Product Specialist, Intermediate at Lawson Products

Since 1952, Lawson Products has worked hard to make our customers' jobs easier by improving their operational efficiency, productivity and overall performance. As a leader in the MRO industry, we partner with customers to make sure they have the right maintenance and repair parts on hand when needed.

We’re looking for an intermediate-level Product Specialist responsible for performing a broad range of tasks within a product category or categories, supporting the Category Manager in driving the strategic plan. This person provides general administrative support, assisting with managing acquisitions.

This position will work remotely from a home office. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes medical benefits, dental, vision, and retirement benefits, as well as a paid holiday and PTO package.

Responsibilities

• Provides information for bids, ensuring speed and accuracy, working with the Strategic Account team, Pricing Team and Specials.
• Supports the Category Manager.
• Manages requests for samples, working directly with training.
• Maintains the Product Information Management System (Stibo) used to populate information for catalog, digital and promotional pieces, working directly with Content Management.
• Provides system information for Product Operations to enter into the system.
• Assists in product category reviews to determine such decisions as: are products duplicated; should we carry a product; reporting on demand – dropped off; should a product be discontinued.
• Obtains product pricing, data, training materials, sales collateral and product samples, working with vendors.
• Assists with the implementation process for acquisitions, managing the implementation process.
• Runs monthly POS reports for strategic partners – basic reporting, financial reports, product performance, how is line doing, POS reporting if requested.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Associate's degree, with at least 3 years of general administrative support experience in industrial supply distribution and sales, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Good business acumen
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Knowledge of MRO industry and products
• PC literacy in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint preferred
• Possesses and applies a broad knowledge of principles, practices, and procedures of particular field of specialization to the completion of moderately difficult assignments
• Assignments are broad in nature, usually requiring originality and ingenuity
• Has appreciable latitude for un-reviewed actions and decisions