Product Specialist

ITT Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Growth opportunities

Job summary

ITT Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Management professional to support aerospace interconnect products, pricing and marketing deliverables for commercial and military markets. You will collaborate with product managers, sales teams, distributors and engineers to drive product initiatives.

The role requires a BS/BA or equivalent, aerospace sector experience and willingness to travel up to 25%. ITT offers a competitive salary with a robust rewards package including health insurance, 401(k) and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or a technical discipline.
• Minimum Education Requirements BS/BA Degree or Equivalent.
• Experience with Product Management, Pricing, Sales, or Customer Service in the Aerospace industry.
• Familiarity with electrical interconnect products is a plus.
• Percent of Travel required less than 25%

Responsibilities

• Implement pricing tools for ongoing quote activities and support the development of online and manual tools to improve pricing response to the field – achieve a sub 5-day average turnaround time on all quotations.
• Support product cost and market price analysis in coordination with the product manager to improve margins and closure rates on quotes and contract pricing agreements – achieve a minimum 15% closure rate on relevant product lines.
• Provide Sales support by processing sample orders and supplying product related information to the Sales team, distribution, and end customers – maintain an exceptional level of responsiveness to front-end inquiries.
• Provide marketing communications support as directed by the Product Manager – build and execute a plan that includes a minimum of 1 marketing content release per quarter.
• Provide project management support as directed by the Product Manager – ensure VBPD projects and product launches are executed in accordance with the product roadmap.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Aerospace product management

Electrical interconnect knowledge

Education

BS/BA Degree or Equivalent

Job description

About ITT:

ITT Inc. (NYSE: ITT) is a diversified global leading manufacturer of highly engineered critical components and customized technology solutions serving the flow, aerospace and defense, transportation, industrial, and energy markets. Through operational execution, innovation, and disciplined capital deployment, including strategic acquisitions such as SPX FLOW, ITT partners with its customers to deliver enduring solutions to the key industries that underpin our modern way of life.

Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, ITT has a market cap of roughly $20 billion and employs more than 15,000 people across 40 countries and serves customers in approximately 125 countries. Following the acquisition of SPX FLOW, the company is expected to generate $5.4 billion in annual revenue.

Our businesses are organized in three distinct segments, each based around our core engineering DNA:

Flow Technologies: A global leader in, providing a broad portfolio of pumps, valves, mixing and agitation equipment, heat transfer, homogenizers, separation, water and wastewater treatment, and engineered process solutions. Our leading brands include the iconic Goulds Pumps (with more than 175 years of history), Anhydro, APV, Bornemann, Bran+Luebbe, C’treat, Engineered Valves, Gerstenberg Schröder, Habonim, Johnson Pump, Lightnin, Philadelphia, Plenty, PRO Cast, Rheinhütte, Seital Separation, Stelzer, Svanehøj, Tigerholm, Uutechnic, VIDAR, Waukesha Cherry-Burrell.

Motion Technologies: A global leader in brake pads (ICE and electrified brake pads) and shock absorbers (energy absorption solutions) for transportation applications. Our leading brands include Friction Technologies, KONI and Axtone.

Connect and Control Technologies: A leader in critical applications for the aerospace, defense and industrial markets, including harsh environment connectors and control components. Our leading brands include ITT Cannon, Enidine, Aerospace Controls and kSARIA.

Position Summary

Reporting to Senior Product Management Lead for Aerospace Products, the successful candidate will support technical, pricing, and marketing related deliverables for interconnect products being sold to commercial and military aerospace markets. The candidate will interact daily with product managers, sales agents, distributors, end customers and engineers in support of product management activities.

Essential Responsibilities

• Implement pricing tools for ongoing quote activities and support the development of online and manual tools to improve pricing response to the field – achieve a sub 5-day average turnaround time on all quotations
• Support product cost and market price analysis in coordination with the product manager to improve margins and closure rates on quotes and contract pricing agreements – achieve a minimum 15% closure rate on relevant product lines
• Provide Sales support by processing sample orders and supplying product related information to the Sales team, distribution, and end customers – maintain an exceptional level of responsiveness to front-end inquiries
• Provide marketing communications support as directed by the Product Manager – build and execute a plan that includes a minimum of 1 marketing content release per quarter
• Provide project management support as directed by the Product Manager – ensure VBPD projects and product launches are executed in accordance with the product roadmap
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Safety is a core value at ITT. Our employees understand and follow all ITT safety policies and procedures, participate in workplace inspections, safety training, and in the development of job safety analyses.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business or a technical discipline
• Minimum Education Requirements BS/BA Degree or Equivalent
• Experience with Product Management, Pricing, Sales, or Customer Service in the Aerospace industry
• Familiarity with electrical interconnect products is a plus
• Percent of Travel required less than 25%

Equal Pay Act Statement

We aim to pay our ‘ITT’ers’ fairly and competitively in the locations that they live and work. Pay-for-performance is a principle that we believe in, and employees are rewarded based not only on ‘what’ they accomplish, but also on ‘how’ they reflect ITT’s values. ITT offers a competitive salary and robust total rewards package, such as health insurance, 401(k), short and long-term disability, paid time off, growth and developmental opportunities, and other incentive compensation programs. Specific benefits are dependent upon whether or not the position is part of a collective-bargaining agreement. The salary offered to a candidate is based several factors such as candidate experience and qualifications, location, as well as market and business considerations.

Equal Pay Act Range

Annual salary range is from $67,000.00 to $100,200.00, plus benefits & incentive plan.