Product Owner - Logistics & Distribution

Are you interested in joining an Agile, fast-paced team that provides you with the opportunity to travel and network across the business as you build your career? An exciting opportunity has opened within the North America Global Supply Chain team as we deploy SAP S4 HANA across our manufacturing and distribution facilities.

The primary responsibilities of the Product Owner - Logistics and Distribution position is to maximize business value by continuous prioritization of product backlog & provide leadership to the project (scrum) team to ensure a successful transformation from legacy business processes and systems to SAP S/4 HANA within the targeted timeframe.

What will you do?

• Responsible and accountable for implementing a logistics/distribution/sales order management solution within SAP S4 HANA.

• Work with Supply Chain stakeholders to ensure business requirements are translated into solution backlog.

• Reviews and helps address impediments, dependencies, and resolve/mitigate risks.

• Drive process standardization across different logistics/manufacturing sites.

• Define and align product backlog with the overall product roadmap.

• Prioritize project schedule to meet go live expectations.

• Communication of project status, challenges, and key business transformations to appropriate stakeholders.

• Provides guidance and direction to multiple project (scrum) teams.

• Participates in program ceremonies, including program Increment Planning and Backlog grooming.

• Facilitate product feature demos to key stakeholders.

• Balance scope and schedule to meet expectations of the program.

• Collaborate with sites to develop change management plans during solution deployment.

• Verify delivered solutions against user/stakeholder expectations.

• Manage business relationship across multiple stakeholders and lines of business.

Working conditions:

• Tight deadlines and multiple priorities, requiring decisive decision making in a fast-paced environment.

• Willing to work outside the standard 8-5 schedule, across time zones, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends as required by tight project deadlines.

• Travel up to 50%

• Ability to work independently in a stressful work environment.

Who will you report to?

• Product Manager - Digital Innovation & Technology

What qualifications will make you successful?

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Business, Supply Chain, Logistics)

• 5+ years of work experience in Logistics/Distribution/Transportation Management role

• Expert understanding of Warehouse management processes

• Intermediate level of Customs/Export/Transportation/Shipping processes

• Well-known and respected throughout the organization.

• Synthesize inputs gathered from a variety of sources into a cohesive product vision.

• Expert industry and Global Supply Chain knowledge for the region

• Expert knowledge of SE software's (Q2C, Bridge SAP, SAP S4 HANA,...