Product Specialist

Specialist-Product

Job Description

The Product Manager, Roof Components, is responsible for managing the Roof System Components (RSC) product offerings, including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements and working closely with sales, marketing, supply chain, finance, engineering & operations to achieve revenue and profitability goals. The Product Specialist’s job also includes ensuring the RSC product offerings support the company’s overall strategy and goals. Acts as both a Product Manager and Project Manager.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop product pricing and positioning strategies by utilizing market research data, reviewing production and sales costs and forecasting
• Manage P&L of each RSC product, implement price changes as appropriate to manage P&L offering
• Manage & execute launch of new RSC products
• Work with Marketing to create & maintain marketing collateral for all RSC products including price lists
• Responsible for the RSC product life cycle and roadmap from product definition and strategy to product launch to phasing out old or obsolete products
• Communicate quarterly with finance on RSC Scrap Reserve level
• Communicate price and product updates to Management, Sales team, other internal teams, vendors and customers
• Manage RSC sample offerings and sample requests as needed
• Obtain approvals for price changes & legal documents utilizing DocuSign
• Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding of RSC products
• Know the competition for each product line in each regional market
• Determine marketing & product requirements to optimize revenue & profitability of the RSC business
• Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact
• Work with supply chain, operations and external suppliers to maintain consistent supply of high quality RSC products
• Work with Supply Chain to ensure all price increases from Vendors are processed and determine strategy on Westlake RSC pricing to maintain or increase margins
• Develop product introduction presentations and roadmap updates
• Train new employees on RSC for the onboarding process - Maintain all presentation materials are kept up to date.
• Submits monthly reports to management on RSC sales and specific product or pricing changes
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, participating in professional societies

Job Related Qualifications/Experience:

• 5+ years experience in Product Management
• Experience in a job in the building products or construction markets a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Nimble with technology
• Strong problem solving skills and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams
• High level of knowledge with MS office programs
• Experience with SAP preferable

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Manufacturing Operations, Engineering, or related field
• Project Management Certification a plus

Physical Demands

General office activities

Site activities - site product reviews; manufacturing plants; vendor and customer interaction

Travel approximately 10% of the time

Lifting up to 40lbs

Mental Demands

Highly Organized

Maintains all RSC records for current and future use

Strategist and creative thinker

Adaptable

Tactful

Ability to communicate with diverse groups

Team player

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US markets. The base pay range for this position is $103,000 to $134,000 . This range is based on relevant market data in our lowest and highest geographic markets. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, experience and skillset. Westlake is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, sign on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package (also to include a full range of medical and other benefits).

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities or may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.