Specialist, Product Configuration Systems II

The Product Configuration Systems Specialist role is designed to lead and support product bill of materials (BOM) and item master setup within the stock ERP system category. It plays a pivotal role in ensuring accurate and timely configuration of product data to support: new product development, product changes, special projects, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role requires a lot of cross-functional collaboration, interfacing with departments such as Product Engineering, Pricing, and Operations.Responsibilities:Develop & maintain new product setup in ERP business system for new products, product changes, special projects and continuous improvement projectsItem master setupPlant build tablesMaintain discontinued productDevelop & maintain Bill of Material structures in ERP business system for new products, product changes, special projects and continuous improvement projectsCoordinate and complete annual material sourcing request for our home center brands, working with various departments and data sources to provide an accurate reportCalculate cubic feet of purchased componentsWork with materials team to determine material specieSupport any additional requests from annual material sourcing data leadSupport / make enhancements to the ERP system on an as needed basisCoordinate part and/or process changes with the Scheduling teamSupply plant files (new product and/or product changes) to Scheduling, Materials, Plant 5 and AccountingSupport and set up marketing / photography orders on an as needed basis during launch planningAttend Product Launch Summary Checklist meetings for New Product Introduction, as scheduled & weekly Product Implementation meetingsMaintain ERP Tables: Procurement code, Procurement weight for material transfers (bill of lading), Item type, Physical Inventory Code, Unit of MeasureMaintain spreadsheets for active & discontinued style summaries for all applicable brandsCoordinate new parts to appropriate resources for routing assignment & pricingRequest downloads & gather data, as requests are submittedPerform other tasks as assigned at management’s discretion