October 17, 2024

Global Industrial

Associate, Product Data

Global Industrial

For over 70 years Global Industrial has been an industry leader providing private label and brand name industrial equipment and supplies to businesses throughout North America.
We carry over one million industrial, material handling and business products that are sold through our website, corporate sales people and full color catalogs. We are constantly increasing our product offerings to meet the diverse and changing needs of our customers. Our customers include small to large corporations, institutions, government agencies and consumers across North America.

Key Responsibilities

Respond to day-to-day requests to update system and product data.
Support stock conversions by facilitating set up and execution with cross functional teams.
Set up new suppliers and facilitate annual document collection and approval.
Maintain vendor master contacts and all vendor data.
Interact with vendors to collect data as needed.
Facilitate vendor training on existing tools to manage product, pricing, lead time and other critical product related data.
Support daily CEX inquiries related to vendor PO issues.
Look for process improvements to help make changes across the organization while looking to improve our overall customer experience
Assist with on-boarding new products and fine-tuning web presentation to meet content standards.
Update system with product changes including pricing and enhancements.
Assist with internal data collection and analysis to support department projects.
Coordinating sample and trade show product orders as needed.

Competencies and skills

Bachelor’s degree
1 - 2 years of work experience, preferably in sales/CEX support.
Motivated individual with strong analytical and business skills
Proven and demonstrated project management and execution skills with the ability to overcome barriers and solve problems
Excellent written and verbal skills
Strong interpersonal skills to work with various departments

Industrial equipment product knowledge a plus
Advanced computer skills especially in MS Excel & data manipulation
Ability to work within a team

EEO/AA Statement

Global Industrial provides equal employment opportunities to all employee and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absences, compensation and training.