Product Data Specialist
About The Position
The Product Data Specialist is an active member of New Product Development, focusing on new product initiatives. The role creates, modifies, and maintains accurate and consistent Bills of Materials (BOMs) and routings for new and existing products, with a thorough understanding of how changes affect material requirements, costs, order management, and manufacturing. The specialist works with Project Managers and cross-functional teams to support project timelines, BOM setup, commercial deliverables, SKU setup, change requests, and BOM issue resolution. The role also manages 3D packaging renditions and helps maintain the organization, transparency, communication, and coordination needed by New Product Development teams.
Requirements
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in the CPG industry.
- At least 2 years of experience creating and managing complex BOMs in a manufacturing environment.
- Familiarity with MDG/Evolve or PowerBI.
- High proficiency with desktop software, specifically Excel.
- Expertise in product development data management.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Project Managers to build project timelines focused on BOM setup and commercial deliverables.
- Develop and execute project plans and meet critical deadlines established by Project Managers.
- Carry out New Product Development tasks associated with each SKU setup using Winshuttle and PowerBI.
- Track progress and priorities across cross-functional teams handling BOM initiatives.
- Track BOM issues, communicate them to relevant groups, and facilitate discussions to resolve accuracy issues.
- Follow up daily with stakeholders about BOM setup priorities and progress.
- Support and analyze change requests, assess their impact at each BOM level, and document that impact.
- Develop and maintain BOM-related knowledge and capabilities in line with best practices, systems, and processes.
- Apply an understanding of procurement, packaging engineering, finance, accounting, and manufacturing processes.
- Manage 3D renditions of packaging for commercial activation.
- Maintain tools and carry out tasks that support cross-functional NPD teams through organization, transparency, communication, and coordination.
- Understand product relationships across cross-functional teams, co-packers, flavor houses, and material vendors.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
