Supply Chain Product Manager – Orchestration, Automation

Jobtailor

Illinois

On-site

USD 110,000 - 160,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States, Illinois, is seeking a seasoned Product Manager to own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Supply Chain Digital Orchestration and Automation capabilities. You will collaborate with engineering, logistics, and support to align priorities with business objectives and define success through KPIs.

In this role you will work with Product Owner to shape a living roadmap, document use cases, and drive adoption across global teams.

Qualifications

3+ years of Product Management experience, or 5+ years in a related field.
Experience integrating enterprise systems (SAP, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, MES, etc.).
Experience with Automation systems integration (Dematic, E80 and/or Wapiti).
Experience with product life cycle management, especially with product vision, strategy, roadmap, and prioritization.
Experience managing stakeholders, including senior executives.
Strong cross-functional leadership, influence, collaboration, relationship-building, and communication skills.
Desire and ability to crystallize and diagnose problems through cross-functional collaboration and troubleshooting.
Detail-oriented, process-driven, and highly organized.
Prior experience working for a global, highly matrixed, Consumer Packaged Goods company (preferred).
Experience with API architecture, middleware, or integration platforms (preferred).
Experience working with teams organized around Agile ways of working (preferred).
Experience conducting stakeholder interviews, market analysis, and other forms of research (preferred).
Experience identifying goals, metrics, and analytics to measure value at a large scale (preferred).
Familiarity with uncovering and championing high value use cases for data (preferred).
Familiarity with database structure (systems and data) (preferred).
Experience solving business problems with technology solutions (preferred).

Responsibilities

Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Supply Chain Digital Orchestration and Automation digital capabilities and technical domains.
Define success, drive toward it, and track it using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Provide cross-functional leadership between engineering teams, logistics, and support.
Communicate the product roadmap and keep the product team and stakeholders informed of updates.
Collaborate with the Product Owner to develop a living roadmap and align stakeholders on requirements, acceptance criteria, and solutions.
Understand NA Supply Chain objectives and user needs, pain points, and priorities.
Document use cases and user experience through User Personas, Use Cases, and Case Studies.
Manage stakeholders across requests, adoption, requirements gathering, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Represent Enterprise Supply Chain and Global Product Teams with overlapping use cases.
Drive adoption through user feedback sessions, training support, and an adoption roadmap.
Develop and manage communication channels and stakeholder groups; identify potential demand and drive business cases.
Anticipate customer/user needs, enhance the product, and create retirement and transition plans.

Skills

Product Management

Cross-functional leadership

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

SAP

Kinaxis

Blue Yonder

Dematic

E80

Wapiti

Job description

Own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Supply Chain Digital Orchestration and Automation digital capabilities and technical domains
Define success, drive toward it, and track it using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Provide cross-functional leadership between engineering teams, logistics, and support
Communicate the product roadmap and keep the product team and stakeholders informed of updates
Collaborate with the Product Owner to develop a living roadmap and align stakeholders on requirements, acceptance criteria, and solutions
Understand NA Supply Chain objectives and user needs, pain points, and priorities
Document use cases and user experience through User Personas, Use Cases, and Case Studies
Manage stakeholders across requests, adoption, requirements gathering, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Represent Enterprise Supply Chain and Global Product Teams with overlapping use cases
Drive adoption through user feedback sessions, training support, and an adoption roadmap
Develop and manage communication channels and stakeholder groups; identify potential demand and drive business cases
Anticipate customer/user needs, enhance the product, and create retirement and transition plans

Requirements

3+ years of Product Management experience, or 5+ years of experience in a related field
Experience integrating enterprise systems (SAP, Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, MES, etc.)
Experience with Automation systems integration (Dematic, E80 and/or Wapiti)
Experience with product life cycle management, especially with product vision, strategy, roadmap, and prioritization
Experience managing stakeholders, including senior executives
Strong cross-functional leadership, influence, collaboration, relationship-building, and communication skills
Desire and ability to crystallize and diagnose problems through cross-functional collaboration and troubleshooting
Detail-oriented, process-driven, and highly organized
Prior experience working for a global, highly matrixed, Consumer Packaged Goods company (preferred)
Experience with API architecture, middleware, or integration platforms (preferred)
Experience working with teams organized around Agile ways of working (preferred)
Experience conducting stakeholder interviews, market analysis, and other forms of research (preferred)
Experience identifying goals, metrics, and analytics to measure value at a large scale (preferred)
Familiarity with uncovering and championing high value use cases for data (preferred)
Familiarity with database structure (systems and data) (preferred)
Experience solving business problems with technology solutions (preferred)

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in Supply Chain Digital Orchestration and Automation, with a strong focus on product management, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional leadership. Proficient in defining success metrics and driving adoption through user feedback and strategic communication.

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