Product Specialist - Heavy Duty Rescue

About Pierce, an Oshkosh company

At Pierce Manufacturing, we build trucks that protect people and communities around the world. To our team, there is no room for anything less than providing the absolute best. Since 1913, building truck bodies on Model T Ford chassis in an old converted church has evolved to creating highly customized, carefully designed and engineering pumpers, aerials, tankers and rescue units that have no equal. Today, you'll find more than 30,000 Pierce apparatuses on the road that are making a difference in people's lives, every day. To us, every step in the process of building our trucks is personal. From innovation and expertise, to the customization and service. Our trucks are designed to perform under the toughest conditions.

As a Product Specialist you will support both internal and external sales representatives with product information pertaining to Pierce heavy duty rescue (HDR) products and specific bids and be responsible for all product-related information for specifications and proposals in the sales order configurator. You'll work with sales representatives and direct them toward existing structured options when possible. You'll also establish parameters for Special Pricing options (i.e. hours, cost, and visualization), help to coordinate the workflow of Special Pricing option requests and work closely with the Product Management team to elevate Special Pricing options. 

YOUR IMPACT

• Have a complete understanding of the sales order configurator and maintain the specification and proposal text, pricing and component compatibility.
• Create new sales order configurator components that expand our product offering which include pricing, text, features, rules, BOM, symbols, and product data structure.
• Assist in creating new Special Pricing options in a timely manner, which includes pricing and text that are well defined and accurate.
• Provide competitive product information to our internal sales department and our external sales organization and develop a competitive product database.
• Support of Special Pricing options that are tied to strategic bid opportunities and require cross-functional support and or participation.
• Assist other team members with product definition and pricing as needed.
• Support internal and external sales representatives with issues that pertain to a specific bid/order.
• Communicate and coordinate with the product manager all items, which would be considered product improvements, enhancements, and obsolescence.
• Develop and publish product updates related to changes in our product offerings.
• Participate in trade shows and seminars as required. Host customer lunches and dinners.
• Maintain open communication with the Sales Department, Product Management Team and Order Management reporting on all developments and concerns.

YOUR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, marketing, sales, engineering or related field or equivalent education and experience.
• Minimum 2+ years of related experience.
• Strong organizational skills

STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS

• Previous industry related experience and/or Pierce product knowledge
• Knowledge in Microsoft Office application

Pay Range:

$64,500.00 - $103,500.00

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