Join the CRP team! CRP Industries Inc. is a family-owned mid-sized import and distribution company located in Cranbury, NJ. Founded in 1954, we have established a solid reputation for supporting and exceeding our customers’ expectations.
As A member of CRP’s Automotive Product Development team, manage automotive product lines and conduct accurate and timely product research and analysis.
Responsibilities:
- New Product development of specific product lines
- Research product application, market demand and market price
- Recommend additions to product lines
- Supervise verification of product quality
- Initiate the setup of new parts
- Help coordinate product launch; including technical support to marketing for catalog dev.
- Interact with sales force and customers as necessary to accomplish above responsibilities
- Help market existing product lines
- Analyze product line sales
- Follow up with sales people as necessary to maximize product line sales
- Recommend marketing actions to accelerate product sales
- Review slow movers and recommend products to phase out
- Research product application for existing parts and assist marketing dept to maintain catalog data
- Verify product quality in active role of ISO Support Team
- Assure product quality control
- Supervise product returns process
- Reduction of credits issued for product quality issues
- Supervise first sample quality approvals
- Support marketing with new product and now in stock announcements
- Support marketing with data research for cataloging
- Help and train the Product Development Group with Adonix related questions
- Development of sales and profit for assigned product lines
- Timely and accurate completion of projects
- Assist purchasing department with Manual Monthly Forecast Updates
- Additional duties assigned by management
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science or marketing, Automotive with 5+ years experience or equivalent experience and education
- Mechanical aptitude and general understanding of automotive parts
- Successful experience working with a project team
- Excellent project management, organization and analytical skills<
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Adonix System proficiency
- Analytical ability
- Customer service skills and orientation
- Decision Making
- Initiative
- Interpersonal – People skills
- Inventory Control Knowledg
- Project & People Management Skills
- Mathematical Aptitude
- Ability to negotiate successfully
