Product Manager – Retail Demand Forecasting

The Matlen Silver Group, Inc.; Ohio; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Matlen Silver Group, Inc. is seeking a Product Manager for Retail Demand Forecasting. This remote role (team based in Blue Ash, OH) focuses on implementing Oracle RDF and RMS, with responsibilities spanning requirements, roadmaps, and cross-functional delivery.

Ideal candidates will have experience in demand forecasting, product management, and stakeholder collaboration, plus Agile delivery practices. Travel is minimal.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail demand forecasting.
• Experience defining product vision and roadmaps.
• Strong collaboration with business and technical teams.
• Experience with Agile delivery practices including sprint planning and PI planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage product lifecycle and drive RDF implementation.
• Gather requirements from stakeholders and translate to technical specs.
• Create and maintain product roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Define MVP criteria and measure key product metrics.
• Lead cross-functional teams to refine and priority backlog.

Skills

Retail demand forecasting

Product management

Stakeholder collaboration

Agile delivery

Sprint planning

Tools

Oracle RDF

Oracle RMS

Agile tools

Job description

Product Manager – Retail Demand Forecasting (BH-111268)

Location Cincinnati, United States Sector Retail Salary Competitive

Position Title:Product Manager – Retail Demand Forecasting
Location: Remote Role (team is based out of Blue Ash, Ohio)
Duration: 06-12 Months (Possible Extension/Conversion)/ No C2C
***Due to client requirements this role is only open to USC OR GC candidates***
Job Description
The Product Manager is responsible for product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and ensuring revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. The Product Manager also ensures that the product supports the company's overall strategy and goals.
This position will support the implementation of Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF) and Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS). The role requires experience in demand forecasting, product management, and stakeholder collaboration.
The Product Manager will work with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and other partners to define requirements, manage priorities, and support product delivery.

• Retail Demand Forecasting: Experience with retail demand forecasting.
• Product Management: Experience managing products, including product planning, requirements, roadmaps, prioritization, and delivery throughout the product lifecycle.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Experience working with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and third parties to coordinate priorities and deliverables.

Travel requirements:

• Minimal, could be 1-2x per year for a potential workshop in Cincinnati. Nothing is planned right now. Client would pay for workshops.

Additional Skills:

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience presenting information to business leaders.
• Ability to translate business requirements into actionable technical requirements.
• Experience with Agile delivery practices, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and PI planning.
• Ability to manage dependencies, identify risks, and coordinate across teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the technical aspects of the product throughout its lifecycle, supporting the implementation and ongoing development of Oracle Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF).
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and third parties to gather requirements, align priorities, and ensure successful execution of deliverables.
• Create, maintain, and communicate product roadmaps, including near-term delivery plans, to align stakeholders on product priorities and implementation objectives.
• Identify, measure, and improve key product metrics, leveraging business insights, stakeholder feedback, research, and operational data to guide product decisions.
• Gather, define, and analyze medium to complex business and technical requirements related to demand forecasting, ensuring requirements are testable, measurable, and traceable.
• Define minimum viable product (MVP) criteria to support the timely delivery of enhancements and new capabilities.
• Lead cross-functional teams in refining, prioritizing, and managing requirements through product backlogs, requirements management tools, and Agile task management applications.
• Facilitate requirements walkthroughs, stakeholder demonstrations, workshops, sprint planning, and backlog refinement sessions to ensure alignment across business and technical teams.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to estimate work efforts and establish priorities through requirements planning, program increment (PI) planning, and sprint planning.
• Identify and manage dependencies, issues, and risks associated with product development and implementation, working collaboratively to resolve challenges and understand impacts.
• Break down complex product visions and business needs into manageable initiatives, features, and deliverables.
• Communicate product priorities, progress, and key decisions to stakeholders and business leadership.

About Matlen Silver

Experience Matters. Let your experience be driven by our experience. For more than 40 years, Matlen Silver has delivered solutions for complex talent and technology needs to Fortune 500 companies and industry leaders. Led by hard work, honesty, and a trusted team of experts, we can say that Matlen Silver technology has created a solutions experience and legacy of success that is the difference in the way the world works.

Matlen Silver is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, the presence of a non-job-related medical condition or disability, or any other legally protected status.

If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application or at any point in the hiring process, please contact us at email and/or phone at: [e-mail] // 908-393-8600

At The Matlen Silver Group, Inc., W2 employees are eligible for the following benefits:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance (single and family coverage)
• 401(k) plan (employee contributions only)