Product Owner - Supply Chain Planning

Schneider Electric is leading a business-driven, digitally enabled transformation to strengthen North American operations to deliver a best-in-class experience for our Customers and Employees. Through strategic investment in modernizing operating systems, this initiative goes beyond technology upgrades; it's about creating smarter, more efficient workflows that empower teams and elevate customer experiences. Our people are setting the pace for this transformation and are energized by the continued growth and innovation it will bring for the region.

Ready to be part of something big? Join Schneider Electric as Product Owner - Supply Chain Planning as we redefine the way of working across North America through empowering teams, modernizing systems, and shaping a future of speed, efficiency, and innovation. Explore career opportunities and shape the future of Schneider Electric. What will you do?
• Responsible and accountable for implementing a solution in supply chain planning and procurement in SAP S4 HANA.
• Work with supply chain stakeholders to ensure business requirements are translated into solution backlog.
• Reviews and helps address impediments, dependencies, and resolve/mitigate risks.
• Drive process standardization across different manufacturing sites.
• Define and align product backlog with the overall product roadmap.
• Prioritize project schedule to meet go live expectations.
• Communication of project status, challenges, and key business transformations to appropriate stakeholders.
• Provides guidance and direction to project (scrum) team.
• Participates in program ceremonies, including program Increment Planning and Backlog grooming.
• Facilitate product feature demos to key stakeholders.
• Balance scope and schedule to meet expectations of the program.
• Collaborate with sites to develop change management plans during solution deployment.
• Verify delivered solutions against user/stakeholder expectations.
• Drives definition of the Feature Integration End-2-End test scenarios for relevant releases with acceptance criteria.

Working conditions:

• Tight deadlines and multiple priorities, requiring decisive decision making in a fast-paced environment.
• Willing to work outside the standard 8-5 schedule, across time zones, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends as required by tight project deadlines.
• Frequent travel
• Ability to work independently in a competitive work environment.
• Able and willing to travel up to 50% Who will you report to:
• Product Manager - Digital Innovation & Technology What qualifications will make you successful?
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• 5+ years of work experience in Supply Chain Management and or Planning/Procurement Management role.
• Well-known and respected throughout the organization.
• Synthesize inputs gathered from a variety of sources into a cohesive product vision.
• Expert industry and Global Supply Chain knowledge
• Expert knowledge of SE software's (Q2C, Bridge SAP, Schneider Supplier Portal, Kinaxis, OneMM)
• Drive consensus across multiple parties with conflicting views
• Ability to streamline complex ETO business processes and drive transformation.
• Take a pragmatic/economic view while prioritizing functionality - make sacrifices for the bigger picture.
• Forward thinking and able to proactively identify risks, and weigh in resulting impacts.
• Strong communication skills
• Champion the project solution and frame changes in a way that engages and excites the end user community. What's in it for me? Schneider Electric offers a robust benefits package to support our employees, including things such as flexible work arrangements, paid family leave, 401(k)+ match, company stock option purchase+ match, and much more.  to find out more about working with us: http:// .

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