Job Description

SUMMARY

The Tooling Product Specialist (TPS) has a broad knowledge of cutting tools, toolholders, workholding, and other machine tool specific industrial supplies. They also understand machine tools, machine shop operations, tooling sales, and fulfilment. The TPS sees the world through the lens of a customer, both the shop owner/foreman and the front-line machine operator. This uniquely broad perspective makes the TPS invaluable in tooling/workholding product development for Haas. The TPS position demands very in-depth, real-world knowledge of cutting tools and workholding

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Identify tooling and workholding to offer on the HaasTooling.com website
• Ability to clearly communicate why the chosen items are the best in performance and price
• Test and document tooling and workholding
• Create drawings and/or solid models of tooling and workholding
• Create technical details, such as feed/speed calculators and usage guides
• Prepare or assist in preparing scripts for videos in support of tooling and workholding
• Provide technical support for tooling and workholding to end users
• Employees are expected to follow instructions and procedures, and to escalate any issue impacting workflow, quality, etc. Additionally, there are high-value items that require proper care and protection

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong to expert level of understanding of cutting tools and workholding
• Moderate to strong understanding of industrial product sales and distribution and/or industrial product purchasing
• Moderate to strong understanding of CNC machine tools
• Employees must exhibit honesty and integrity, as well as demonstrate adherence to rules, procedures, and policies.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in some field of Engineering or Business
• 5+ years of experience in field sales of cutting tools and or workholding
• Ability to operate and program CNC machines; Haas most preferred
• CAM experience that is up to date with current software

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

Associate’s degree AA/AS/AAS from a two-year college or technical school is required, plus an additional 5+ years related experience in cutting tool and/or workholding sales.

Company Description

Haas Automation is the largest machine tool builder in the western world, manufacturing a complete line of CNC vertical machining centers, horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, and rotary products. Gene Haas founded Haas Automation, Inc., in 1983 to manufacture economical and reliable machine tools. The company entered the machine tool industry with the first-ever, fully automatic, programmable collet indexer – a device used to position parts for machining with very high accuracy. The patented Haas 5C collet indexer was a huge success, and over the next four years, the company expanded its product line to include a wide selection of fully programmable rotary tables, rotary indexers, and machine tool accessories. Today, Haas manufactures four major product lines: vertical machining centers (VMCs), horizontal machining centers (HMCs), CNC lathes, and rotary tables, as well as a number of large five-axis and specialty machines. All Haas products are manufactured at the company’s expansive facility in Oxnard, California – the largest, most modern machine tool manufacturing operation in the United States.