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Job Description
Job Description:
- In the role of Product Owner for Cycles Procurement at D A, you will be instrumental in executing the IT Data mission, which focuses on gaining a comprehensive understanding of end-user requirements. You will be responsible for the product vision and roadmap as defined by the organization and stakeholders, ensuring this vision is actualized into a product that delivers maximum value to both Danone and its suppliers, while being accountable for their overall satisfaction throughout the product lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
- Product Vision and Strategy: Collaborate with stakeholders to establish and articulate the product vision and strategy, referring to Product Vision, Product Strategy Canva, and OKRs.
- Backlog Management: Maintain and prioritize the product backlog, and define extension guardrails as needed, in line with Product Management Guiding Principles.
- Requirement Gathering and Refinement: Work closely with stakeholders to gather and refine product requirements, following the Backlog Refinement process.
- Release Planning and Roadmapping: Partner with squad members and stakeholders to plan and prioritize product releases, ensuring effective communication of the Global roadmap to all relevant parties.
- Plan Review: Organize work with squad members and present completed work to stakeholders.
- Dependency Management: Identify and manage dependencies that could impact the success of the product and squads.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the primary point of contact between squad members and stakeholders.
- Acceptance Criteria Definition: Establish clear guidelines for determining when a requirement is complete and ready for release.
- Continuous Improvement: Actively solicit feedback from stakeholders, team members, and end users to discover opportunities for enhancement, promoting adherence to best practices and frameworks.
- Data Strategy and Vision:
- o Derive tactical and strategic roadmaps from high-level functional needs that align with business strategy and IT Data objectives, based on proven business cases and measurable success criteria, emphasizing scalability and standardization.
- o Transform large-scale data initiatives into actionable tasks and projects.
- o Advocate for data literacy throughout the C P Sustainability organization.
- Data Product Development:
- o Lead and inspire your squad by establishing a vision that translates into clear priorities and methodologies.
- Adjust these priorities as necessary.
- o Define and monitor KPIs to guide the team towards achieving goals and desired impacts.
- o Communicate regularly and clearly about the progress, risks, and impacts associated with the roadmap, while proactively identifying challenges and dependencies.
- o Leverage your product management expertise across discovery, market assessment, design, delivery, and QA.
Technical Requirements:
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, IT, or Information Systems.
- A total of 10 years of professional experience, including 5 to 7 years in Data Product Management within agile environments, covering full product lifecycles from discovery to delivery.
- Fluency in English, as most of the C P community is based in Amsterdam.
- A fact-based impact-driven approach, evidenced by a successful track record in Data Product Management spanning 5 to 7 years, which includes defining product vision and collaborating with designers and engineering teams, alongside a solid understanding of the product lifecycle.
- Ability to run SQL queries independently, demonstrating comfort with exploring data to identify features that support business inquiries.
- A robust understanding of data architecture patterns, data engineering best practices, and data science techniques.
- Strong business acumen, with an understanding of the organizational challenges faced by large corporations like Danone.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills that facilitate effective negotiation and collaboration with cross-functional teams, essential for building trust and relationships with C P Sustainability stakeholders.
- Problem-solving skills and experience in navigating difficult or ambiguous situations to align teams with company objectives.
- Ability to thrive under changing and conflicting priorities.
- Knowledge in Cycles Procurement as related to FMCG is essential, including source-to-pay processes, ingredient management, packaging, milk management, supplier management, and risk management.
- Familiarity with Sustainability in the FMCG sector is a significant advantage, covering the complete product lifecycle from cradle to grave, including operations, farming, suppliers, manufacturing, transportation, product usage, and end-of-life considerations.
- Experience with the Azure ecosystem of services is a strong plus.
- Knowledge of Databricks is a valuable asset.
- Familiarity with Data Catalog and Data Quality frameworks is also advantageous.