Senior Product Manager (Retail Planning)

Job summary

This role involves leading the development of product vision and strategy for retail planning capabilities, focusing on integrated digital planning for Consumer Sales, Sell-In, and Merchandise Financial Planning. The position requires collaboration with senior stakeholders to align business priorities with technology investments.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Product Management, particularly with complex enterprise or operational products.
• Background in retail or direct-to-consumer organizations.
• Proven ability to define product strategy and translate business objectives into measurable outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, influencing senior leaders in matrix organizations.
• Experience in leading large-scale digital transformation initiatives.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive alignment across teams.
• Strong commercial and analytical mindset for building business cases.
• Experience collaborating with Engineering, Data, and Design teams.
• Excellent communication skills for executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the Retail Planning product portfolio.
• Partner with stakeholders to define strategy and priorities.
• Lead discovery and product strategy for complex business problems.
• Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, and Data Science functions.
• Establish product vision, roadmaps, and investment cases.
• Identify opportunities for improving planning efficiency and decision-making.
• Influence future operating models by integrating business processes and technology.
• Ensure successful adoption and value realization of products.
• Represent the product area in senior leadership forums.
• Coach cross-functional teams in product thinking and continuous improvement.

Skills

• Strong analytical and commercial skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.

Education

• Not specified.

Tools

• Experience with planning platforms such as o9, Blue Yonder, SAP IBP, Anaplan, or Kinaxis is a plus.