(High Salary) Product Marketing Manager, Professional Turf Equipment - The Toro Company
Company: The Toro Company
Location: Beatrice
Posted on: July 8, 2025
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Job Description:
Product Marketing Manager, Professional Turf Equipment - The
Toro Company Who Are We? With roots dating back to 1914, The Toro
Company was built on a tradition of quality and caring
relationships. Today, the company is a leading worldwide provider
of innovative solutions for the outdoor environment, including turf
and landscape maintenance, snow and ice management, underground
utility construction, rental and specialty construction, and
irrigation and outdoor lighting solutions. Through a strong network
of professional distributors, dealers, rental stores and retailers
in more than 125 countries, we proudly offer a wide range of
products across a family of global brands to help golf courses,
professional contractors, underground construction professionals,
groundskeepers, agricultural growers, rental companies, government
and educational institutions, and homeowners – in addition to many
leading sports venues and historic sites around the world. Your
Opportunity: The Product Marketing Manager, Professional Turf
drives product strategy and market positioning for seated zero-turn
and wide-area walk-behind mowers within the L&C business,
elevating brand impact and customer engagement across Exmark,
Spartan, and Toro brands. Development of new landscape contractor
equipment and improved products to meet customer requirements.
Leads the product prioritization and product project write-up
process including return on investment financial analysis. Assists
in overall business P&L management to ensure growth objectives
are accomplished and operational improvement goals are achieved
Sponsorship: - Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the
United States. - We are unable to consider OPT, J1 or F1 students,
nor sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment VISA at this
time - regardless of expiration date. - Must be willing to
obtain/maintain an active and valid US Passport and a non-expired
US Driver's license. Work Location: - Candidates have the choice of
where their home office base would be: Bloomington, MN Toro's
International Corporate Headquarters; Beatrice, NE at Exmark's
Division Headquarters; or Batesville, ARK at the Spartan Mowers
Division Headquarters. - The current team works a hybrid model with
3-days on-site and optional 2-days remote. - Other job locations
and/or fully remote is not available at this time. - This role
includes travel 40%-60% with related expense reporting duties.
Travel would be hosting VOC events, or for relationship
building/collaboration with customers. What Will You Do? To grow
and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be
responsible for: - Develop annual and long range,
multi-generational technology roadmap for professional seated zero
turn and wide area walk behind mowers - Obtain approval for
long-range vision, goals and strategies for Product Management -
Develop business modeling of different customer types for the use
of professional seated zero turn and wide area walk behind mowers -
Execute Voice of the Customer research in support of product
development activities to translate present and future customer
needs to define capabilities and long term competitive advantages –
own requirements, specifications, and release plans - Recommend and
develop innovative new/improved products in conjunction with
Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales and other key departments, to
serve all end users - Establish and maintain an effective method to
determine customer satisfaction on new/current products and ensure
timely corrective actions/changes are made where appropriate -
Monitor market share, inventory levels, profitability of product
lines, and pricing strategy - Collaborate across teams – create
alignment between related products, engineering teams and other
stakeholders - Monitor quality levels of products, and put in place
methods to improve quality and reduce warranty - Develop and
execute competitive benchmarking activities in order to ensure
leadership in products and programs - Support the Integrated
Business Planning (IBP) process to drive organizational excellence
with phase in and phase out of product lifecycle - Investigate,
assess, and recommend new business and cost reduction/avoidance
opportunities for the Division - Build and maintain a high degree
of understanding and cooperation between the departments,
supporting functions, and customers served - Represent the
Division/Company at trade/civic functions as appropriate What Do
You Need? To be considered for this role, an individual should meet
the following minimal requirements: - Bachelor’s degree is
required, preferably in the field of marketing. - 3-5 years’
experience, in the outdoor power equipment industry preferred -
Ability to frequently lift and/or move items that are 50 lbs. -
Strong analytical skills and demonstrated superior interpersonal,
supervisory, and leadership abilities for product/team management.
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, exhibit
initiative and be a team player fully supportive of division and
company objectives and culture. - Prior demonstrated success with
building strong cross-functional working relationships with
Engineering, Sales and Customer Care departments. - Strong customer
orientation, including experience with Voice of Customer. - Passion
for providing market-leading products on time and within project
scope Preferred: - An MBA is preferred. - 6 years’ experience in
the outdoor power equipment industry preferred. - Prior experience
with the RLC (Residential, Landscape & Contractor) dealer channel
preferred. What Can We Give You? At The Toro Company, we are always
working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are.
In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top-tier
medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits -
The Toro company offers employees at our Bloomington, MN HQ
location a variety of perks, including: - Dress for your day - We
know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why
TTC employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual,
corporate environment. - Food - Take advantage of our onsite café,
which serves both breakfast and lunch. With a Caribou Coffee
attached, you can grab a snack and a coffee at any time during your
day. - Wellness - The Toro Company’s HQ offers complimentary use of
our onsite fitness facility to employees. In addition to physical
well-being, TTC offers a variety of mental health and financial
health resources to all employees. - Volunteerism - The Toro
Company is proud to provide employees 20 hours of paid time to
volunteer in the community. - Summer Hours – Enjoy a flexible
schedule during the summer! By working a little more during the
first few days of the week, TTC employees at our Bloomington HQ are
able to start their weekends early and leave by noon on Friday. -
Competitive Salary – A reasonable pay range for this opportunity is
$$98,000-$120,000. The pay range takes into account skills,
experience, education, and location. It is not common to be hired
at or near the top of the range; compensation decisions are
dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Cash
compensation is one piece of our competitive total rewards package.
If you need to, you can access your pay early with the One@Work
app, formerly the Even app. At The Toro Company, we are committed
to fostering a secure and trustworthy recruitment process for our
applicants. Recruitment fraud is a potential threat to job seekers,
so please be aware that throughout our recruitment process, you’ll
never be required to pay any fees or disclose personal financial
details when applying to TTC opportunities. The Toro Company is an
Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants
based on merit and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual
orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability,
genetic information, military service, or other non-merit factors.
We are committed to creating a welcoming environment for all
employees. LI-Onsite LI-LVD1
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