Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Wesco is a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services, and supply chain solutions. The Manager - Product Data will be responsible for implementing strategies and improving processes for product onboarding and new product introductions, ensuring high-quality product data and supporting sales performance.
Responsibilities
- Owns and drives the end-to-end new product introduction (NPI) and onboarding intake process for assigned product categories, ensuring clear prioritization, requirements definition, and timely progression of new products into onboarding workflows
- Leads product onboarding initiation activities, including intake, identification of required product information, and alignment on data needs to support validation and enrichment by downstream teams
- Partners cross-functionally (Category Management, Supplier Management, Master Data Management, Pricing, Inventory, and Digital teams) to ensure all required inputs, dependencies, and handoffs are clearly defined and executed
- Ensures adherence to established product data standards and onboarding workflows, driving consistency, quality, and compliance across all new product introductions
- Identifies gaps in onboarding inputs and requirements early in the process, proactively collaborating with stakeholders and suppliers to resolve issues that could delay product activation
- Monitors onboarding pipeline progress and intake quality, helping to remove bottlenecks and improve speed-to-market for new products
- Aligns new product introduction priorities with overall assortment strategy, ensuring new products support category growth, customer demand, and financial objectives
- Partners Digital teams to support launch readiness, ensuring newly onboarded products are positioned for activation and visibility
- Communicates priorities, progress, and onboarding status across stakeholders, driving alignment, accountability, and execution against business objectives
- May oversee one or more product assortment or onboarding professionals
- Forms business relationships with key stakeholders, including Wesco’s suppliers and partner teams
Skills
- Bachelors Degree - Marketing, Sales, IT or related field required
- 5 years of experience in product onboarding, new product introduction (NPI), product data management, or product assortment roles
- 5 years managing end-to-end product lifecycle processes, including intake, onboarding, and launch execution
- Strong understanding of NPI processes, onboarding workflows, and product data requirements within a complex distribution or multi-channel environment
- Proven ability to prioritize intake, define requirements, and drive execution across multiple product categories
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional execution with Category Management, Supplier Management, MDM, Pricing, Inventory, Supply Chain, and Digital teams
- Ability to define and manage processes, dependencies, and handoffs to ensure timely and accurate product activation
- Experience with product data governance, standards, and quality controls to ensure consistency and compliance
- Strong ability to identify gaps, resolve issues proactively, and mitigate onboarding delays
- Strong leadership, communication, and influencing skills with a track record of driving alignment and accountability across stakeholders
- Analytical and results-oriented mindset with experience improving pipeline performance, speed-to-market, and business outcomes through data-driven decisions
- Ability to travel 0% - 25%
- Masters Degree preferred
Benefits
- Benefits program for eligible employees
- Paid time off
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Retirement savings plans
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