Product Specialist

Overview

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The Product Specialist - Hung supports the product management team in initiatives related to the life-cycle management of Quanex’s hung portfolio. You will support product development, assist with go-to-market strategies, and help ensure customers receive the best value from our solutions. Responsibilities range from handling daily inquiries to analyzing key performance metrics and gathering market and customer insights that influence product strategy.

You will collaborate with key product team members and internal stakeholders across sales, global supply, operations, marketing, and engineering.

• Ability to flex between a wide range of projects
• Collaborative and team-oriented environment
• Opportunity to develop product positioning, messaging, and value propositions

• Collaborate with Product Managers to gather customer feedback and contribute to product development and enhancements
• Analyze product data (revenue, profit, demand, market data) and provide recommendations
• Conduct market and competitive analysis to identify trends and opportunities
• Support product harmonization to streamline and simplify the portfolio
• Respond to daily inquiries from the sales organization to support new business opportunities and risk management
• Support RFQ inquiries and initiate Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) for new parts
• Support product transitions to optimize forecast and inventory levels, including excess and obsolete coordination
• Coordinate with marketing to develop and update product collateral, sales tools, and website content to raise awareness of Quanex’s hung products
• Work with product management to assign, manage, and report on product attributes and update product hierarchy information
• Assist hung product management team members with special projects as necessary

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing or a related field
• 2-5 years of professional experience
• Cross-functional engagement – ability to manage projects across multiple functions and facilities
• Data analysis – ability to analyze data and recommend action
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
• Focus on execution and delivery of results
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Motivated with an entrepreneurial mindset; ability to work independently
• Analytical mindset with problem solving, idea generation, and project execution
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel;
  Power BI experience a plus
• Experience working with cross-functional project teams

The salary range for this position is $72,500 to $88,600 with bonus potential.

Quanex (NYSE: NX) is a global, publicly traded manufacturing company serving OEMs in the fenestration, cabinetry, solar, refrigeration, and outdoor products markets. We are a part of something bigger by improving performance and aesthetics of end products through continuous innovation, helping customers achieve greater production efficiencies, giving back to communities, producing shareholder value, and helping our employees learn, grow, and thrive.

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• Entry level

• Full-time

• Sales and Business Development
• Industries:
  Wholesale Building Materials