Product Specialist

Product Specialist

**Req ID**:37273

**Date**:Apr 24, 2025

**Location**:Coquitlam, BC, CA, V3B 2P7

**Brand**:Gescan

**About Us**:

- With over 60 years of industry experience, Gescan has 29 branches located across Western Canada. At Gescan, we leverage our strong global resource base, our local expertise, and our family-oriented values to deliver the best service to our customers and suppliers.
- We are a proud member of the Sonepar Group, the world's largest privately-held electrical distributor. The Sonepar Group is present in more than 40 countries with over 45,000 employees. In Canada, we are represented by 9 locally managed electrical and industrial distributors and have over 110 locations with coverage in 8 provinces.

**_What’s In It For You?_**
- You will be joining a market leader with over 40 years of experience to help you elevate your potential.
- You will be working for the world's #1 privately held business to business distributor of electrical products and related solutions.
- A chance to get involved in the forever growing electrical industry.
- We house the largest inventory to better service our customers and deliver on sales commitments.
- An opportunity for career development across many business departments within our organization.

**Major Responsibilities**:

- Develop and maintain vendor relationships.
- Conduct ongoing vendor evaluations and meetings.
- Address vendor-related inquiries from the business and vendor community.
- Handle product transitions, launches, and vendor returns.
- Determine category strategy, direction and roadmap, ensuring alignment with Supply Chain Strategy.
- Stay informed about available products and current market conditions.
- Identify product gaps within product categories.
- Source non-stock products to assist sales and project teams in quoting wire and cable business.
- Offer sales and technical support to sales and purchasing teams.
- Provide pricing expertise to sales and project teams for quoting wire and cable.
- Deliver and/or facilitate product training and support sales process for branches, new hires, sales, and purchasing teams.
- Collaborate with the Inventory Manager on inventory assortment changes, adjusting sales forecasts based on feedback from branches and vendors, and ensuring appropriate branch wire and cable stock levels.
- Partner with the Purchasing Manager on booking or bulk buy strategies to secure vendor production capacity and timely stock availability.
- Collaborate with the Director of Supply Chain, Vendor Relations, and Purchasing Manager to identify and onboard new vendors.
- Work with Sales Leadership to define the core vendor list by product.
- Other duties as required.

**Requirements**:

- 5+ years of related experience required.
- Strong electrical product, market, and technical knowledge, with a focus on wire and cable, required.
- High School Diploma required.
- College/University Diploma required, with a focus on Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or Electrical preferred.
- Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Up to 20% travel may be required.

**Benefits & Perks**:

- We offer a competitive salary, plus a full set of benefits, including:

- Flexible benefits program allowing you to choose from options that best fit you and your dependents’ needs. Benefit options include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Spending Account & RRSP matching.
- Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts and a career path.
- Regardless of your benefits program, you will receive company paid Life Insurance, and employee paid disability.

**More information on Gescan**:

- Facebook: Gescan Canada
- LinkedIn: Gescan
- YouTube: GescanTV
- Sonepar places the planet and diversity and inclusion at the core of its vision driving our business ethos.
- Today, Sonepar is the leading distributor of energy-efficient products, pioneering the energy transition and making sustainability a priority. At Sonepar, we firmly believe that every action is crucial in safeguarding the environment, driving our commitment to a more sustainable future. We have accelerated our own transition to efficient generation and use of electrical energy across our business and champion the innovation of sustainable solutions in the market.

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