Product Data Specialist

Position Summary:

The Product Data Specialist (PD Specialist) is an active member of New Product Development, focusing on new product initiatives. The PD Specialist is responsible for creating, modifying, and maintaining accurate and consistent Bills of Materials (BOM) and routings for all products (New & Existing) while having a thorough understanding of impact resulting from changes to support material requirements, costs, order management, and manufacturing. This position must maintain accurate and timely records to meet production requirements. The PD Specialist is responsible for project navigation and leading teams through critical checkpoints. The ideal candidate should employ effective problem solving and should be able to easily adapt in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment where priorities shift from day to day. The candidate should be an objective leader representing cross functional team members by connecting through positive and respectful interactions. Be approachable, listen actively and stay open to new ideas.

Essential Job Functions:

Project Management

• Collaborate with Project Managers (PM’s) to build project timelines focusing on BOM set-up and commercial deliverables to ensure a timely execution of product
• Develop and execute against project plans and critical deadlines set-forth by PM’s
• Communicate daily with key stakeholders by identifying risks/opportunities

BOM Management

• Carry out the NPD tasks associated with each SKU set up using Winshuttle & PoweBI
• Keep track of progress and priorities for the overall cross functional teams handling BOM initiatives
• Tracks BOM issues, communicates the issues with all groups, and facilitates discussions related to BOM accuracy to achieve resolution
• Daily Follow-ups with stakeholders about priorities and progress of BOM set-up
• Supports and analyses all change requests to assess each level of the BOM and documents its impact in accordance with the requested change
• Develops and maintains BOM related knowledge and capability in line with best practices, systems & processes
• Understanding of procurement, packaging engineering, finance, accounting and manufacturing processes
• Works closely with key business stakeholders to ensure that BOM lists are constantly maintained and evolve in line with recent modifications or change
• Maintain tool and carry out tasks that facilitates the work of the cross-functional NPD teams by providing organization, transparency, effective communication and coordination.
• Management of 3D Renditions of packaging for commercial activation
• Creation of Spec Sheets to enable retail set up
• Ability to understand how our products are linked between cross-functional teams, co-packers, flavor houses,
• material vendors, etc.
• Ability to handle lots of information and to stay on task
• Have a sense of urgency, solid work ethics, attention to detail

Possess strong emotional intelligence and facility communication and interact effectively throughout

the organization:

• Communicate in a way that people can hear, understand and take action
• Model calm, poised leadership in entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment
• Able to take ambiguous situations and add structure and clarity for the team
• Connect through positive and respectful interaction
• Be approachable, listen actively and stay open to new ideas
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, business planning and project organization
• Commitment to an open and hard-working culture with a real sense of urgency
• A “make things happen” attitude.

Qualification & Skills

• Experience in the CPG industry
• Proven track record in creating and managing complex BOMs in a manufacturing environment
• Familiar with Winshuttle and/or PoweBI
• Highly proficient with desktop software specifically excel
• Knowledge in a manufacturing environment
• Expertise in product development data management
• Deep understanding of the product development lifecycle
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills
• Strong analytical skills

Education/Training

• Bachelor’s preferred

Travel

• Minimal travel required (<5%)

Pay Range: $62k - $66k

Salary : $62 - $66