Jobs at Klein Tools

Develop and execute product strategies, annual plans, and three-year product life-cycle plans for assigned product lines. Lead launches, modifications, promotions, pricing, competitive analysis, market research, and portfolio decisions. Analyze product performance, budgets, forecasts, and growth opportunities while coordinating cross-functional teams and mentoring product management staff. Serve as a product and market expert through customer and field engagement, spending approximately 10% of time in the field.

Leads mechanical product design, development, improvement, testing, and sustaining activities for new and existing tools. Manages multiple complex projects, timelines, feasibility studies, design documentation, FEA analysis, vendor coordination, and cross-functional technical development. Presents engineering and financial recommendations to stakeholders, mentors engineers, supports new product development processes, and collaborates with Product Management to deliver customer-focused products. Requires international travel as needed.

Provides manufacturing engineering support for process design, documentation, automation, tooling, CNC programming, robotics, equipment selection, and facility improvements. Analyzes manufacturing issues, identifies root causes, implements corrective actions, creates engineering drawings, supports lean manufacturing initiatives, and trains manufacturing staff. The role spends approximately 70% of its time on the production floor and collaborates across departments to improve quality, reliability, throughput, and cost.

Designs, develops, and improves tools and related products through feasibility studies, CAD and drafting, basic FEA, testing coordination, supplier collaboration, and project management. Manages multiple low- to medium-complexity development projects, builds timelines, resolves design issues, presents technical and financial findings, and supports on-time product delivery within a phase-gate framework. Requires collaboration with Product Management, internal stakeholders, suppliers, and senior engineers, along with international travel.

Designs, develops, improves, and launches outdoor tools and products. Leads multiple engineering projects, conducts feasibility studies, manages timelines, resolves design and testing issues, coordinates vendors and stakeholders, and supports new product development. Uses advanced CAD, drafting, FEA, Excel, and presentation tools. Provides technical mentorship, reviews engineering work, and collaborates with Product Management to deliver customer-focused products on schedule and within financial targets.

Designs, develops, and improves products and systems within a phase-gate product development framework. Manages multiple projects, conducts feasibility studies, coordinates suppliers and technical activities, resolves design and testing issues, and presents technical and financial analyses. Uses CAD, drafting, FEA, Excel, and PowerPoint while collaborating with Product Management, engineering teams, suppliers, and internal stakeholders. Requires international travel and supports new product development and sustaining activities.

Develops and executes product strategies, annual plans, and three-year product lifecycle plans for major product categories. Identifies growth opportunities, manages launches, modifications, promotions, and discontinuations, and provides market, competitive, and financial analysis. Leads cross-functional collaboration, mentors product management staff, supports marketing execution, and serves as a product expert. Conducts market research and spends approximately 10% of time engaging with customers and industry stakeholders in the field.

Manages global sourcing and supply chain activities for assigned product categories. Develops sourcing strategies, commodity plans, spend analyses, and supplier relationships while optimizing costs, margins, inventory, and total cost of ownership. Oversees sourcing activities from purchase intent through delivery, evaluates contracts and vendor agreements, monitors market conditions, and implements corrective actions. Supports new product development and collaborates cross-functionally with internal teams and overseas suppliers.

Develops and executes product strategies, annual plans, and three-year product life-cycle plans for major product categories. Identifies growth opportunities, guides product launches and promotions, analyzes market and competitive data, manages product performance against financial objectives, and collaborates with cross-functional teams. Serves as a product expert for internal and external stakeholders, conducts market research, engages customers and distributors, and travels internationally as needed.

Leads mechanical product design, development, improvement, and sustaining activities within a phase-gate product development framework. Manages multiple complex projects, timelines, feasibility studies, engineering designs, testing, vendor coordination, and technical presentations. Uses advanced CAD, drafting, FEA, Excel, and PowerPoint capabilities. Partners with Product Management, mentors engineers, resolves technical issues, and ensures products meet customer, quality, cost, and schedule requirements. International travel is required as needed.

Leads mechanical product design, development, testing, improvement, and delivery for tool-industry products. Serves as a technical subject matter expert, manages multiple complex projects, conducts feasibility studies and advanced FEA, creates CAD models and drawings, coordinates vendors and engineering activities, estimates timelines and costs, and supports new product development. Mentors engineers, presents technical and financial analyses, resolves design issues, and collaborates with Product Management and business leaders.

Responsible for regional sales performance, quota achievement, distributor and manufacturer representative relationships, customer acquisition, strategic account planning, product promotions, trade show participation, and revenue growth. The role manages key distributor and contractor accounts, develops territory strategies, maintains CRM records, submits sales reports, and collaborates with management on account planning and sales execution.

Designs, develops, improves, and sustains products within a phase-gate development framework. Supports feasibility studies, engineering analysis, project timelines, testing, supplier coordination, presentations, and cross-functional product development. Manages multiple low- to medium-complexity projects with guidance from senior engineers and managers while addressing design issues, tracking project metrics, and aligning product outcomes with customer and organizational requirements. International travel is required as needed.

Supports supply chain operations through data entry, reporting, inventory and supplier data maintenance, documentation, issue tracking, supplier coordination, and project assistance. Reviews reports for potential disruptions, prepares analyses, manages confidential information, and escalates complex issues. The role provides undergraduate students with practical corporate supply chain experience.

Assists the new product development team with 3D printing, modeling, prototyping, test fixture design, product testing, and engineering analysis. Works with engineering, quality, and manufacturing teams to report test results and recommend product or process improvements. This internship provides practical engineering experience in a collaborative environment.

Assists the electrical engineering team with product testing, validation, documentation, and test-result analysis. Designs and builds prototypes and test fixtures, compiles comprehensive reports, and recommends product improvements. The intern collaborates in a team environment while managing project deadlines and gaining practical engineering experience.

Assists the new product development team with 3D printing, basic modeling, prototype and test fixture design, product testing, engineering analysis, and manufacturing process improvement recommendations. The intern works in engineering and test lab environments, reports results, collaborates with quality and manufacturing teams, and supports project deadlines while gaining practical engineering experience.

Participates in a 12-month leadership development program focused on product management. Responsibilities include market and competitor research, identifying product improvement opportunities, supporting merchandising and sales initiatives, managing a local retail market, coordinating product demonstrations, analyzing e-commerce strategies, and presenting product and market performance recommendations to executives. The role requires customer engagement, cross-functional collaboration, initiative, organization, and extensive local field travel.

Supports global sourcing by identifying, qualifying, onboarding, and managing suppliers. Maintains supplier documentation, coordinates contracts and systems, supports category managers and new product development, manages RFQs and samples, initiates purchase orders, analyzes supplier and pricing data, and contributes to cross-functional process improvement initiatives.

Performs industrial engineering analyses and cost-saving projects across manufacturing plants. Uses time studies, Lean and Six Sigma, capacity analysis, standard work, and performance data to improve productivity, quality, safety, ergonomics, equipment utilization, and margins. Maintains product structures, bills of materials, routings, costing, layouts, and engineering change orders using manufacturing systems. Supports project management, training, data analysis, and stakeholder communication within a 12-month leadership development program.