Water Heaters Product Specialist

Akron, OH
Full Time
Experienced

Water Heater Product Specialist

Reports To: Director of Water Heaters
Travel: Common within the Famous Supply footprint

Position Summary

Famous Supply is seeking a driven and knowledgeable Water Heaters Product Specialist to support and grow our water heater category across our core footprint. This role is responsible for increasing market share, supporting sales teams, driving product adoption, and managing pricing programs to maximize profitability and customer satisfaction.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical product knowledge with a sales-oriented mindset and thrives in a highly visible, field-focused role.


Key Responsibilities

  • Drive sales growth of water heater products across all assigned markets
  • Partner with branch teams and outside sales to increase market penetration
  • Promote new product launches and vendor programs
  • Provide product training and technical support to sales teams and customers
  • Develop and implement pricing programs in coordination with leadership
  • Analyze sales performance and identify growth opportunities
  • Support strategic vendor relationships
  • Monitor competitive activity and market trends
  • Participate in Trade Show Events

Qualifications

  • 3–5+ years of experience in plumbing, water heaters, or related HVAC industry
  • Strong understanding of water heater products (tank, tankless, commercial, etc.)
  • Proven ability to drive sales growth
  • Experience with pricing strategy and contract management preferred
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to travel within the Famous Supply footprint regularly
  • Self-motivated, organized, and results-driven

Why Join Famous Supply?

  • Competitive compensation
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Career growth opportunities
  • Work with industry-leading vendors and products
  • Be part of a collaborative and customer-focused culture

What Makes Us Famous!

  • Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
  • Paid Time Off (Vacation and Holidays)
  • Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
  • 401K Employer Match
  • Bonus Opportunity
  • Strong Culture through our 40 Fundamentals
  • Family Atmosphere
  • Fitness Reimbursement Program
  • Associate Referral Bonus Program
  • Learning and Development Opportunities
  • Leadership Development Program
  • Career Growth Opportunities

Famous Supply is a wholesale distributor committed to serving contractors, builders and remodelers in the HVAC, Plumbing, Building Products, Lighting, and Industrial/PVF segments.

Since 1933, Famous has been a family-owned business that treats its associates like family. Our 5 Core Values are Family, Trust, Communication, Teamwork, and Continuous Improvement. We bring those Core Values to life every day by practicing our 40 Fundamentals for Living the Famous Way (https://famous-supply.com/famous-40-fundamentals/)!

To learn more about what makes us Famous, visit Famous-Supply.com!

We continually strive to create a diverse work culture and seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we hire the best, most creative talent on our team. Famous Supply provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, military service, or veteran status, or other legally protected characteristic under federal, state and local law, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Applicants must be lawfully authorized to work in the United States.

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