24/07/2020
Senior Product Manager - 27400257
Our client is searching for an experienced Senior Product Manager to join their team who will be responsible for identifying, road mapping, and providing solutions for major digital and process-oriented initiatives to transform and optimize their supply chain. In this role, you would be a key contributor in the organization by managing cross-functional teams to drive significant change and continuous improvement across their supply chain. This is a highly visible role and you would be working closely with leadership, technical partners, and functional experts on opportunities to improve customer experience, reduce complexity, and drive bottom line results. This is a five-month contract opportunity based out of Downtown Minneapolis where you would initially be working remote.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for the development and communication of digital product deployments to cross-functional teams for training and operational ramp up: Home delivery, Customer Service, Supply Chain Operations, and Information Technology
Directly manage product vision and roadmap strategy while partnering with stakeholders to evolve mobile applications
Ability to understand customer requirements while using data driven insights to deliver solutions
Develop, manage and prioritize the product backlog of features and initiatives
Manage product feature delivery timelines to ensure projects are on track and on budget while delivering against market requirements
Partner with the other product managers/development leads within the organization to ensure uniformity of the experience and process
Effectively initiate and lead such projects, including business case development, solution design, technical and system assessment, team formation, piloting and complete rollout of the solution, and effectiveness monitoring
Employ fact-based decision-making tools and analysis to extract and analyze information, identify the root causes of issues, and provide solution recommendations
Directly interface with supply chain leadership, influence key leadership and functional experts to make strategic decisions, evaluate long-term opportunities and relate to business strategy, financial performance and effective resource utilization
Present recommendations and progress reports to senior and executive leadership
Requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree in logistics, supply chain management, or other supply chain relevant discipline
7+ years of experience in supply chain, project or product management, or digital capability development
Experience leveraging Agile Process Management techniques to deliver incremental advancements in a cross-functional team environment
Experience leading complex projects in a distributed supply chain environment required
Knowledge of ERP, CRM, delivery, WMS and TMS systems
Experience leading transition from traditional waterfall project management to Agile preferred
Experience leading projects that leverage technology to improve process efficiencies, including application development, testing, and software deployment life cycles
Experience leading projects with 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) or contract manufacturing partners
Demonstrated experience leveraging lean tools to eliminate waste, enhance customer and shareholder value
Demonstrated understanding of logistics, distribution, and end to end supply chain
Distribution Center and or manufacturing warehousing experience preferred
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
For immediate consideration apply online or email [email protected]