Product Specialist
Garlock Family of Companies · Palmyra, NY · 3 wk ago
Business Development$61k–$76k/yrFull-time
Essential Functions
- Develop working knowledge of product lines within assigned groups.
- Provide support to Product Specialists and other team members as needed.
- Demonstrate a collaborative mindset and willingness to learn across functions.
- Cross-functionally collaborate with Product Specialists, Product Managers, Engineering, and other stakeholders to support issue resolution related to product and/or process initiatives.
- Aid where needed with product development initiatives and exploration of new business opportunities.
Pricing Support
- Execute pricing policies and ensure alignment with strategic objectives.
- Support the management of special pricing agreements, including RSAs, corporate incentives, and end-user programs.
- Maintain dashboards and reporting tools related to pricing agreements and performance.
Process & Project Support
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives related to pricing and product management.
- Support review of customer-driven data initiatives, both eCommerce and general data related.
Competencies
- Action oriented: Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
- Collaborative: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
- Communicates effectively: Develops and delivers communications that convey clear understanding of the unique needs of a given audience.
- Customer focus: Builds strong relationships and delivers customer-centric (both internal and external) solutions.
- Demonstrates self-awareness: Uses a combination of feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal strengths and weaknesses.
- Drives results: Consistently achieves results, even under difficult circumstances.
- Manages complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.
- Nimble learning: Actively learns, using past successes and failures as learning fodder for future growth.
Job Qualifications
- Extremely comfortable working with computers using a variety of Windows-based applications.
- Suitable knowledge of Excel and its functions to generate data analysis, data loading, and reporting.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication and listening skills.
- Experience with ERP systems preferred.
- Ability to perform multiple functions in a fast-paced working environment.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
Physical Requirements
- Office and Manufacturing Floor Position: Ability to perform sedentary work, spending extended periods of time working with a computer.
- Physical effort may include stooping, kneeling, touching, feeling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, and repetitive motions.
- Clarity of vision to see near and mid-range.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 20 lbs.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life
- 401(k) matching
- Other supplemental insurance options
Pay
Hiring range: $61,000 - $76,000 annually.
Schedule
Not specified.