Product Configurator Specialist

How You Will Make an Impact

The Product Configuration Specialist will create and manage rulesets using product configuration software to ensure accurate ordering, manufacture and up-fit of trucks.

This position will perform all configuration-related tasks associated with product release while monitoring, recording, and controlling change to maintain product integrity.

The Product Configuration Specialist guides the product development team through the various development stage gates ensuring all documentation requirements are satisfied, as well as plan product builds and technical product releases.

The Nuts and Bolts


* Lead the development and implementation of Configuration Management standards, processes, systems and tools


* Provide guidance and expertise for the development, analysis, and compliance verification of process and product baselines of highly integrated complex products


* Analyze, process and track change orders and other design documentation to minimize processing time, optimizing department throughput; deeply evaluates complex product structures


* Works cross-functionally to process changes, structure new products, and solve issues concerning product configuration; provides input to the project team on schedule, issues, and deliverables related to master product data management.

Includes support for Project Managers and other Configuration Management (CM) or Data Management (DM) requirements


* Provides technical recommendations for a wide variety of problems related to configuration and change management.

Coordinates product changes within the engineering and manufacturing environment


* Responsible for implementation, maintenance, and audit of configuration management aspects maintained in several systems


* Review change requests for impact on current product structure and effects on various departments and requirements


* Follows change requests to full implementation, including tracking the release of engineering orders and change notices associated with each request


* Design forms and workflows while working with the Information Technology department to implement Product Lifecycle Management tool changes


* Responsible for seamless, rapid, and global implementation of material, Bill of Materials (BOM), and product data supporting the business strategies and supply chain requirements.

Required Credentials


* Associates Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience required


* Bachelor's degree preferred


* Five (5) years' experience developing and/or managing product configuration rulesets required


* Minimum of five years of experience in progressive Manufacturing engineering or design responsibility


* Configurator programming certification or applicable demonstrated Configurator experience


* Configure One experience or similar software package preferred


* DriveWorks or Infor configurator experience a plus


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