Product Manager, Smallware APAC
Date: Jul 2, 2026
Location: Heshan, CN
Company: franke

About Franke
We, the Franke company with its three divisions, are a world's leading supplier of products and services for domestic kitchens, the professional foodservice systems and the convenience store sector as well as for professional coffee making. With around 60 companies, we are at home on five continents. Over 8,000 employees constantly take on new perspectives to identify opportunities and turn them into inspiring, innovative solutions for tomorrow’s demands.
The Franke Foodservice Systems division is a world-leading supplier of kitchen facilities, equipment and supplies solutions. As a full system manufacturer, distributor and program management partner, we supply global chains in the quick-service restaurant, convenience store and supermarket segments, helping to manage unit growth and upgrade their facilities.
About the job
Join us to own and grow a commercial kitchen smallware product portfolio end-to-end—driving strategy, translating market insights into winning solutions, maximizing value and profitability, and collaborating globally to deliver impactful, market-leading products.
Your tasks
Your key contributions and influences:
- Be Product Business Owner: Shaping strategy, driving profitability, and delivering measurable impact across your portfolio.
- Shape market-winning strategies: Lead strategic assessments including trend analysis, competitor insights, routes-to-market, and capability evaluation to stay ahead in a dynamic market.
- Define and drive the vision: Build and execute product roadmaps, development strategies, and innovation pipelines that align with global growth ambitions.
- Maximize value & profitability: Create compelling business cases and value propositions, and partner on value-based pricing to unlock the full potential of your product portfolio.
- Own the lifecycle end-to-end: From concept to launch and beyond—lead product definition, positioning, storytelling, go-to-market execution, and ongoing performance optimization.
- Turn insights into impactful products: Translate customer, end-user, and market insights into competitive, high-value product requirements that truly meet market needs.
- Collaborate globally, influence broadly: Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Strategy, and global peers—driving alignment, product harmonization, and stage-gate excellence while contributing to globally impactful initiatives.
Requirements
What we are looking for:
- College degree or higher, preferably in engineering or related field.
- Good English as work language both written and oral
- Strong communication skills
- With 5 to 8 years of product management skills and project experience in similar industries.
- Advanced operational knowledge of restaurant processes and practices, equipment and skills required to perform a variety of tasks in a restaurant environment is preferred
- Travel, including internationally as required to support customer and company requirements
What we offer you
- Strong learning and development culture
- A dynamic and innovative team
- Modern, safe,beautiful and global work environment
- Unlimited high-quality coffee available for free
- Gifts and surprises offered during major festivals
Contact details
Cocan Mou
Talent Acquisition Manager
For more information see: www.franke.com




