Commercial Product Lifecycle Lead: Data-Driven Launch

Matas Operations A/S; Lillerød; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

SymphonyAI

Job summary

Matas Group seeks a Commercial Product Lifecycle Lead to build and evolve our product lifecycle capability across four Nordic markets. You will own first-order forecasting for new launches, shaping planning processes, methodologies and AI-supported tools to improve forecast quality and inventory health.

You will develop the operating model for launch, overstock and delist decisions, coordinating with Commercial, Category Operations, Supply Chain and IT to embed data-driven decisions into

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial planning, demand planning, or related field.
• Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision making.
• Experience building or improving processes and operating models.
• Proven ability to drive cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management with influence without authority.
• Curiosity with AI, automation or advanced analytics.
• Master’s degree in Business, Economics, Supply Chain, Engineering or similar.

Responsibilities

• Develop and continuously improve first-order forecasts, methodologies, business rules and analytical models for new product launches.
• Coordinate launch planning across Business Units, Assortment, Category Operations, Supply Chain and Logistics.
• Drive a 2–3 year transformation of the Commercial Product Lifecycle capability, delivering tangible business impact from day one.
• Establish scalable processes, governance, KPIs and operating principles for launch planning, overstock monitoring and delist processes.
• Design business rules, decision triggers and execution models for overstock and delist decisions.
• Define requirements for data, analytics, AI models and supporting tools with Data & AI.
• Monitor forecasting quality, inventory health and lifecycle decisions to improve impact.
• Work with Category, Merchandising, Logistics and Sales to embed new ways of working.

Skills

Commercial planning

Demand planning

Supply chain

Retail

Management consulting

Analytical thinking

Project management

Stakeholder management

AI automation

Data-driven decisions

Education

Master's in Business/Supply Chain

Tools

SymphonyAI

Job description

Matas Group seeks a Commercial Product Lifecycle Lead to build and evolve our product lifecycle capability across four Nordic markets. You will own first-order forecasting for new launches, shaping planning processes, methodologies and AI-supported tools to improve forecast quality and inventory health.

You will develop the operating model for launch, overstock and delist decisions, coordinating with Commercial, Category Operations, Supply Chain and IT to embed data-driven decisions into