Product Manager - Buy

The Product Manager (Buy) is responsible for strategy, product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle within one of the 10 vertical stacks in One World. The scope of the role is to create product stack pipelines and manage this from definition, justification, requirements capture, plan, test, and deployment in line with the One World design principles.

Overall responsibilities

To have a deep understanding of product sourcing, buying and procurement processes across retail/wholesale/manufacturing supply chains; using this knowledge and applying the One World product objectives to develop the stack from ideation to implementation. Working cross-functionally to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met and that the product and marketing efforts support the overall strategy and goals of One World.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the product vertical aligned to the design principles, project priorities and product life cycle approach
• Implement/adopt practises to proactively discover, design, build, deliver, execute and maintain products aligned to the roadmap working with a team of Product Owners and Associate Product Owners
• Lead product vertical pipelines and requirements gathering with innovation through research and market analysis to enhance customer value; understanding the wider context to the scope of new requirements to support scalability
• Conduct horizon scanning of the market landscape and ensure we are competitive in vertical offering. Be an expert with respect to the competition, understand customer needs and contribute to the strategies for product positioning
• Work with third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities; build relationships with respective SaaS partners and enable their goals and objectives
• Report all product developments to the directors, providing full context around value realisation, risks and issues
• Be a key player for facilitating synergy between the data and development teams to build a true product-focused culture and to drive continuous improvement
• Continuously learn and understand key trends in global trade management

Reporting requirements

- Progress and status of goals

- Strategy roadmap

- Benefit realisation

- Lessons learnt

- Risk and issues
- Resourcing

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Skills
- Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Experience in product management/product ownership, business analysis and/or project management

- Outstanding stakeholder management

- Understanding of global trade and supply chain

Attributes

- Deeply passionate about technology, innovation and transformation

- An intrapreneurial leader

- An excellent team leader and collaborator

- A strong, articulate and considered communicator; have the ability to constructively challenge, to offer opinion and to say “no”

Other

Ability to travel both domestically and internationally as required

Benefits

• Competitive Pay
• Annual Salary Review
• Competitive Bonus
• Interest Free Company loan
• Life Assurance
• Pension Scheme
• Work from home tech set up
• Referral Bonus up to £750 per person you refer to work at One World
• Care First – Counselling and Support
• Tailored learning, progression and development plans
• Monthly paid for team socials
• Free Eye Test annually + vouchers towards glasses
• Supply Chain Academy - Masters with MBA top up and BA Honours Supply Chain Degrees
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Brilliant personal training and development budget
• Relaxed dress code

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £45,096.72-£120,651.76 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Work Location: One location