BBB Industries LLC Irving , TX 75061
Posted 4 weeks ago
Company Overview:
At BBB we bring sustainable manufacturing to life. Our employees help to develop products and services that enable our customers to achieve business success. From delivering forward-focused, sustainable solutions to the remanufactured and OEM auto parts industry, to recycled solar panels and EV batteries, we aspire to build and maintain market-leading businesses. To enable this outcome, BBBs employees are all dedicated to our mission, purpose, and values of operating ethically and contributing to our communities in a positive way. Our inclusive and collaborative work environment is focused on celebrating our diversity and recognizing what has kept us as a market leader for 35 years our people.
PURPOSE
Reporting to a Director or Senior Manager in the Marketing and Product Management Team, the Assistant Product Manager will be focused towards assisting in continuous product category growth and the strategic objectives of the product business team. Daily activities will include preparing and maintaining critical product data, assisting new product R&D, competitor analysis, interchanges, market intelligence, and product item maintenance. The position requires excellent communication with cross functional departments, vendors, and channel partners contacts. Keys to success and future growth in BBB Industries include great organization, project management, and practical thinking.
JOB DUTIES
Support aggressive new product development by tracking milestones for product launches
Research new SKU application data, prices, VIO, and OE sales to produce new product sales forecasts
Assist Marketing and Product Management Team in preparing executive level product line reviews that include current product category value propositions, market share, market intelligence, industry trends, and Right-to-Win strategies
Maintain product status reports through life cycle changes, rationalizations, and catalog consolidation process reviews
Interact with sales teams, category management, pricing team, engineering team, catalog team, technical service and customer service to gather and distribute information.
Support customer presentations and fact-based materials to educate current and future partners
Maintain competitive part number interchanges for consistency and accuracy
Participate in the development of product sales and training literature
Support sourcing, procuring and shipping samples for Research and Development
Participate in data maintenance activities in support of the companys ERP system
Review product images and catalog selling data
Work with technical and customer service lines where needed for customer inquiry resolutions
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Qualifications
Associates degree in a technical or business major (Bachelors Preferred)
Minimum 2 years of work experience in an office environment.
Minimum 2 years of work experience in an Automotive related business
Understanding of major functional systems within an automobile (For example, braking systems, starting and charging systems, steering and suspension systems)
Proficient in MS office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
Experience working in cross-functional teams
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail
Minimum 10% travel (factory visits, trade shows, commercial team support)
Ability to travel without restriction to Mexico and Canada to engage in visits to our facilities and customers
Physical requirement: able to handle 45 pounds of product/samples
Preferred Skills
Project management processes and tools
Demonstrate proficient use of online applications and web searching tools
Bilingual: English and Spanish
Keys to Success
Results driven
Practical thinking and problem solving
Motivation for learning and continuous improvement
Integrity, consistency and fairness
BBB Industries LLC