For more than 100 years, Modine has solved the toughest thermal management challenges for mission-critical applications. Our purpose of Engineering a Cleaner, Healthier World™ means we are always evolving our portfolio of technologies to provide the latest heating, cooling, and ventilation solutions. Through the hard work of more than 11,000 employees worldwide, our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments advance our purpose with systems that improve air quality, reduce energy and water consumption, lower harmful emissions, enable cleaner running vehicles, and use environmentally friendly refrigerants. Modine is a global company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin (U.S.), with operations in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. For more information about Modine, visit modine.com.
Position Description
The Associate Product Manager – Service Parts (HDE) is responsible for leading the lifecycle management and rationalization of service parts across Modine’s Heavy Duty Equipment (HDE) portfolio. This role focuses on managing service part obligations tied to OEM products, including product line exits, obsolescence, and complexity reduction initiatives.
The position ensures alignment with OEM customer requirements while balancing long-term service commitments with operational efficiency, plant impact, and profitability. This role plays a key part in supporting extended product life cycles by developing and implementing service parts strategies that reduce low-value complexity, improve margin, and minimize disruption to manufacturing operations.
This individual owns the analysis, strategy development, and cross-functional alignment for service parts decisions, including exit strategies, minimum order quantities (MOQ), kitting, and pricing recommendations. The role collaborates with Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Finance, and Packaging to develop and execute these strategies. This role will initially focus on rationalizing a complex legacy service parts portfolio and establishing a structured, repeatable process to effectively manage service part lifecycle decisions for both existing products and new product introductions.
The position will also participate in customer-facing discussions, supporting Sales and, where appropriate, leading service-part-specific conversations. Sales retains ownership of the overall customer relationship and negotiation, while this role provides the technical and commercial expertise to support those engagements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead analysis and management of the HDE service parts portfolio, including rationalization of legacy service parts and development of structured approaches for ongoing portfolio management, supporting OEM customers in coordination with Sales and Key Account Managers based on account structure.
- Review OEM customer contracts to ensure alignment with service parts obligations, including service life requirements and last-time buy (LTB) provisions.
- Analyze shipment history, demand trends, pricing, and inventory data to support lifecycle decisions, SKU rationalization, and drive prioritization and execution of service part actions to improve profitability.
- Drive product lifecycle initiatives including obsolescence, product line exits, and portfolio simplification using 80/20 principles; identify low-volume, unprofitable, or high-complexity parts and develop structured phase-out strategies aligned with service life requirements.
- Establish and manage service parts pricing strategies aligned with lifecycle stage, volume dynamics, and profitability targets.
- Partner with manufacturing facilities to identify service parts that negatively impact production efficiency, create operational disruption, or drive disproportionate cost, and develop mitigation or elimination plans.
- Collaborate with Engineering, Supply Chain, and Procurement to standardize components, enable substitutions, and reduce complexity while maintaining form, fit, and function requirements.
- Define and implement packaging, kitting, and service solutions that improve customer value, support field service needs, and enhance logistics efficiency, while working with internal resources to reduce cost and complexity and maintain product protection and compliance.
- Partner with Engineering and cross-functional teams during new product introductions to establish service parts strategies, structure, and processes that ensure effective long-term lifecycle management.
- Support customer engagement by working with Sales to communicate lifecycle changes, develop last-time buy strategies, and establish service support expectations; participate in customer discussions and, based on customer structure, support or lead service-part-specific topics with Sales alignment.
- Develop supporting materials for customer engagement, including business cases, part-level action plans, and service lifecycle strategies, stocking agreements, and transition plans for service parts.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce excess and obsolete inventory, improve service parts processes, optimize working capital, and establish sustainable systems for managing service parts across the product lifecycle.
Required Education & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in service parts, product management, supply chain, or manufacturing within an industrial or heavy equipment environment.
- Experience managing service parts portfolios and supporting long lifecycle product requirements for OEM customers.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret shipment history, demand signals, pricing, and inventory data to drive business decisions.
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, and commercial teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in heavy-duty equipment, off-highway, automotive, or similar industries with extended service life expectations.
- Experience with contract interpretation and service agreements related to OEM service parts obligations.
- Experience with product obsolescence, portfolio rationalization, SKU reduction, and 80/20 simplification initiatives.
- Experience working with ERP systems (e.g., SAP) and service parts data.
- Exposure to packaging, kitting, logistics optimization, or cost reduction initiatives related to service parts.
Why Choose Modine?
Health & Well-being:
- Day One
- Competitive health, dental & vision insurance coverage
- Employee Assistance Program
- After 90 days of continuous employment
- Maternity Leave (12 weeks at 100% pay)
- 8 weeks of short term disability leave paid at 100%
- 4 weeks of paid parental leave paid at 100%
- Paternity Leave (4 weeks at 100% pay)
Financial Benefits:
- 401k Retirement plan and company paid match
- Life Insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Short Term Disability (company paid)
- Long Term Disability
Work-Life Balance:
- Competitive time-off policies
- Tuition Reimbursement
To view full benefits information: MyModine Benefits
Modine is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Modine provides a competitive benefit package, which could include paid vacation, short term disability, 401(k), health, dental, vision, life insurance, flex spending benefits, tuition reimbursement, Health Savings Account and much more. Human Resources will provide more detail upon your hiring.
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This position is not eligible for any form of sponsorship (e.g. OPT or H1B visa status) now or in the future. Only individuals authorized to work in the United States now and for the foreseeable future will be considered for this position.
