Catalog Manager

Dorman was founded on the belief that people should have greater freedom to fix motor vehicles. For over 100 years, we have been driving new solutions, releasing tens of thousands of aftermarket replacement products engineered to save time and money, and increase convenience and reliability. Founded and headquartered in the United States, we are a pioneering global organization offering an always-evolving catalog of automotive, heavy-duty and specialty vehicle products. Today, we have more than 3,500 employees across 29 different locations, with a family of brands that also includes SuperATV and Dayton Parts. Publicly traded under the stock ticker DORM, reaching a revenue of $2 billion in 2024.

Everyone who works at Dorman is called a Contributor. We need everyone, regardless of role and experience, to contribute to our success. That means everyone has a unique ability to make an impact on the business. We encourage all our Contributors to bring their authentic selves to work. The freedom to pursue new ideas, offer different perspectives, and grow in your career is fundamental to working at Dorman.

Job Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented and data-driven Catalog Manager to oversee the applications research strategy that supports new product development, ultimately supporting the creation, maintenance, and distribution of our automotive aftermarket product catalog. This role is critical to ensuring accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date product information is available across all platforms and customer systems. The ideal candidate has experience in the automotive aftermarket industry, a strong understanding of vehicle fitment data, and a passion for data integrity and operational efficiency.

Primary Duties

• Support and implement against the applications research strategy across organization with an immediate focus on supporting the Product Management team to provide detailed data (OE research, interchange, carry up, etc) which drives new product development and is easily searchable in customer systems
• Maintain deep expertise in industry data standards, including ACES and PIES, and ensure all catalog data complies with these standards to meet internal and external requirements
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Management, Engineering, Master Data, and Content Syndication teams to deliver accurate, high-quality product data that supports commercialization efforts and enhances customer experience across platforms
• Partner with internal stakeholders to identify and implement scalable solutions to centralize and enhance product data systems to support internal and external systems
• Educate key stakeholders on the importance of timely and accurate information and services provided by team
• Define and monitor team metrics to optimize resource allocation, track productivity and drive continuous improvement
• Ability to develop strategy to support aggressive global company growth goals and organization of team required to support
• Provide strong leadership to contributors for professional development, ensuring team has clear career path goals and have tools in place to achieve goals personally and for company
• Stay updated on industry trends, vehicle updates and data standards to continuously improve overall process
• Performs as liaison and key business contact with IT and Product Management related to any relevant catalog maintenance systems, collaborate to troubleshoot issues, documenting and communicating to appropriate stakeholders
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Responsible for enhancing application data to improve product lookup success rates Identify and implement processes to ensure keywords / aliases are available and maintained in internal and external systems. Identify tracking mechanisms to ensure data published is being utilized in account / trading partner systems.

Qualifications

Education / Experience

Dorman Products is an equal opportunity employer; we value a combination of ideas, perspectives, and cultures at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. EEO / AA Employer M / F / D / V. www.DormanProducts.com

Nearest Major Market : Philadelphia

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