Primary Objective of Position The primary objective of the Product Coordinator position is to provide an integrated activation team with the product configuration, BOM, parts, sourcing, material-cost, and documentation discipline required to move early concepts from physical proof into repeatable commercial validation builds. Working side by side with the Product Activation Lead and Concept Build Lead, suppliers internally and externally, the position converts approved product and configuration decisions into controlled records and executable build packages, maintains unit-level traceability, and helps the team resolve sourcing, readiness, cost, and change issues as the product evolves. The role holds primary accountability for configuration control and material evidence while contributing actively to collective product and build problem-solving. Key Areas of Responsibility
- Own the creation and maintenance of preliminary, pilot, and commercial-validation BOMs and configuration records for assigned product activations.
- Work as one integrated activation team with the Product Activation Lead, Product Coordinator, and Concept Build Lead, jointly resolving customer, product, sourcing, configuration, build, quality, cost, and timing issues while maintaining clear accountability for each role’s decisions and deliverables.
- Own part identification, part-number creation, revision control, approved alternates, substitutions, and build-package accuracy.
- Work with the Product Activation Lead and Concept Build Lead to convert approved product and configuration decisions into controlled records and executable build packages, identifying practical sourcing, cost, or configuration implications for the team to resolve together.
- Order, track, receive, organize, kit, and stage parts in alignment with the approved build plan and unit sequence.
- Coordinate suppliers, samples, quotes, minimum-order quantities, lead times, alternates, and long-lead risks; escalate gaps affecting timing, customer commitments, cost, or learning objectives.
- Maintain unit-level configuration records for prototypes and pre-sold validation builds, including changes incorporated into each unit and the reason for each change.
- Control BOM and configuration updates as approved changes are incorporated into subsequent validation units.
- Capture actual material use, purchase cost, freight, substitutions, scrap, rework, and relevant sourcing evidence to improve unit-cost visibility.
- Coordinate required engineering-change, deviation, and temporary-change documentation appropriate to the activation stage.
- Prepare material and configuration packages for build-readiness reviews and identify shortages, obsolete revisions, unapproved changes, and unresolved supplier risks.
- Coordinate practical receiving, storage, point-of-use, replenishment, and shortage-management methods for small-volume builds.
- Prepare complete BOM, configuration, sourcing, supplier, revision, and material-cost evidence for validation and transfer decisions.
- Other responsibilities may be assigned based on business need.
Key Deliverables
- Controlled preliminary, pilot, and validation BOMs
- Unit-level configuration and revision history
- Accurate part-number, alternate, and substitution records
- Parts-ordering, shortage, and material-readiness status
- Supplier quote, lead-time, and risk record
- Approved build packages and staged material
- Actual material-cost and usage summary
- Complete BOM, configuration, supplier, and cost transfer package
Knowledge & Skills Required
- Education or comparable experience in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering Technology, Product Development, Business, or a related discipline.
- Experience with BOMs, part numbers, purchasing, inventory, suppliers, material planning, configuration records, or manufacturing documentation.
- Strong accuracy, organization, follow-through, recordkeeping, and time-management skills.
- Ability to coordinate multiple suppliers, parts, revisions, units, and deadlines in a changing low-volume environment.
- Clear written and verbal communication and collaborative skills.
Desired
- Experience in RV, automotive, commercial vehicle, specialty vehicle, durable goods, prototype operations, or low-volume manufacturing.
- Experience supporting prototypes, pilots, pre-production units, or commercially committed validation builds.
- Working knowledge of ERP, PLM, engineering-change, purchasing, inventory, and material-control processes.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, D365, Teamcenter, WGO systems, and Power BI.
Travel
- Limited to moderate travel in the United States to suppliers, build locations, partners, validation activities, and industry events as required.
Role Orientation The Product Coordinator is not only a parts expediter or production material planner. The Product Activation Lead, Product Coordinator, and Concept Build Lead operate as one integrated activation team and collectively work through customer, product, sourcing, configuration, build, quality, cost, and timing issues. Within that team, the Product Coordinator is the primary point of accountability for translating approved product decisions into controlled BOMs, configurations, sourced parts, build packages, revision history, and material-cost visibility. The Product Coordinator contributes options and practical implications to team decisions rather than receiving work only through a sequential handoff.
