Product Director - Order to Cash

1. Lead an organization of Product Managers and Product Owners to bring People, Process, Technology and Data together and deliver digital products that provide Value to the Sherwin Williams organization.
2. Workstream lead that is accountable for the overall progress in the Business Integrated Operating Systems Program.
3. Understand Sherwin Williams competition, customer analysis, market research and competitive analysis skills to complete these tasks to support the objectives of the Enterprise Technology Group
4. Drive the product strategy across core business and enterprise applications working closely with the business leadership and process managers
5. Develops the business case for new products, improvements to existing products, and business ventures in coordination with Value Management and business leadership
6. Align and define digital product vision and roadmaps, program backlog, establish feature acceptance criteria while driving objectives in alignment to overall SW strategy
7. Aligns closely with the end-user requirements to understand needs. Ensures product feature set fits needs and requirements in an efficient manner.
8. Collaborate with process and program teams to define the product roadmaps, market positioning, community user groups, and other program initiatives
9. Coordinate aspects of development for multiple projects including specifications, scope, and requirements within key business processes (Order to Cash, Source to Pay, Planning/Manufacturing/Inventory, Acquire to Retire, and Record to Report)
10. Closely collaborate with the product managers and product owners to understand the development of business need user-stories, support inter-team dependencies, and help them identify/escalate issues at the earliest.
11. Lead product owners and product managers to build strong practices throughout the organization and Enterprise Technology group
12. Develop solutions to product and customer issues by collaborating across regions, process areas, and functions
13. Support the Business Integrated Operating Systems "BIOS" product function through effective performance management, career development, training, continuous process improvements

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H1-B visa.

This position has a hybrid work schedule with three days in the office and the option for working remotely two days. This position is also open remotely as well.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company's staff, employees, and business relationships.

FORMAL EDUCATION:

• Required:
  
  
  
  • Bachelor's degree in a technical- or business-related field
  
  

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

• Required:
  
  
  
  • 10+ years of product management or equivalent project management experience
  • 10+ years leading delivery of technology solutions including business-specific and enterprise applications in alignment with business objectives
  • 5+ years of managing projects
  • Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
  • Experience with end-to-end product delivery
  • Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
  • Experience of managing multiple teams and stakeholders
  • New Product Development / Stage Gate process experience
  
  
• Preferred:
  
  
  
  • Prior knowledge of key process and technical products within Order To Cash processes.
  • Supervisory experience or team responsibility
  • 1+ delivering product-based or Agile-based solutions
  • 1+ years of experience implementing and utilizing agile methodologies for development in a technology organization
  • Experience in continuous improvement and rapid deployment project environments
  • Experience in transformational projects or enterprise level initiatives
  • Experience in enterprise level solutioning through data driven insights
  • Experience working across functional teams and senior stakeholders
  • Prior product management experience and leading teams effectively
  
  

TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Required:
  
  
  
  • 6+ years Oracle or other industry leading applications experience with various Supply Chain modules
  • 3+ years managing IT technology projects and enterprise level implementations
  • Understanding of supply chain management solutions and business processes
  • Ability to manage and prioritize multiple initiatives
  • Expertise in allocation of resources (people, tools, environment) to enable Product teams to deliver on strategic goals
  • Financial acumen to manage and adhere to plans, budgets, and value creation
  
  
• Preferred:
  
  
  
  • Understanding of technology product use cases for the Manufacturing or Consumer Products industry
  • Experience leading teams through transition to Agile methodology including knowledge of tools and methods