Product Owner

vor 1 Monat

Herzogenaurach, Deutschland adidas Vollzeit

As a Product Owner in operational demand planning, your responsibility is to develop, implement, and refine solutions across the planning process and systems for all channels. Working closely with the product team, you leverage agile or waterfall methodologies to enhance planning capabilities, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. Acting as a liaison, you bridge business and IT requirements.

 

Your role entails forging partnerships with stakeholders including Supply Chain, IT, Global demand planning, and market teams to streamline processes and systems, explore new functionalities, and define best practices. Additionally, you collaborate with internal stakeholders to enhance availability across all channels.

 

Success in this role hinges on seamless acceptance and execution of demand planning processes and systems, impacting supply chain performance.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and refine the product vision, roadmap, and user stories while considering consumer and company value within the adidas digital ecosystem.
  • Collaborate with business leads and market process owners to co-create, design, sustain, and improve operational demand planning processes.
  • Work alongside market teams to design and improve processes, create documentation, participate in process and system implementation, and conduct training sessions and develop training materials.
  • Assess operational needs and recommend solutions for process improvements.
  • Implement changes to processes and systems, leading the rollout and adoption of tools.
  • Facilitate fact-based decision-making by providing clear recommendations and implications.
  • Manage medium-sized projects to implement changes and ensure their sustainability.
  • Prioritize items in the product backlog and define completion criteria in collaboration with the product team.
  • Utilize data sources and feedback loops to ensure the team focuses on relevant enhancements.

 

Product and process Management:

  • Act as demand planning product owner, prioritizing product requirements and owning a product backlog.
  • Designing and optimizing processes to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and alignment with adidas goals and industry standards.
  • Analyz existing processes, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing changes to enhance performance.

 

Continuous Improvement and Business Analysis:

  • Refine research ideas and employ standard methods for data collection and analysis, be able to prove your hypothesis with quantitative and qualitative data
  • Investigate operational requirements, issues, and opportunities, identifying viable options.
  • Foster a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging feedback, soliciting process enhancement suggestions, and driving optimization initiatives.
  • Stay informed about industry trends and best practices to incorporate into process management efforts.

Business requirements and project management:

  • Define and manage requirements for initiatives of medium size and complexity.
  • Establish requirements baselines and manage changes.
  • Define, document, and carry out small to medium projects, managing risks and resources.
  • Develop and implement changes based on requests for change.
  • Agree on project approach with stakeholders and track activities against the project schedule.
  • Utilize portfolio, program, and project control solutions.
  • Provide administrative services and guidance on project management.
  • Create test cases, scripts, and materials, and provide reports on progress and system quality.
  • Monitor and evaluate team workload and efficiency, making changes as needed.

 

Individual Key Responsibilities:

  • Define and document Global & Market Demand Planning Processes & Systems collaboratively.
  • Ensure alignment between Global Processes and Market Demand Planning.
  • Maintain knowledge of process pain points through stakeholder communication.
  • Monitor adherence to defined processes and evaluate performance.
  • Contribute to the implementation of SAP IBP system and process in the markets.

 

Key Relationships:

  • Global demand planning
  • Global IT, Global IT Architecture & Delivery Management
  • Global and local process owners and product owners
  • Market Demand Planning & Finance
  • Integrated Planning Department
  • Respective business function (GOPS, Finance, HR, Brand Marketing, Wholesale/Retail)

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

  • Experience in retail, ecommerce, or wholesale planning processes.
  • 2+ years of experience in demand planning or supply chain.
  • Experience working with stakeholders at various organizational levels.
  • Strong knowledge of demand planning tools, MS Office skills, and basic SAP MM and SD modules.
  • Proficient spoken and written English.
  • Understanding of different cultures and participation in cross-functional projects.

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