Product Development Manager (M/F/X)

DHL; Bonn; Hybrid; Vertraulich; Full time

Job summary

DHL in Bonn is seeking a Product Development Manager to translate operational, customer and market needs into standardized product features. You will lead cross-functional testing, implementation and rollout across sites and regions while safeguarding scalability, quality and speed to market.

You will gather priorities from Marketing, Sales, Operations and IT; monitor industry trends; design scalable solutions for complex logistics; manage local configuration within global standards; and drive

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of supply chain operations, fulfilment and last-mile logistics.
• Product management and product development capability within a complex environment.
• Ability to manage large, cross-regional projects and matrix stakeholders.
• Strong facilitation, influencing and communication skills at all organisational levels.
• Understanding of e-commerce markets, customer needs and operational trends.
• Process-focused, consultative and collaborative approach to problem-solving.
• Full professional English proficiency, cultural awareness, resilience and strong personal drive.

Responsibilities

• Gather and prioritise product needs from Marketing, Sales, Operations and IT.
• Monitor industry trends, customer needs and competitors to identify product opportunities.
• Assess product features and improvement opportunities against business priorities.
• Analyse complex logistics challenges and design scalable, standardised solutions.
• Lead testing, implementation, rollout, training and documentation for new features.
• Manage local configuration needs while maintaining the global product standard.
• Drive product quality through performance management, audits and continuous improvement.
• Work with large and strategic customers with a global footprint

Skills

Supply chain operations

Job description

BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE

Position: Product Development Manager

Grade: K

Contract Type: Permanent

Travel Remit: Less than 20%

Travel Required: Regional

Location: Bonn, Germany (Hyrbid)

At DHL our business is logistics, but people are our passion. With over 500,000 team members in 220 countries, we attract and retain great talent. We are one of the most innovative, most culturally diverse companies on the planet. We provide unmatched opportunities for personal and professional development. We really are a "Best Place to Work".

Help shape the next phase of the DHL Fulfillment Network as it moves to Manhattan Active, DHL Supply Chain's strategic warehouse management system. As Product Development Manager, you will turn operational, customer and market needs into standardised product features, leading cross-functional testing, implementation and rollout across sites and regions while protecting scalability, quality and speed to market.

Your key accountabilities include:

• Gather and prioritise product needs from Marketing, Sales, Operations and IT.
• Monitor industry trends, customer needs and competitors to identify product opportunities.
• Assess product features and improvement opportunities against business priorities.
• Analyse complex logistics challenges and design scalable, standardised solutions.
• Lead testing, implementation, rollout, training and documentation for new features.
• Manage local configuration needs while maintaining the global product standard.
• Drive product quality through performance management, audits and continuous improvement.
• Work with large and strategic customers with a global footprint

What are we looking for from you?

• Demonstrable commitment to continuous professional development.
• Strong knowledge of supply chain operations, fulfilment and last-mile logistics.
• Product management and product development capability within a complex environment.
• Ability to manage large, cross-regional projects and matrix stakeholders.
• Strong facilitation, influencing and communication skills at all organisational levels.
• Understanding of e-commerce markets, customer needs and operational trends.
• Process-focused, consultative and collaborative approach to problem-solving.
• Full professional English proficiency, cultural awareness, resilience and strong personal drive.

We will ensure that all our resourcing activities are fair, transparent, and consistent across the Globe. We want to ensure that the candidate experience is of the highest professional standard.

The Company is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. Furthermore, we aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only employees but also our potential future employees are treated fairly and with dignity and respect. We will ensure that equality of opportunity maintains a high profile in our organisation.