Senior Product Manager

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Are you ready to take your product management career to the next level? Join our client as a Senior Product Manager in the exciting realm of Supply Chain Technology! This is your chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic retail environment.

Role: Senior Product Manager

Duration: 12 Months

Location: Welwyn Garden City (Hybrid 3 days a week in office)

Rate: 600 pd Umbrella

About the Role:

As a Senior Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in identifying and defining the requirements for our global supply chain programme during its discovery phase. You'll be working closely with a diverse range of stakeholders, driving product strategy, and delivering innovative solutions that enhance supply chain management for operational colleagues.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own a complex API or engineering platform component, managing multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Formulate the vision, strategy, and roadmap for your product area, aligning with strategic priorities.
• Identify key measures of success (OKRs) and monitor product performance and adoption.
• Utilize your expertise in omni-channel retail and supply chain management to assess new opportunities.
• Coordinate significant product efforts across multiple teams, ensuring smooth collaboration.
• Create and maintain a prioritized product backlog, writing user stories and grooming the backlog effectively.
• Lead sprint and release planning sessions to maximize business value with minimal effort.
• Drive improvements in performance and service levels to ensure quality, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate on minimum viable products (MVPs), validating concepts with stakeholders.
• Break down complex tasks into manageable epics and stories for quicker delivery.
• Proactively identify and remove team impediments, flagging risks or delays to management.
• Champion the performance and adoption of products, aiming to expand the customer base.

What We're Looking For:

The ideal candidate is passionate about retail supply chain planning, data-savvy, and able to analyze large datasets to derive actionable insights. You will have:

• Proven experience articulating complex product strategies that create consumer and business value.
• Understanding of agile methodologies and a strong appreciation for technology.
• Expertise in defining user stories, backlog grooming, and sprint planning.
• Excellent communication skills to convey complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• Experience managing external agency work to maintain high standards.
• The ability to influence without authority and navigate unstructured problems.
• Familiarity with product management best practices and strong technical acumen.
• Prior experience as a product manager in retail, especially in Supply Chain Planning and Execution.

Personal Attributes:

• A self-starter with flexibility and creativity.
• Strong relationship-building skills with peers and senior leadership.
• Tenacious, with a can-do attitude and a willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Exceptional written, verbal communication, and presentation skills.

If you're ready to dive into a challenging and rewarding role in a vibrant environment, we want to hear from you! Join us in reshaping the supply chain landscape and making a difference for our customers.

Apply now and be part of a team that puts customers first!

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

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