Product Specialist

LKQ•Nashville, TN

12d

About The Position

Join the LKQ Family! We're looking for motivated individuals to join our team at LKQ Corporation. With opportunities for growth, competitive benefits, and a supportive work environment, LKQ is the place to be. Apply now and take the first step toward a rewarding career! Responsible for the creation and maintenance of accurate and complete part numbers and descriptions in a consistent and logical manner in support of the Purchasing department and company goals.

Requirements

1+ years of experience.
Prior automotive industry experience (Could be in a parts store, salvage yard, repair shop, body shop or even as a car buff) and knowledge of QA/QC, ISO/QS/TS systems.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs.
Frequent use of Outlook, Word, Excel, graphics, etc.
Ability to create, maintain and incorporate functions into Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, databases, and Powerpoint presentations to support business objectives.
Regularly uses moderately complex oral and written skills.
May train others in functional areas, interact with others and make presentations to department or middle management.
Problems encountered are routine, somewhat repetitive and generally solved by following clear directions and procedures.
Decisions generally affect own job or assigned functional area.
Results are defined; sets personal own goals and determines how to achieve results with few or no guidelines to follow; supervisor/manager provides broad guidance and overall direction.
Handle multiple tasks or projects simultaneously with moderate complexity.

Nice To Haves

High School Diploma/GED.
Prior experience cataloging products in the ACA ACES and PIES environment.

Responsibilities

Create new parts and maintain existing parts within the ERP and Cataloging systems as directed by the Product Managers, through detailed research.
Standardize existing part numbers, descriptions and other various data elements in our ERP and Cataloging systems.
May interface with the Data Maintenance Group to ensure various updates have been communicated and executed.
Manage product questions from field personnel through the email box.
Assume other duties as assigned