Lead Digital Product Manager

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At Sonepar, the global leader in electrical and industrial distribution, successful Associates drive and promote our mindset of Adapt, Dare and Learn. You will be developed and empowered to create best-in-class business strategies and contribute to a customer-centric environment that delivers outstanding results.

The Product Manager is a key contributor within North American digital enterprise responsible for shaping our Financial products for our North American platforms.

Mission:

• A Product Manager (PM) owns the product on behalf of the company. They are a key partner of the business owner, together responsible for ensuring that the product creates value for customers and users 
• They are the link between key stakeholders and the PO (product owners) and aligns all stakeholders on the value to be created and a common roadmap
• PM identifies supply chain requirements for our Digital Solutions.  Solutions include Supplier Hub, Sonepar Warehouse System, Eclipse, 3rd Party Supply Chain systems, and other future technology (TBD).

Persona:

• PM collaborates with BOs, and POs, to identify supply chain north star and roadmap.
• PM communicates with stakeholders on supply chain priorities and vision
• PM identifies with BOs (business owners), and users’ to support the features needed to meet Business Goals
• PM complete the business case for the new features required by the BOs
• PM prioritizes features based on Business value and defines Product increments for each PI (Program Increment) and Releases Milestones in accordance with market events and rhythms
• PM conducts user acceptance tests with users once the features are developed and feeds back to the teams and especially POs
• PM collaborates with BOs and business stakeholders to increase Product adoption for the long run
• Strong commitment on PI (Program Increment) Planning and PI execution

Qualifications

• Product management experience: 2+ Years
• Deep distribution industry experience: 3+ Years
• Bachelor Degree in Information Systems, Business or equivalent work experience acceptable
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including technical writing skills
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Solid organizational and time management skills including attention to details
• Experience and familiarity operating with Agile Scrum Development teams
• Strong background with Supply Chain Experience: Logistics, Warehousing, Demand Planning, Procurement
• Strong background in owning a portfolio of solutions and driving adoption with the business
• Understanding of business and project context
• Deep insight into business and products
• Ability to shape product vision and the feature priorities
• Ability to navigate organization and manage senior business owners and senior stakeholders
• Ability to travel for work as required: Position potentially entails up to 40% travel (domestic)
• Ability to work remotely or in an office

Why work for Sonepar?

At Sonepar USA, we are Powered by Difference. As a company with local roots and global reach, we thrive on the diversity of our associates and the different ways each of us contributes to our success.  What keeps us at the forefront of progress? Our people. No matter where you work or who you are, you’ll get all the freedom you need to push boundaries, learn from your mistakes and help take our business to another level. You’ll also get opportunities to expand your industry experience every single day.

Our Competitive Benefits?

401K Plan, Competitive Medical Plans (medical, dental, and vision), Paid Vacation, Paid Sick, Paid Personal, Paid Holidays, Flexible Spending Accounts (Health and Dependent Care), Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Life Insurance and a Definitive Career Path.

About Sonepar USA

Sonepar USA is an independent, family-owned company with global market leadership in the B-to-B distribution of electrical, industrial and safety products, services and solutions. We are a proud member of the Sonepar Group, the world’s largest privately held electrical distributor. Sonepar entered the US in 1998 and has continued to grow due to strategic acquisitions and organic growth. Today, Sonepar USA is represented by 13 locally managed operating companies with over 700 locations nationwide. For more information, visit soneparusa.com. 

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