Merchandising Product Specialist

The Marketing Delivery team brings the marketing strategies and plans to life for the customer by becoming experts in effectively executing outbound marketing content and messaging. This team distributes all activities in the marketing plan to customers using the pre-selected marketing channel, including events. They support cross-marketing functions by facilitating traditional project management and providing collateral to the CDW Sales team. This team will oversee and enforce governance, helping to ensure that agreed upon principles and guidelines are taught, communicated, understood and adhered to. This team will also support the technology requirements of the marketing organization, managing rollouts, upgrades, etc.

The Product Specialist position is a key liaison between our Marketing, Product Management and partners. This team is responsible for merchandising products throughout various marketing vehicles, including catalogs, direct mail, and online advertising.

Rolling up to the Product Merchandising Supervisor, this coworker is responsible for determining the product placement in all marketing activities.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Execute marketing plans within an assigned product category.
  Ad unit merchandising and content review of various marketing vehicles (catalogs, e-commerce, direct mail, ETC.)
• Manage products within an assigned product category.
• Monitor product velocity, oversee accurate product information and identify customer needs.
• Act as the subject matter expert in assigned product category.
• Interface with vendors to develop and enhance the marketing of product(s) or product line(s).
• Collaborate with vendors on new product launches.
• Keep current on rebates and promotional offers for a specific product category

Education and/or Experience Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 2 years experience in marketing, advertising or purchasing

Other Required Qualifications

• Proven history of taking initiative, with the ability to work independently with little direction
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with all stakeholders including management
• Demonstrated knowledge of personal computing technology and products
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications and web browsing
• Demonstrated ability to balance multiple priorities simultaneously and adapt to the changing needs of the business
• Proven organizational and time management skills with strong attention to detail
• Ability to meet scheduled deadlines

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year experience in BtoB marketplace
• Presentation Skills

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit or stand in a stationary position 85% of the time
• Ability to move around the office(s) across campus to access meetings, office equipment
• Ability to constantly operate a laptop, and other office equipment such as a calculator, phone, printers, and other office equipment as needed
• Ability to clearly articulate projects with the partner community, as well as internal teams
• Ability to inspect and identify grammatical or contextual errors in various forms of communication

Mental Requirements

• Comprehension
  • Ability to understand, remember, and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information
  • Ability to understand, remember, and communicate routine, factual, information
  • Ability to understand complex problems and collaborate and explore alternative solutions
  • Ability to understand opposing points of view on complex issues and to negotiate and integrate different viewpoints
• Organizational Requirements
  • Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology
  • Ability to organize and prioritize own work schedule
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work schedules of others on a short-term, or long-term basis
  • Ability to multi-task; organize and prioritize
• Reasoning and Decision Making
  • Ability to apply common sense in performing responsibilities
  • Ability to make decisions which have moderate or significant impact on immediate work unit, and be able to monitor the impact outside immediate work unit
• Communication
  • Ability to understand and follow basic instructions and guidelines
  • Ability to communicate with individuals utilizing phone, email, Skype
  • Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of open dialogue, communicating with others accurately, loudly, and quickly
  • Ability to make formal presentations, by composing materials such as detailed reports, work-related manuals, information of limited scope or impact, etc. inside or outside the immediate work areas of the organization, speaking before groups of individuals
• Mathematics
  • Ability to compute, analyze, and interpret numerical data for reporting purposes

COVID-19 Update:
CDW is committed to maintaining a workplace that is free of known hazards and to ensuring the safety, health, and well-being of coworkers and candidates for employment and their families, as well as the community.

CDW requires all coworkers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with the only exceptions being a documented, legally required medical or religious accommodation.  Prior to starting with CDW, successful candidates will be required to: (i) be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide CDW with proof of full vaccination; or (ii) apply for and receive a medical or religious-based accommodation to be exempt from the mandatory vaccination policy.