IT&D Product Manager - Supplier Management

Description

IT&D Product Manager - Supplier Management is responsible for all Supplier Management Products within Procurement, ensuring that the end-to-end value for each Product is delivered from ideation to retirement. He/she will develop and maintain a robust understanding of their functional area, aligning product strategy to the wider business functional goals. Product Manager will be the key point of contact for managing the demands of their business aligned counterparts, acting as a single point of contact for the business to reduce complexity and foster strong relationships. Product Manager will translate both business requirements into technology solutions and explain complex IT solutions to non-technical resources and will be accountable for the financial performance of their Product, directly reporting all budgetary decisions to their respective Product Group/Product Stream Lead. 

Key Outputs/Deliverables/Stakeholders:
•    Implementation of short term and long-term high-level Product strategy and vision, alongside roadmaps 
•    Applies product management discipline to full scope of accountability and to each product and proactively manages product life cycle
•    Continuous improvement through innovative and data driven practices. Oversees the long-term business capability automation and digitalization roadmap for the business outcomes the products and the product group deliver
•    Contributes to maintenance of an IT&D Governance process that enables prioritisation
•    Ensures that the integration between products and platforms works
•    Security compliance and risk-management of all in-flight projects within their scope
•    Coordinates internally with Product Group/Product Stream Managers and Senior Business Stakeholders to define, validate and refine product vision, strategy, definitions and roadmaps
•    Acts as the point of contact for the Product and works closely with business stakeholders to rapidly provide value to the business
•    Works across the organisation — with stakeholders, suppliers, other product managers and Office of the CIO to ensure product (group) success globally
•    Provides visibility and insight to their Product Group/Product Stream Lead on Product Line status, risks and issues

Essential
•    A total of 10+ years of IT experience
•    5+ years of Implementation experience of working and implementing procurement / procure to pay applications along with its integrations upstream & downstream.
•    Have played a similar role of managing products or projects in the procurement / procure to pay space, managing senior business stakeholders, delivery partners, product vendors, product teams
•    Manages teams and senior stakeholders across geographies and systems from Reckitt IT perspective
•    Manages the product (strategy, vision, product life cycle, functional, technical, architectural, data) from an E2E standpoint 
•    Excellent communication skills and ability to build and maintain strong and effective relationships with different stakeholders
•    Working with cross functional teams (Procurement, Finance, SAP, GFS, DnA) & 3rd party providers, including Product Vendors, process owners
 

Equality

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.