Category Manager

Location: Oregon City HQ, United States; primarily on-site with hybrid flexibility as business needs allow

Company

hirify.global is a family-owned premium knife manufacturer focused on product quality, continuous improvement, innovation, accountability, and community impact.

What you will do

• Own long-term strategy, rolling three-year plans, product roadmaps, budgets, forecasts, pricing, and investment priorities for assigned categories.
• Manage category P&L and present strategy and financial performance to executive leadership.
• Lead customer research, field engagement, competitive analysis, and the translation of customer needs into validated product opportunities.
• Guide products from concept through end-of-life while incorporating future technologies and capabilities through innovation and prototyping.
• Directly lead engineers and designers, including coaching, development, recruiting, and performance evaluation.
• Coordinate commercialization and launch execution with Brand, Marketing, E-commerce, Sales, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in Product, Category, or Product Line Management.
• 2+ years of direct people leadership experience.
• Demonstrated ownership of P&L, budgeting, forecasting, and executive presentations.
• Ability to work primarily on-site at the Oregon City HQ, with hybrid flexibility determined by business needs.
• Willingness to travel as required, typically less than 10%.

Culture & Benefits

• Values-driven environment centered on continuous improvement, courageous innovation, accountability, expertise, and community.
• Regular collaboration with Design, Engineering, Operations, Marketing, Sales, and executive leadership.
• Hybrid flexibility may be available according to business needs.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation support are provided.