Summary / Position Purpose:
The Product Manager role will be focused on building and accelerating the development, evaluation, and execution of portfolio expansion opportunities with existing and new suppliers in the Electronic Production Supplies category.
This open position is for the category that includes products like Solder, Adhesives, Silicones, Chemicals and Labels with brands including 3M, Brady, Momentive, Chemtronics, Henkel, Kester and Indium. The objective of these tasks will be to use the tools we have developed as well as the data vendors share to make smart decisions on new stock product. This role will be required to communicate with vendors and can analyze internal and external information to determine the performance of products. An understanding of product and its importance to organic growth as well as the ability to make sound product decisions that will impact inventory and sales.
Essential Duties, Functions and/or Responsibilities:
- Review current supplier offering for opportunities to improve our stock offering for customer needs.
- Engage with suppliers on NPI’s from vendors.
- Review current pricing as compared to vendors to ensure products are competitively marketed.
- Meet monthly quotas for new product additions.
- Lead Vendor QBR’s.
- Directly and Indirectly responsible for product quality.
- Other duties as assigned.