Product Attributes Mgr
About The Position
The Product Attributes Manager will be responsible for managing OEM quotes, Item Master Requests (IMRs), and Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) that pass through the Louisville facility. This role involves ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with product capabilities, pricing guidelines, customer priorities, and company priorities. The manager will oversee the drafting function, maintain product attribute data, and directly manage a team of engineers and drafters. Key aspects of the role include partnering with sales to translate customer requirements into quotes, collaborating with operations to ensure producible specifications, and identifying process improvements to enhance speed, accuracy, and consistency in the quoting process. The Product Attributes Manager will also serve as the subject matter expert on product attributes and specifications.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- 5+ years of experience in OEM quoting, product engineering, or a related manufacturing role
- Prior experience managing or leading a team
- Experience working with product specifications, technical drawings, or drafting standards
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and product specifications within the industry
- Ability to read and evaluate technical drawings and customer requirements documentation
- Strong leadership and people management skills
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally with sales, engineering, and operations
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills, particularly around data accuracy
- Proficiency with quoting, ERP (Oracle preferred), or product data management systems
Responsibilities
- Manage all OEM quotes that go through the Louisville facility, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with product capabilities and pricing guidelines
- Manage the Item Master Requests (IMR’s) that go through the Louisville facility, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with customer priorities
- Manage the Engineering Change Requests (ECR’s) the effect the Louisville facility, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with company priorities
- Oversee the drafting function, including review and approval of technical drawings and specifications used in the quoting process
- Maintain and manage product attribute data, ensuring specifications are accurate, current, and consistent across systems
- Directly manage engineers and drafters reporting to this role, including workload assignment, performance management, and development
- Partner with sales teams to understand customer requirements and translate them into accurate, competitive OEM quotes
- Work with operations to validate that quoted specifications are producible and consistent with current processes
- Identify and implement improvements to the quoting process to increase speed, accuracy, and consistency
- Serve as the subject matter expert on product attributes and specifications for internal stakeholders and customers
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
