Senior Director, Product Strategy — Supply Chain

W.W. Grainger, Inc.; Lake Forest (IL); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life保险 早期

Day-one benefits and 18 PTO days

401(k) retirement plan with 6% company

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Maternity and parental leave

Job summary

W.W. Grainger, Inc. is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America and Japan, serving over 4.6 million customers with MRO products and value-added solutions.

The role leads multiple product domains related to Grainger’s supply chain, shaping technology solutions and coordinating with partners, operations, and customers. Based in Chicago area on a hybrid schedule; relocation to Chicago area possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science, engineering, science, math, or related field or equivalent experience required.
• 10+ years product management or related leadership experience is required.
• Proven success leading product domains and organizations at scale.
• Strong strategic, financial, and business acumen.
• Direct Leadership experience with building and developing high-performing teams.
• Executive-level communication and influence skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, matrixed organizations.
• Track record of delivering measurable business and customer outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define domain-level product strategy across multiple product teams, aligned to enterprise goals and customer value.
• Oversee domain performance, investment decisions and levels, and outcome measurement to maximize business impact.
• Communicate complex tradeoffs and difficult decisions clearly and story-tell credibly to leadership.
• Ensure customer insight and experience are central to user-focused product strategy and investment decisions.
• Encourage innovative thinking and explore new models, technologies, and approaches to drive growth.
• Win as one team building strong partnerships across product, engineering, design, ML, analytics and business leadership.
• Drive focus and momentum across the domain while managing strategic risks and be a subject-matter expert for trends.

Skills

Executive communication

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Product management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Science/Math

Equivalent work experience

Job description

W.W. Grainger, Inc. is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America and Japan, serving over 4.6 million customers with MRO products and value-added solutions.

The role leads multiple product domains related to Grainger’s supply chain, shaping technology solutions and coordinating with partners, operations, and customers. Based in Chicago area on a hybrid schedule; relocation to Chicago area possible.