Manager, PLM and Product Data - PK

Gorilla Commerce is seeking a Manager, PLM & Product Datato serve as the business owner and super-user of the company's PLM platform.

Gorilla Commerce has successfully implemented PLM as the system of record for product specifications, BOMs, materials, suppliers and costing, and the platform isliveacross the sourcing organization. This role owns it from here - closing the residual data gaps that follow any implementation, raising the standard of governance, and maturing the platform through its next phases of capability.

The scope is broad but well supported. Sourcing teamsownday-to-day data entry and maintenance followinggo-live. A dedicated analyst supports bulk uploads,reconciliation and heavy data work. ITleadsthe technical build of the PLM-ERP integration. This role sets the standards, makes the system decisions, and directs the work.

There isgenuinewhite space here. An 18-month roadmap is defined - stronger specification and BOM structure, packaging and artwork governance, warning-labeland claims data - and the person in this role will shape how it is prioritized,sequenced and delivered.

The role can be based globally and works core US Eastern hours to stay aligned with the VP and the wider team, with some flexibility for Asia-based sourcing partners.

This is not a data-entry or system-administration role. It is a product-data ownership role focused on structure, governance,adoption and system maturity.

• Own the day-to-day health,configuration and evolution of the PLM platform.
• Act as the internal authority on how PLM should be structured and used across parent and SKU hierarchy, specifications, BOMs, materials, supplier and factory records,quotesand costing.
• Determine whether an issue is best solved through configuration, data architecture, processdesignor vendor development.
• Own integration keys and mappings between PLM and the ERP.

• Own product data quality as an ongoing discipline rather than a periodic cleanup.
• Establish validation standards, namingconventionsand audit routines that prevent errors upstream.
• Reconcile PLM against ERP master data and resolve discrepancies at root cause.
• Close residual implementation gaps across product hierarchy,suppliers and factories, BOMs, color/sizeand supplier quote data.

• Design and govern state models,approvalworkflowsand revision control.
• Define how specification and BOM changes are requested, approved,testedand released.
• Assess downstream impact of data and configuration changes before release.
• Establish clear decision rights across this role, functional owners,ITand leadership.

• Drive adoption across a distributed sourcing organization as a core deliverable of the role.
• Build andmaintainSOPs, trainingmaterialsand onboarding fornew users.
• Move remaining product workflows off spreadsheets andemail andinto PLM.
• Identify recurring process failures and resolve the root cause rather than thesymptom.

• Own the day-to-day relationship with the PLM software vendor.
• Manage tickets, requirements,testing and feature scoping independently, escalating commercial matters to the VP.
• Own the business-side PLM roadmap and translate business needs into practical system and process solutions.
• Sequence future capability including deeper Level 2 and 3 BOM structure, packaginggovernanceand claims data.

• Support the IT-led PLM-ERP integration through requirements definition, mappingvalidationand UAT.
• Diagnosewhether issues originate in source data, PLM configuration, integrationlogicor the ERP.
• Keep integration keys complete andaccurateacross all active SKUs.