Description:
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**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
- Identify sourcing partners and collaborate with sourcing team to validate sourced parts
- Collaborate with MDM and item release team to set up new part information
- Participate in quality and validation testing of product line parts
- Collaborate with catalog function to develop regional product coverage reports and customer communications
- Conduct periodic reviews and manage critical revenue, coverage and margin KPIs
- Maintain understanding of prevailing market trends in the related categories in the region
**Requirements**:
**QUALIFICATIONS (Education, Experience, & Skills required)**
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business or related field. MBA preferred.
- Experience: 10+ years of experience combined product management, engineering or research, ideally in the automotive aftermarket or industrial distribution.
- Expert in reading engineering drawings and BOM documents
- Proven track record in process improvement, project management, managing new product releases and product launches.
**Product Knowledge**
- Familiarity with automotive aftermarket,



parts distribution, or adjacent sectors (e.g., industrial goods, ecommerce B2B/B2C) is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of product and catalog management tools
**Soft Skills**
- Strong work ethic and self driven
- Comfortable with data-driven decision-making, performance scorecards, and KPIs.
- Able to operate in a fast-moving, matrixed, and remote-first environment.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills at all organizational levels.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to business strategy.
- Experience working with data and content via various systems/formats including ERP, PIM, ACES/PIES and
**TecDoc.**
- Proficiency in product and project management tools, MDM platforms, and data analytics.
- Strong experience in data governance, master data clean-up, and ownership frameworks.
- Change management experience, particularly in transitioning from decentralized to centralized models.
**Language**
- Fluent in English. Spanish preferred

📌 Product Manager (San Pedro Barrientos)
🏢 WAI GLOBAL
📍 San Pedro Barrientos