Description

Overview of the Position:

The Product Line Specialist manages all aspects of assigned product line(s), with a focus on P&L profitability and growth, supply Partner relationship management, and supporting the development of compelling value propositions. This is a developmental role to support the workload of Product Managers while also serving as a position that can pipeline candidates within Product Management or to other organizations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct research and analysis as assigned and prioritized by the Product Team. Research will involve customers, airlines, technology/products to help the company prioritize investment opportunities
• Help support the forecasting process and take over increasing level of responsibility
• Conduct market research and analysis on standards and competitive products Wencor should invest in in order to achieve incremental growth targets
• Progressively take over responses to simple inquiries from the sales team
• Serve as a backup to Product Managers
• Responsible to help ensure slow-moving supply partner inventory, OEM samples, and ‘At Risk’ PMA are sold and set appropriate inventory levels for new product-line additions

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong ability and skillset in Microsoft Excel to conduct efficient research, pivot tables, and analysis of large groups of data

Education / Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of industry experience

Other Qualifications:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane, solid geometry, and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Is occasionally required to walk and lift up to 25 pounds.
• Is regularly required to sit and reach with hands and arms.
• Is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and to talk or hear.
• Works at moderate noise levels.
• Occasional travel to suppliers and/or customers.

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