What are the responsibilities and job description for the Aftermarket Specialist position at HYDRO-GEAR?
Do you enjoy building relationships, helping customers succeed by seeking to understand problems and providing solutions? Then we have an opportunity for you!
Hydro-Gear is a world leader in the design and production of precision drive solutions, serving multiple industries and delivering to customers worldwide. Our passion is innovation and a commitment to making our customers successful. Learn more about us at Hydro-Gear.com.
In this role, you’ll have the chance to engage our dealers, customers and other key stakeholders to identify market trends. You’ll also deepen relationships by providing tools and training to help grow their business as well as ours. The insights you provide will help shape our product development and improve our customer experience.
Our industry is evolving rapidly. Your efforts will play a key role in establishing its future and ensuring that Hydro-Gear remains the clear customer choice.
Job Type:
- Full-time
- Reporting out of our Indianapolis, Indiana or Sullivan, Illinois facility
Salary:
- Commensurate with experience
- Compensation plan includes salary bi-annual bonus
Benefits: For Benefits and Pay Range
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Core Responsibilities of our Aftermarket Specialist:
- Build and strengthen partnerships with dealers and distributors through regular face-to-face visits and proactive communication
- Report findings, trends, and competitive insights to internal stakeholders in a timely and actionable manner
- Support structured market research initiatives and contribute data-driven insights to guide product development and business strategies
- Recommend product and process improvements based on dealer, distributor, or end-user feedback
- Lead dealer and distributor education on Hydro-Gears’s products and value propositions to improved sell through
- Provide training on Hydro-Gear’s processes (warranty submission, parts system, forecasting, ordering, etc.) to facilitate efficient communications and healthy relationships
- Actively identify opportunities to enhance the Hydro-Gear customer experience
- Collaborate cross-functionally if necessary to ensure long-term, systemic fixes for recurring issues
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in Business, Marketing, or related field
- Two to three years of related experience in aftermarket sales, dealer engagement, or marketing preferred
- Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
- Domestic travel up to 25% (mostly scheduled by candidate)
- Strong written and verbal skills for customer interaction