About the role

In this strategic role, you will be responsible for developing the product portfolio within your customer portfolio. You will analyse customer and market needs, identify new market opportunities, and translate these into a clear product vision and concrete product roadmaps. In doing so, you will help shape the future development of products and solutions that contribute to the growth of both Menzing and its customers.

As Product Manager, you are the owner of the “what” and “why” of product development. You determine which products should be developed, which opportunities deserve priority, and how new product initiatives contribute to the organisation’s strategic objectives. You support these choices with business cases, market analyses, and revenue forecasts, making well-considered portfolio decisions in close collaboration with the customer.

From this strategic responsibility, you act as the connecting link between the customer, commerce, and engineering. You translate customer and market insights into clear development assignments for engineering, which is then responsible for the technical elaboration and realisation. In addition, you provide timely input to planning, supply chain, and the assembly location in the Czech Republic regarding product introductions, forecast developments, and expected volumes, ensuring the organisation is well prepared for future developments.

You are entrepreneurial, analytical, and commercially minded. You see the bigger picture, think in terms of opportunities, and know how to translate market developments into a future-proof product portfolio. You work independently, take initiative, and move easily between customers, internal stakeholders, and technical specialists.

You will join a growing, down-to-earth organisation where collaboration, short lines of communication, and entrepreneurship are central. You will have a great deal of freedom to further shape the role and make an important contribution to the strategic development of the product portfolio and the further growth of Menzing.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for the strategic development of the product portfolio within your customer portfolio

  • Developing and managing the product vision and multi-year product roadmaps

  • Analysing customer, market, and competitor developments and translating these into new product opportunities

  • Identifying, prioritising, and substantiating product developments based on customer value, market opportunities, and strategic objectives

  • Defining the value proposition of new and existing products

  • Making portfolio choices and advising on investments, product introductions, and lifecycle management

  • Preparing and substantiating business cases, revenue forecasts, forecast developments, and budgets for new product initiatives

  • Translating customer and market needs into clear product requirements and development assignments for engineering

  • Monitoring progress, quality, costs, and priorities

  • Preparing and substantiating business cases for new product and market initiatives

What we ask

  • Higher professional education level, preferably in Technical Business Administration, Mechanical Engineering, or Mechatronics

  • Demonstrable experience with project management, product development, or a comparable technical-commercial role

  • Experience in, or a strong affinity with, the technical market

  • Commercial awareness and a focus on building long-term customer relationships

  • Strong communication skills and the ability to easily interact with different stakeholders

  • Good command of both Dutch and English; knowledge of German is an advantage

  • A hands-on mentality: independent, proactive, and not afraid to take initiative

  • Analytical, structured, and able to maintain an overview

  • Willingness to make international customer visits

Interested?

Siebert & Wassink has been asked by us to manage the recruitment and selection procedure for the Product Manager position.

You can respond to this vacancy until 16 August 2026. The first interviews will be conducted by Nick Schuur and Melissa van Houten at Siebert & Wassink in week 34. Follow-up interviews with us are scheduled for weeks 35 and 36.

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