Full-Time
Vice President of Portfolio Management
Posted on 12/13/2025
Barry-Wehmiller
1,001-5,000 employees
Capital equipment and engineering solutions provider
No salary listed
Greenville, SC, USA + 3 more
More locations: St. Louis, MO, USA | Minneapolis, MN, USA | Plainfield, IL, USA
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- Ten or more years of progressive responsibility in product management, operations, or business leadership.
- Five or more years in a senior leadership role with end-to-end accountability for business or product line results.
- Strong commercial and technical acumen, with industry experience in packaging machinery, automation, or industrial systems.
- Flexibility to take on evolving responsibilities in response to strategic priorities and business needs.
- Demonstrated ability to scale impact in evolving or high-growth environments; proven comfort navigating ambiguity and building structure in complex, cross-functional, matrixed organizations.
- Track record of strategic thinking, lifecycle management, and operational discipline in dynamic markets.
- Travel willingness of 50 percent (domestic and international).
- Continuously monitor customer needs, market trends, and competitor activity to guide product line strategy.
- Leverage insights from the Market Insights team and collaborate with platform-level Commercial leaders to shape strategic direction.
- Own and guide the full product lifecycle—from concept through development to end-of-life—ensuring business and customer alignment.
- Partner with Product Managers and cross-functional teams to prioritize roadmaps and development efforts.
- Anticipate and address evolving needs and value opportunities across the product lifecycle—including parts, upgrades, and enhancements—to deliver long term value to the customer.
- Drive revenue growth, margin improvement, and cost efficiency across assigned product lines.
- Maintain accountability for financial performance, with oversight of the full P&L including Product Line Margin and SG&A costs (in alignment with Engineering, Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain).
- Align across engineering, sales, supply chain, and aftermarket support to execute and deliver results.
- Collaborate closely with domain leaders in Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Operations Officer structures to ensure execution discipline and customer satisfaction.
- Ensure clear accountability and decision-making across matrixed teams. Proactively manage escalation paths and cross-functional alignment to avoid execution delays.
- Collaborate with Commercial, Sales, and Marketing leaders to optimize go-to-market strategy, pricing models, and sales enablement.
- Identify opportunities for expansion into new markets or technologies and ensure readiness across operations and commercial channels. Comfort with ambiguity and a bias for action are essential as business evolves.
- Build a robust, insight-led approach to product line management by integrating customer feedback, competitive intelligence, and market analytics.
- Partner with operational leaders to ensure excellence in manufacturing, supply chain, delivery, and aftermarket service.
- Support long-range planning and investment prioritization in partnership with Product Management and Strategy leaders.
- Identify and assess potential Mergers and Acquisitions targets.
- Build external relationships and work closely with the Enterprise Mergers and Acquisitions team and Packaging Senior Leadership Team as needed to evaluate and pursue strategic acquisitions.
- Lead Product Managers and Product Marketing Leaders to integrate product vision, commercial strategy, and operational execution.
- Ensure alignment of go-to-market plans, product roadmaps, and resource investments to drive market share and profitability.
- Work closely across packaging leadership team to ensure executional alignment, and delivery of customer and business outcomes.
- Translate enterprise strategy into actionable plans that advance product competitiveness, market position, and long-term value.
- Coach, develop and retain high-performing team of Product Managers and Product Marketing Specialists. Create succession plans and skill development roadmaps.
- Align product line execution with the company’s ambition to be a formidable global packaging solutions provider.
- Fall in love with solving our customers’ problems through market-driven product leadership and execution excellence.
- Implement solutions that drive market differentiation, profitability, and long-term product sustainability.
- Develop a people-first culture, fostering teamwork and cross-functional collaboration.
- Champion seamless integration of product, commercial, and operational functions to maximize value.
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Barry-Wehmiller provides capital equipment and engineering solutions for manufacturing, helping clients improve operations through design, integration, and installation of machinery and systems. Their products and services cover the lifecycle of capital equipment for manufacturing, from concept through delivery and support. The company differentiates itself with a people-first culture called Truly Human Leadership, focusing on the growth and well-being of team members, which they say leads to better performance and better outcomes for customers and communities. Its goal is to build a better world by developing people and delivering reliable solutions that positively impact the lives of employees, customers, suppliers, and communities.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
St. Louis, Missouri
Founded
1885
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Sukumar Bhasker brings two decades scaling GCC and GBS operations globally.
