Product development manager Jobs in Fargo nd

Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee-owned, which means you’re empowered to make decisions, find solutions and receive rewards for your hard work.

This position will be located in : Fargo, ND Or Kansas City, MO, Lubbock, TX, Odessa, TX or Midland, TX.

Job Summary

The Commodity Product Manager provides quoting and project management skills for coordination of commodity projects ranging between $10k - $1M. Actively participates in tracking, analyzing, and acting upon information and feedback of customer needs, products, and procedures on assigned commodity quotes. Communication between this role, the commodity team, the inside and outside sales team, the local agents, and the procurement team is paramount for success.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Partners closely with and builds strong relationships with internal branch employee owners to understand and effectively respond to external customer commodity project needs.
• Partners closely with agents in local markets to work on commodity project bids.
• Supports and is accountable to the core market growth goals for wire and cable pounds growth.
• Works with the commodity team to ensure Customer Commitment Form is filled out and signed by the customer prior to a commodity contract being executed.
• Compiles information for QBR’s given to strategic and core agencies in each metro market for better success.
• Works with the procurement team to ensure the management of the flow of material from planning phase to completion phase is achieved.
• Works with the sales team to ensure the material is taken by the customer as outlined in the project dates of the Customer Commitment Form.
• Works with local rep agencies to resolve issues related to quality, delivery, etc. to minimize the risk of interrupted supply.
• Maintains prominent level of teamwork and communication in ensuring product deliveries meet customers’ needs.
• Responsible for the completion of each assigned project.
• Tracks quotes to provide monthly feedback on the individual commodity quotes : vendor, margin, customer, $ value, project name, location, account manager, and customer service representative.
• May assist with projects ranging from

Non-essential Functions

Qualifications

Skills and Abilities

Physical Requirements

Frequency at which you would carry / lift in a typical day :

Occasionally 0 – 33% Frequently 34 – 66% Continuously : 67 – 100%

Physical Activity

Frequency at which you would do the following in a typical day :

Additional Information

This job description is a summary of the job duties and responsibilities and is not intended to cover all possible job duties and is subject to change at the employer’s discretion. Employees must be able to perform the essential job duties and satisfy job requirements either with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Our History

Border States is a leader in the electrical supply distribution industry with over 120 locations in 31 states. Our employee-owners are second to none in delivering top-notch customer service and in demonstrating extra-ordinary people skills. We are one of the largest independent electrical distributors in the United States providing products and services to the construction, industrial and utility industries. Border States has a competitive benefit package and is a 100 percent employee-owned company. Employee-ownership is a significant part of our culture and our success stems from the dedication of our employee-owners. We practice open-book management and our employee-owners are empowered with clearly defined levels of authority to be innovative and decisive, allowing us to respond quickly to the needs of customers. Employee-owners understand their roles in the success of the company and care about customers’ needs, which drives our focus on adding value to everything we do. We recognize that not all customers are the same and each has specific requirements. Our employee-owners understand these diverse needs and have the commitment, resourcefulness and flexibility to outperform all others.

Values

As a Border States employee-owner, you’re responsible for living our mission, service philosophy and service standards.

Our Purpose

We believe unstoppable businesses shouldn't go it alone. We are owners - of relationships, of outcomes, of every moment these unstoppable businesses need to deliver.

Service Philosophy

We earn customer loyalty and confidence by caring about their needs and adding value to everything we do.

Service Standards

Border States employee-owners are competent, accurate, responsive, and engaged .

Your career

Join an experienced team at one of the largest electrical distributors in the United States. What are you waiting for?

Border States has a competitive benefits package which includes but is not limited to :

Health, Dental and Vision Benefits

Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity

FSA & HSA

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Disability Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Holidays

Paid Volunteer Time

Personal Leave time and more!

Border States provides bonuses to their employee-owners upon the achievement of branch and company goals.

Equal Opportunity For All

It’s not just the law.  It’s something  we’ve believed in since our founding.  We value the diversity of all of our employee-owners and will always be an equal opportunity employer.

Drug Free / Smoke Free workplace