Direct & Indirect Procurement Product Manager

About the role

Embark on an exciting journey with our global Tech team, operating in agile mode within a dynamic product organization. Join a collaborative environment where innovation thrives, and your contributions will directly shape the trajectory of our cutting-edge products. As a key player in our agile setup, you'll have the opportunity to drive efficiency, foster creativity, and play a pivotal role in our product development process. Be part of a team that embraces adaptability and values continuous improvement, ensuring we stay at the forefront of technology advancements on a global scale. THE PRODUCT(S) YOU WILL WORK ON / THE TEAM YOU WILL WORK WITH The Direct & Indirect Procurement Product Manager will lead the strategic planning, development and implementation of our solutions, covering areas such as direct and trade procurement, Point of sales procurement and Indirect Procurement. They define product roadmaps, prioritize features, and oversee product development processes. They will lead various product teams and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including development, design, and marketing, to ensure successful product launches. Their expertise in product management, market analysis, and technical understanding is essential for delivering innovative and customer-centric IT solutions. IT Product Managers play a pivotal role in driving product success, meeting market needs, and achieving business goals through cutting-edge IT products and services. The ideal candidate will have experience in managing a product backlog, collaborating with cross-functional teams (portfolio management, Operations, Finance, manufacturing, S&R, compliance) and ensuring alignment with business goals. Regular touchpoints with affiliate tech functional leads are required. A relevant experience in a global CPG company is an advantage, preferably having a track record of implementing global procurement solutions . Your key missions The responsibilities encompass steering the strategic vision and roadmap for mid and long term within the Product Family. This includes ensuring comprehensive coordination across multiple squads dedicated to the Product Family. o Demand Management : Collect, qualify and assess demands coming from the Tech Function itself, consolidate Business & Tech Product Demand backlogs, analyze and integrate them into right Squad's Backlog o Backlog Management : Contribute to EPIC demands Review and be appointed as EPIC Owner, perform EPIC Analysis and contribute to Portfolio backlog review, prioritization and arbitration, allocate Features to Product Owners and contribute to their prioritization and integration to Portfolio Synchronization Backlogs o ITFM : Provide Product roadmap and backlog, squad's resource needs forecast, Oversee overall funding of my scope, perform variance analysis and provide justification, Track Product's ROI and costs o Product Lifecycle Management : Drive Product Vision through Product Framing Analysis and EPIC/Features definition and prioritization, define and track value Product value generation and related investment, oversee product squads' activities throughout product lifecycle, providing expertise & securing arbitration o Resource Management : Coordinate product teams work, animate PO community, secure engagement & collaboration, define squad's resource needs for my scope, collaborate with tech leaders for resource mobilization and eventually adjust plans and roadmaps based on available resource capacity YOUR TEAM Reporting Line (direct/indirect) : Align on key directives with Product Manager on a weekly basis for day to day reporting and on a regular basis with the Tech portfolio director and the business sponsor to assess on the business value creation. Ad-hoc reviews with other Tech leaders to be planned depending on the needs. Key internal stakeholders : Other Product Managers, product owners, Domain Proximity Lead, Architecture Teams, Service Management, Key Users, Resources Lead, Product Teams, Squad Members and Business Process Owners to be involved in monthly Sprint plannings and quarterly product roadmap reviews. Daily stand ups with the squad. Agility is expected to adapt the ceremonies frequency to the pace of the business velocity to drive maximum value. Key external stakeholders : Regul