Product Owner, Demand Planning

PLEASE READ BEFORE APPLY: - WE WILL ONLY CONSIDER CANDIDATES COMING FROM SOFTWARE PRODUCT COMPANIES THAT FOCUS ON DEMAND PLANING, FORECASTING OR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT. - WE WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY EXPERIENCE FROM IT OR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION CONSULTANCIES (EXAMPLES OF THE WRONG COMPANIES WOULD BE TATA, INFOSYS, COGNIZANT, IBM GLOBAL SERVICES) - THIS IS A HYBRID ROLE 3-DAYS A WEEK, NO REMOTE AT THIS TIME We are disrupting the supply chain planning industry with our AI-driven demand planning and inventory replenishment software. The total addressable market (TAM) for supply chain management (SCM) software is substantial and growing rapidly. In 2023, the global SCM software market was valued at approximately $28.9 billion and is projected to reach $45.2 billion by 2027, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 9.4% during the forecast period. We specifically target the rapidly growing segment of the supply chain management (SCM) industry: small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). This focus has become even more pertinent in light of the supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19. SMBs now have access to technological advantages previously exclusive to large enterprise companies like Walmart, Amazon, Lowe's, and Home Depot, who have invested hundreds of millions into these technologies. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and deploying the next-generation platform tightly integrated with Amazon AWS services such as EMR, Athena, Glue, and Spark. You will develop an ultra-real-time, AI-driven demand planning engine to help our client serve industries that manage perishable items, including food manufacturing, restaurants, grocery stores, pharmaceuticals, and more. If you are passionate about leveraging machine learning and AI technologies to solve complex supply chain challenges, this is the perfect opportunity for you. Fast Facts About Our Company: - Employee Count: 500+, 58 in Engineering (6 in the US and 52 in Pune India) - Customer Count: 200+ - Revenue: $25.0M in ARR (and growing fast) - Profitable: Yes JOB DESCRIPTION: As a Demand Planning Product Owner, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Demand and Forecasting product engine. You will collaborate with a talented team to define the product roadmap, manage the product lifecycle, and represent our forecasting capabilities both internally and externally. JOB RESPONSIBILITY: What You'll Do: - Product Strategy: Drive the strategic direction of our forecasting capabilities, working closely with product leadership and cross-functional teams. - Product Lifecycle & Roadmap Management: Oversee the entire product lifecycle, from ideation to launch and ongoing maintenance, aligning it with business objectives and customer needs. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work effectively with development, implementation, training, sales, and support teams to ensure product success. - Market Analysis: Conduct market research and analysis to identify emerging trends and customer requirements. - Product Positioning: Develop and communicate compelling product positioning and messaging. - Agile Methodology: Work in an agile environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products. EXPERIENCE: - Minimum 5+ yrs of experience and 3+yrs of Product Management and/or Supply Chain Software Implementation experience DESIRED BEHAVIORS: - Analytical – ability to make data-driven recommendations, and understand analysis to answer business questions and challenges. Understand QA process and effective testing of enterprise software. - Is flexible and receptive to change – seeks and adopts improved approaches and processes. - Initiates action – is results-oriented, and takes responsibility for actions and outcomes. Meets commitments and strives for high performance. - Manages the workload - makes timely decisions, prioritizes effectively, solves problems, monitors results and takes remedial action where necessary. - Technically proficient – knows role and has a solid familiarity with tasks and responsibilities. Understands UI/UX design and database structures, can run SQL queries. Have worked extensively with mockup tools such as Moqups, Figma, Balsamiq etc. - Takes responsibility for own learning - knows personal strengths and recognizes development needs. Is open to feedback and always seeks to learn. - Communicates ideas – strong facilitation and written communication, proposes a way forward. Listens to the views of colleagues and takes in diverse perspectives. Able to present at industry conferences and communicate product value to analysts. - Works collaboratively – shares information, fosters teamwork and contributes to a positive work environment where people want to come to work. - Displays ethical character and competence - acts with integrity and intent, is accountable for own actions, and behaves according to our core values. Act as a good citizen of culture and company. SOFT SKILLS: Excellent communication, Flexible attitude and should be able to technically lead the product team which being fully hands-on. REQUIRED EXPERIENCE - Mandatory to have- Experience building or leveraging forecasting models and/or utilization of data platforms for forecasting applications. - Experience in understanding the science behind Demand Forecasting - Interest in learning and developing new functional and technical skills - In-depth knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology - Working knowledge of product development architecture - Working knowledge of data model and using SQL - Excellent knowledge of user-centered design principles - Excellent oral and written communication - Project planning and management - Strong attention to detail - Strong analytical skills - Ability to communicate well with co-workers - Experience with Atlassian suite of products a plus - Experience in Supply Chain Planning or Inventory Management for Distributors, Retailers and/or Manufacturers – past management of Demand Planning, Replenishment, S&OP and/or Supply Planning a plus