- The GCC can deepen digital capabilities in AI, automation, and data platforms.
- Diversification into batteries and biosystems broadens growth beyond packaging equipment.
What critics are saying
- GCC expansion depends on rapid talent hiring and retention in Chennai.
- The company’s brand is heavily tied to Bob Chapman’s leadership philosophy.
- Battery and bioprocessing bets face commercialization delays and market-cycle volatility.
What makes Barry-Wehmiller unique
- Barry-Wehmiller pairs industrial automation with a people-first leadership culture.
- Its Chennai GCC is being built for innovation, engineering excellence, and shared services.
- Leadership continuity remains visible through Kyle Chapman and Bob Chapman's legacy.
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Kyle chapman of Barry-Wehmiller to give keynote at new north Summit. Kyle Chapman, president and CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, will provide a keynote address at the upcoming New North Summit, scheduled for Tuesday, June 9, at the Lambeau Field Atrium in Green Bay. He will honor the legacy of his father, Bob, around the goal of building a more caring world through people-first business practices. Bob Chapman had been scheduled to provide a keynote at this year's Summit prior to his passing this past March 19. Bob Chapman, chairman and former CEO of Barry-Wehmiller Group, had shared his business philosophy in the 2015 best-seller, Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family, co-authored with Raj Sisodia. The book, which will be given to all New North Summit attendees, has sold more than 110,000 copies and has been translated into eight languages; it was re-released in a revised and expanded edition in 2025. Registration for the event remains open; a link to register can be found at www.newnorthsummit.com. "We are most appreciative that Kyle Chapman has agreed to step in for his father as a speaker at this year's New North Summit to help us honor Bob," says New North President and CEO Patti Habeck. "The philosophy of Barry- Wehmiller challenges traditional thinking about how to run a business, and offers simple, yet groundbreaking, ideas on how to create safe, healthy and fulfilling work environments. I believe that Kyle's words will be highly impactful to our guests." The keynote address of Kyle Chapman, sponsored by Capital Credit Union, will highlight how Barry-Wehmiller is redefining what success in business looks like by demonstrating how economic growth and human vibrancy work in harmony. The company's success and its leadership approach initiated by Bob Chapman was featured in a case study by Harvard Business School that is now taught at 70-plus business schools around the world. Kyle Chapman's tenure at Barry-Wehmiller began in 2009, when he co-founded BW Forsyth Partners, today a thriving $850 million-plus organization. He became the interim chief financial officer of Barry-Wehmiller early in 2020, and added CEO to his title in 2025 when Bob Chapman stepped down from the role after 50 years of leadership. Kyle Chapman holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University. Before joining Barry-Wehmiller, he worked in private equity and operations for multiple companies, including Banc of America Capital Investors, where he completed approximately $300 million in investments across numerous industries. Additional keynote addresses will be given by Rima Alaily, corporate VP and general counsel at Microsoft, and by Denise Thomas, leadership strategist and author of the best-selling The Only One in the Room. The New North Summit opens with a performance of the National Anthem by Lawrence University Associate Professor of Voice Estelí Gomez. Praised by The New York Times for her "clear, bright voice," she is acclaimed for her artistry in early and contemporary music. A soprano who has appeared on major symphonic, film and television recordings, Gomez is a two-time Grammy winner with the ensemble Roomful of Teeth. The afternoon session includes a pair of concurrent breakout sessions: a panel on cross-industry talent development strategies and a roundtable discussion on entrepreneurship. The talent session will focus on New North's role in industry alliances and talent-related initiatives, followed by a roundtable discussion with regional leaders in the construction, digital and healthcare industries. The entrepreneurship session will include a panel of successful entrepreneurs from the New North region. The New North Summit wraps up with a networking reception from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Additional event agenda updates will be provided at www.newnorthsummit.com on an ongoing basis. WHERE: Lambeau Field Atrium 1265 Lombardi Ave.; Green Bay, Wis. WHEN: Tuesday, June 9, 2026 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. New North, Inc., is a 501(c)3 non-profit, regional economic development corporationfostering collaboration among private and public sector leaders throughout the 18 counties of Northeast Wisconsin, known as the New North region. The New North brand unites the region both internally and externally around talent development, brand promotion and business development, signifying the collective economic power behind the 18 counties. The counties include Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Sheboygan, Waupaca, Waushara and Winnebago. www.thenewnorth.com
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