Product Specialist

Responsibilities

• Initiate new product introduction requests in the planning system and define key milestones based on prioritization ranking.
• Track progress and phase status of new product introductions against key milestones, influence cross-functional teams to execute responsibilities against the timeline, identify potential risks and/or delays and drive actions to mitigate delays.
• Notify key functions of new product introductions, including Marketing, Pricing, Purchasing, Catalog and Sales teams.
• Complete interchanges, load sheets and other key launch activities for new product introductions.
• Forecast monthly new product introductions in SKUs and revenue against budget.
• Define root cause and corrective actions when delays against budget are identified, elevate into weekly leadership updates.
• Enhance new product introduction processes to increase speed to market and keep cross-functional teams informed ...