Product Manager - Item Vendor Enablement

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a Product Manager to join their team to support our Product Information (PIM), Master Data Management (MDM), and Vendor Information (VIM) capabilities. The Product Manager will help support day-to-day execution, requirements definition, and delivery activities for item and/or vendor enablement solutions, including Stibo-based tools and proprietary tools used by merchants, suppliers and master data business teams.

What is Item Vendor Enablement

• Item & Vendor Enablement is really a foundational part of our merchandising ecosystem. Our responsibility starts with enabling the vendors we do business with and the products we sell. We own capabilities around Product Information Management and Vendor Information Management that help us collect, maintain, cleanse, enrich, govern and distribute trusted information.
• But our scope is broader than PIM and VIM systems. We also have responsibility for enterprise item-data capabilities and strategically lead the item and vendor experience across master data, SAP, merchandising and digital capabilities, supplier access, and other areas that consume this information
• There is also a significant integration ecosystem connecting all of those capabilities. So this is a very cross-functional product space. You're not managing one application in isolation. You're thinking about how item and vendor information works across an interconnected ecosystem.
• Ultimately, the reason the team exists is bigger than managing item data. We're trying to provide timely, trusted information that allows the business to operate efficiently, supports better customer experiences and growth, and helps Walgreens manage compliance and risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirements discovery by partnering with merchandising, inventory, data, technology teams and external partners
• Translate feature into user stories and acceptance criteria focused on outcomes
• User stories scope and priority decisions to keep teams focused on the highest value work
• Drive prioritization and delivery of enhancements across proprietary internal applications and third party platforms
• Manage and refine the product backlog, ensuring alignment to business objectives and outcomes
• Manage product and user testing, validation, and business readiness activities
• Anticipate downstream impacts across vendor, inventory, erp, digital and other interconnected systems
• Identify risks, dependencies, and unintended consequences prior to release and escalate as needed
• Operate effectively in an ambiguous, evolving operating model with multiple stakeholders and vendors
• Serve as a day to day liaison between business users and technology teams
• Participate in future planning with product team leading the NextGen platform.
• Partner on intake to shape the business problem, clarify why the work matters and quantify business impact. As needed, define and run ideation feature to understand as is design to bring clarity to what the true business problem is.

Skills and Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in Product Management experience
• Prior experience in the retail industry, preferably supporting merchandising, omni channel, inventory or store operations
• Merchandising experience
• MDM- Master Data Management experience (as this role requires deep integration across multiple master data systems and potential future vendor initiatives)
• Experience managing internal and/or supplier, technical facing products or platforms
• Proficiency with Agile and product delivery tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO) or JIRA
• Demonstrated success working across multiple teams, including business partners, technology teams, and external vendors
• Strong communication skills and eagerness to learn complex business domains
• Proven ability to proactively engage, influence, and align a diverse set of stakeholders
• Strong problem solving mindset with a willingness to dive into details to move work forward
• Experience with retail or merchandising platforms such as Stibo, SAP, Syndigo, Salisfy, etc
• Direct experience with product information management (PIM) , master data management (MDM) or vendor information management (VIM)
• FSMA experience

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].