Product Manager - Planning and Inventory

1. Lead a team of Product Owners to bring People, Process, Technology and Data together and deliver digital products that provide Value to the Sherwin Williams organization.
2. Understand Sherwin Williams formulation process and the objectives of the Enterprise Technology Group
3. Drive the product strategy across core business and enterprise applications working closely with the business leadership and process managers
4. Develops the business case for new products, improvements to existing products, and business ventures in coordination with value management and business leadership
5. Own digital product roadmaps, program backlog, pricing, licensing, ROI, establish feature acceptance criteria while driving objectives in alignment to overall SW strategy
6. Recommends or contributes information to complete a product cost analysis, and producing an internal return rate
7. Acts as the "voice" of the customer articulating the user's and/or buyer's needs by prioritizing features and enhancements based on customer feedback, business impact, and technical feasibility
8. Collaborate with process and program teams to define the product roadmaps, market positioning, community user groups, and other program initiatives
9. Coordinate aspects of development for multiple projects including specifications, scope, and requirements within key business processes (Order to Cash, Source to Pay, Planning/Manufacturing/Inventory, Acquire to Retire, and Record to Report)
10. Lead product owners and partner with technical personnel to ensure our products and services meet the needs of the community
11. Closely collaborate with the product owners to understand the development of business need user-stories, support inter-team dependencies, and help them identify/escalate issues at the earliest.
12. Lead product owners to build strong practices throughout the Enterprise Technology Group
13. Develop solutions to product and customer issues by collaborating across regions, process areas, and functions
14. Support the Business Integrated Operating Solution Program digital product function through effective performance management, career development, training, continuous process improvements

FORMAL EDUCATION:

• Required:
  
  
  
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical- or business-related field
  
  

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

• Required:
  
  
  
  • 8+ years of product management or equivalent project management experience
  • 8+ years leading delivery of technology solutions including business-specific and enterprise applications in alignment with business objectives
  • 3+ years of managing projects
  • Experience with formula management and Quality processes
  • Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
  • Experience with end-to-end product delivery
  • Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
  • Experience owning technology products
  • Experience of managing multiple teams and stakeholders
  • New Product Development / Stage Gate process experience
  
  

• Preferred:
  
  
  
  • Prior knowledge of key process and technical products within Planning and Inventory capabilities.
  • Supervisory experience or team responsibility
  • 1+ delivering product-based or Agile-based solutions
  • 1+ years of experience implementing and utilizing agile methodologies for development in a technology organization
  • Experience in agile project environments
  • Experience in transformational projects or enterprise level initiatives
  • Experience in enterprise level solutioning through data driven insights
  • Experience working across functional teams and senior stakeholders
  • Prior product management experience and leading teams effectively
  
  

TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Required:
  
  
  
  • 4+ years Oracle or other industry leading applications experience with various Supply Chain modules
  • 2+ years managing IT technology projects and enterprise level implementations
  • Understanding of supply chain management solutions and business processes
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple initiatives
  • Expertise in allocation of resources (people, tools, environment) to enable Product teams to deliver on strategic goals
  • Financial acumen to manage and adhere to plans, budgets, and value creation
  
  

• Preferred:
  
  
  
  • Understanding of technology product use cases for the Manufacturing or Consumer Products industry
  • Experience leading teams through transition to Agile methodology including knowledge of tools and methods