IT&Data D&A PO C&P

As D&A Product Owner – Cycles & Procurement, you will play a key role in delivering both the IT & Data mission to deeply understand the end users needs and owns the vision and roadmap of the product mandated by the organization and the stakeholders to make this vision a reality by translating it into a product that bears maximum value to Danone and it´s suppliers being accountable of their satisfaction end to end with the Product

Responsibilities

• Product Vision and strategy: Collaborates with stakeholders to define and communicate the product vision and strategy (see Product Vision, Product Strategy Canva and OKRs)
• Backlog management: Maintaining and prioritizing the product backlog and define the extension guardrails, where applicable (see Product Management Guiding Principles )
• Requirement Gathering and Refinement: Works closely with stakeholders to gather and refine requirements (see Backlog Refinement )
• Release Planning and Road-mapping: Collaborates with the squad members and stakeholders to plan and prioritize releases (see Product Roadmap ) Global roadmap management and its communication to stakeholders.
• Plan & Review: Plan the work to be done with the squad members and demonstrate the completed work to stakeholders
• Dependency management: Identify and manage dependencies that may impact the success of the Product and Squads
• Stakeholders engagement: Serves as the primary liaison between the squad members and the stakeholders
• Acceptance criteria definition: Provide clear guidelines for when a requirement is considered complete and ready for release
• Continuous Improvement: Actively seeks feedback from stakeholders, team members, and end-users to identify areas for improvement by fostering the adherence to the frameworks best practices.
• Data strategy and vision

o From high-level functional needs, you derive tactical and strategical roadmaps that not only accommodate the business strategy, but that are also aligned with IT&Data’s; based on proven business cases and measurable success criteria, as well as emphasizing scalability and standardization.

o You translate these large-scale data initiatives into actionable tasks / projects.

o You champion data literacy across the C&P / Sustainability organization.

• Data product development:

o You lead and embark your squad by defining a vision, that you turn into the right priorities and methodologies. You adjust these priorities when needed.

o You define and follow KPIs to drive the team towards goals and impacts.

o You communicate clearly and regularly on the progress, risk, and impact of the roadmap, which in turn means you anticipate challenges and dependencies.

o You apply your product management background, from discovery (market assessment, design) to delivery (test, QA).

Technical requirements

• Master's in CS / Engineering / Statistics / IT / Information Systems
• 10+ years of total experience; 5–7 yrs Data Product Management, agile, full product lifecycles(discovery → delivery)
• You are fluent in English – most of the C&P community is based out of Amsterdam.
• You are driven by fact-based impact and have a proven Data Product Management track record (5/7 years), that includes working in agile setup, defining product vision, collaborating with designers and engineering teams, and knowledge about product lifecyle.
• You can run SQL queries on your own: you’re not fearing to explore data to identify the next feature to build / support business inquiries.
• You have a strong understanding of data architecture patterns, data engineering best practices, and data science techniques.
• You have a strong business maturity: you understand the organisational challenges inherent to a corporation the size of Danone.
• You have excellent leadership and communication skills, that in turn help you to negotiate and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, which is necessary to build trust and relationship with C&P / Sustainability’s stakeholders.
• You are a problem-solver and have experience in smoothly arbitraging difficult or ambiguous situations, to rally people around company’s objectives.
• You are comfortable working under changing/conflicting priorities.
• Knowledge in Cycles& Procurement applied to FMCG is a must have: source to pay, ingredients/pack/milk management, supplier management, risk management.
• Knowledge in Sustainability applied to FMCG is a strong plus, tied to end to end product life – from cradle to grave operations: farming, suppliers, manufacturing, transports, use of sold products, end of life, etc.
• Knowledge of Azure ecosystem of services is a strong plus.
• Knowledge of databricks is a strong plus
• Knowledge of Data Catalog, Data Quality frameworks is a strong plus

Preferred skills

• Domain › Sourcing & Procurement › Procurement
• Spend Analysis
• Vendor Management

About the role

• Role: Senior Consultant - Business Consulting
• Experience: 10 - 12 years
• Education: Bachelor of Engineering