Product Specialist

Description: Wilo USA LLC is a subsidiary of Wilo SE, which is headquartered in Dortmund, Germany. Wilo is one of the leading manufacturers of pumps & pump systems for heating, cooling & air-conditioning solutions, water supply, and sewage & drainage. Wilo USA acquired Weil Pump and Scot Pump in 2017, American-Marsh Pumps in 2019, QuantumFlo in October 2021, and HydroServe in May 2023.

We offer exceptional benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life and Critical Illness Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Health Savings Account, 401(k) and match, Tuition Reimbursement, PTO 19 days, 10 holidays, and 6 sick days. New facility with an on-site gym, personal trainers, on-site clinic, climate-controlled plant, and natural lighting.

Position Description

Wilo North America is looking for top-level talent that can step into the role of Product Specialist. This role is designed for an emerging talent that is ready to work cross-functionally between engineering, sales, marketing, purchasing, and operations.

The ideal candidate will possess natural leadership skills, a keen intellect, and a history of driving results. Understanding pumps and a manufacturing environment is a plus. A key success factor is the ability to be an effective team player in a dynamic, fast paced, global work environment.

Wilo USA LLC is a subsidiary of Wilo SE, which is headquartered in Dortmund, Germany. Wilo is one of the leading manufacturers of pumps & pump systems for heating, cooling & air-conditioning solutions, water supply, and sewage & drainage.

Wilo North America owns the following brands: Weil Pump, Scot Pump, American-Marsh Pumps and QuantumFlo.

Major Responsibilities:

· Work with Wilo SE Globally – Germany, France, China, Mexico, India, Middle East & Africa.

· Define Growth strategy

· Define future roadmap

· Be able to identify what sales thinks they will need before they need it

· Responsible for driving product development process/projects within market segment

· Build up expertise within market segment

· Improve product margins working with sales, operations, and supply

· Systematically analyze a market and be able to identify new applications or products.

· Drive product growth meetings.

· Drive product rationalization.

General Duties Include: 

• Coordinate with sales, engineering, customer service, technical support, manufacturing, shipping, accounting, legal, and purchasing any new products and changes to existing products to assure timely delivery and target profitability.
• Incorporate sales forecast, market penetration, budget estimates, strategy, advertising, research and promotional efforts required to meet current and projected market objectives and profits.
• Work with operations and purchasing to ensure needed product supply based on demand projections. Specify changes in product demand so production and inventory levels can be adjusted accordingly.
• Develop a personal expertise on products and channels including a complete intelligence file on competitors’ products, pricing, market share, performance claims, field activity, customer service channels of market distribution and end-user preferences. Become familiar with product materials, manufacturing, packaging, and promotions.
• Implement product life-cycle activities
• 15% - 30% Travel

Requirements: · Bachelor's Degree in Business/Marketing, Engineering/Manufacturing

· Excellent communication skills, both written and oral

· Ability to communicate with people from wide variety of backgrounds and personalities and bring them together to work toward common goal.

· Experience in marketing and managing products in the Commercial, Industrial, Municipal, Fire and / or Specialty Markets

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The company is an equal opportunity employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.

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