About the Role We are seeking a detail-oriented Assistant Product Manager/Product Operations Specialist to support the launch maintenance and optimization of aftermarket automotive restoration products. This role is critical to ensuring our products are accurately built into our ERP system priced correctly competitively positioned and supported with clean structured product data. You will collaborate with suppliers product managers marketing sales and operations to move products from concept to market with precision and speed.
Why Join Us
Work at the intersection of automotive passion product development and data technology.
Play a critical role ensuring new products go to market accurately and efficiently.
Collaborative culture with opportunities to grow into product management or technical roles.
Create and maintain product records within the ERP system including part numbers fitment data costing pricing BOMs and attributes.
Ensure accurate categorization units of measure lifecycle codes and procurement details.
Maintain change logs version control and product status updates.
Data Content & AI-Driven Product Attribute Management
Use AI tools to help generate standardize and validate product attributes descriptions and fitment metadata.
Monitor and improve product data completeness and accuracy across ERP PIM e-commerce platforms and marketing systems.
Support the creation of installation notes application guides and supporting documentation.
Pricing & Competitive Analysis
Conduct competitive pricing research and maintain market price matrices.
Recommend pricing updates based on margin targets cost changes and category trends.
Monitor MAP policies marketplace listings and competitor offerings.
Supplier & Cross-Functional Coordination
Communicate with suppliers to gather product specs costs lead times compliance documentation and technical details.
Track supplier deliverables and follow up on open items needed for product launch.
Coordinate cross-departmental tasks required for product introduction including operations ecommerce and marketing.
Product Launch & Ongoing Maintenance
Assist product managers in taking new products through the launch workflow and ensuring all data is complete prior to release.
Manage updates to active product linescost changes supersessions packaging updates and part replacements.
Support reporting efforts including SKU profitability assortment gaps and category performance.
Qualifications
2 years of experience in product operations catalog management merchandising or product coordination (automotive aftermarket preferred).
Strong familiarity with ERP systems (NetSuite SAP Epicor or similar).
Excellent data management skills and high attention to detail.
Ability to use AI tools for data cleanup attribute generation and process automation (training provided).
Competency with Excel/Sheets including VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP and basic data modeling.
Understanding of automotive components restoration products or fitment data is a strong plus.
Strong written/verbal communication skills for supplier interaction and cross-team coordination.
Culture Index Survey To help us understand your communication style and motivational needs we ask all applicants to complete the Culture Index Survey. Please set aside 7-10 minutes in a distraction-free environment to complete it: Eastwood Automotive Company LLC dba The Eastwood Company
About the RoleWe are seeking a detail-oriented Assistant Product Manager/Product Operations Specialist to support the launch maintenance and optimization of aftermarket automotive restoration products. This role is critical to ensuring our products are accurately built into our ERP system priced cor...
About the Role We are seeking a detail-oriented Assistant Product Manager/Product Operations Specialist to support the launch maintenance and optimization of aftermarket automotive restoration products. This role is critical to ensuring our products are accurately built into our ERP system priced correctly competitively positioned and supported with clean structured product data. You will collaborate with suppliers product managers marketing sales and operations to move products from concept to market with precision and speed.
Why Join Us
Work at the intersection of automotive passion product development and data technology.
Play a critical role ensuring new products go to market accurately and efficiently.
Collaborative culture with opportunities to grow into product management or technical roles.
Create and maintain product records within the ERP system including part numbers fitment data costing pricing BOMs and attributes.
Ensure accurate categorization units of measure lifecycle codes and procurement details.
Maintain change logs version control and product status updates.
Data Content & AI-Driven Product Attribute Management
Use AI tools to help generate standardize and validate product attributes descriptions and fitment metadata.
Monitor and improve product data completeness and accuracy across ERP PIM e-commerce platforms and marketing systems.
Support the creation of installation notes application guides and supporting documentation.
Pricing & Competitive Analysis
Conduct competitive pricing research and maintain market price matrices.
Recommend pricing updates based on margin targets cost changes and category trends.
Monitor MAP policies marketplace listings and competitor offerings.
Supplier & Cross-Functional Coordination
Communicate with suppliers to gather product specs costs lead times compliance documentation and technical details.
Track supplier deliverables and follow up on open items needed for product launch.
Coordinate cross-departmental tasks required for product introduction including operations ecommerce and marketing.
Product Launch & Ongoing Maintenance
Assist product managers in taking new products through the launch workflow and ensuring all data is complete prior to release.
Manage updates to active product linescost changes supersessions packaging updates and part replacements.
Support reporting efforts including SKU profitability assortment gaps and category performance.
Qualifications
2 years of experience in product operations catalog management merchandising or product coordination (automotive aftermarket preferred).
Strong familiarity with ERP systems (NetSuite SAP Epicor or similar).
Excellent data management skills and high attention to detail.
Ability to use AI tools for data cleanup attribute generation and process automation (training provided).
Competency with Excel/Sheets including VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP and basic data modeling.
Understanding of automotive components restoration products or fitment data is a strong plus.
Strong written/verbal communication skills for supplier interaction and cross-team coordination.
Culture Index Survey To help us understand your communication style and motivational needs we ask all applicants to complete the Culture Index Survey. Please set aside 7-10 minutes in a distraction-free environment to complete it: Eastwood Automotive Company LLC dba The Eastwood Company
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