, Cuisinart makes great cooking easier with cooking gear you feel proud to own.
About the Position:
The Assistant Manager, Portfolio Commercialization owns the end‑to‑end Ratings & Reviews process for Cuisinart products while supporting project management and commercial launch execution across the portfolio. The position manages product seeding programs (including HTC and Vine), coordinates cross‑functional sample delivery, serves as the primary vendor contact, and compiles all inputs required for seamless Ratings & Reviews execution. In parallel, the role supports new product launches by maintaining commercialization timelines, tracking stage‑gate deliverables, and managing launch documentation and tracking tools. The position also ensures commercial readiness by monitoring launch schedules, maintaining shared folders, supporting presentations and and tracking marketing budget spend across commercial workstreams.
Key Responsibilities:
Own ‘Ratings + Reviews’ process & execution for Cuisinart products
- Own product seeding process and tracking across Home Testers Club, Bazaarvoice and Vine.
- Owns new product setup on Bazaarvoice, retailer syndication, and troubleshooting.
- Compile all information needed for Ratings + Reviews for internal alignment, vendor briefing and timely execution, as well as coordinate sample delivery.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams (Ecomm, Sales, Product Dev and Marketing), serving as point-person for everything Ratings & Reviews
Assist Project Management for new Product Launches
- Maintain and update commercialization timelines for new product launches.
- Monitor progress and keep teams accountable (e.g. follow-up on deliverables for each stage gate).
- Manage and update New Product Commercialization tracking sheets
Support Commercial Readiness and Launch Execution
- Track New product launches – when and where launching, distribute regular updates.
- Manage and maintain commercialization folders and file sharing access.
- Support in assembling presentation decks and toolkits
Ensure Launch and Channel Requirements are delivered
- Gather and maintain channel-specific requirements and due dates for commercial and marketing deliverables
- Anticipate and flag key risks for the Commercial team
Track Cuisinart Marketing Budget
- Monitor and track Marketing team budget spend across all commercial workstreams.
- Provide regular updates on budget tracking to Commercialization / Marketing leadership team.
- Coordinate invoice processing, correct cost center allocation and timely approvals; partner with Finance to monitor spend vs. forecast
- Support onboarding of new agency or vendor partners as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, or any related field.
- 2–5 years of experience in project management, commercialization or product innovation and launch.
- Experience in managing and executing multiple and complex projects in parallel.
- Detailed-oriented, strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
- Excellent communication skills — able to translate data into actionable insights.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Environmental Factors:
- Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
- Must be able to sit for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to use a computer keyboard and view a monitor for extended periods of time.
- This role requires Stamford, CT office on-site presence Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere on Fridays.
What we offer:
- Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision plans
- Generous Paid Time Off Programs
- Life & Disability Insurance
- FSA/HSA/Dependent Care FSA
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401k and company match
- EAP & Employee Wellness Programs
- Volunteer Days Paid Time Off
- Free breakfast and lunch in the Stamford office
Join the Cuisinart team and play a pivotal role in shaping how our products are coming to market, and step-changing our ability to win with consumers and retailers in the kitchen appliances industry. If you’re passionate about project management, innovation or go-to-market execution, we invite you to apply.
About Conair:
Conair is a leading international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of branded personal care and small kitchen appliances, cookware, hairbrushes & accessories, cosmetic bags, and travel accessories.
Conair has always been driven by a passion for innovation; it’s part of the Company’s DNA. Trendsetting products have been invented by Conair since its inception in 1959, keeping the Company always a step ahead of the competition. The company's domestic and international divisions offer a diversified mix of consumer and professional products sold in over 120 countries. The Family of Conair brands include CONAIR, Cuisinart, Cuisinart Outdoors, BaBylissPro, Scünci , TRAVELSMART by CONAIR, and Waring.
Conair’s passion for innovation gets stronger with each decade, as evidenced by the over 1,000 patents the Company has obtained worldwide. Today, Conair and its brands are names known throughout the world. Conair continues to introduce its brands to new and emerging markets, year after year. By the 1990s, most households in America owned at least one Conair product. Today many have more than one, and the Company’s goal is to ensure that every household in the world eventually owns one of our products.
At Conair, we inspire our customers with innovative high-quality products and brands that enhance their lives.