Jobs at Rawlings Sporting Goods

Supports the baseball bat product portfolio from concept through commercialization. Maintains SKU, product line, pricing, transition, and PLM data; manages samples and product testing; researches competitors, marketplace trends, and consumer insights; evaluates prototypes; prepares reports and presentations; and assists with retailer meetings, launches, trade shows, and special projects.

Manages a territory selling apparel and hard goods to team dealers, schools, colleges, youth organizations, and other customers. Develops new business, maintains account relationships, tracks sales and orders, prepares forecasts and reports, supports product development, coordinates with customer service and credit teams, and provides market feedback to sales leadership. The representative must reside or relocate within the assigned Michigan, Northeast Indiana, or Northwest Ohio territory.

Conceptualize and develop physical products from ideation through production, focusing on hard goods and supporting soft goods. Create sketches, CAD models, renderings, prototypes, specifications, and presentations. Collaborate with product, engineering, quality, marketing, vendors, and international manufacturers to balance aesthetics, performance, durability, cost, ergonomics, and manufacturability. Conduct competitive analysis, review prototypes and production units, and identify product improvements. Approximately 20% international travel is required.

The Senior Cost Accountant manages cost accounting processes, standard cost maintenance, cost rolls, inventory accounting, reconciliations, variance analysis, journal entries, and month-end close reporting. The role validates bills of materials, routings, and cost components in JD Edwards, partners with IT and Operations on costing issues and system enhancements, and supports process improvements and special projects.

Designs, develops, tests, and improves aluminum and composite baseball and softball bats. Defines product performance and durability specifications, evaluates materials, designs components, directs prototype fabrication and testing, and collaborates with manufacturing partners and vendors. Researches emerging materials and technologies, manages multiple projects in a stage-gate environment, and drives continuous improvement. Occasional domestic and international travel is required.