product Manager/product engineer inventory managem at VARITE INC in Bengaluru Millenia, Karnataka

Job description

• Stock & Availability Technology
• Prior Experience of working as a product manager in Retail – especially in Stock/Inventory management.
• The purpose of Stock & Availability Technology is to enable an omnichannel experience for customers by enhancing the capabilities of our global stock visibility platform.
• Tesco’s stock services enables Tesco to deliver on the customer and colleague promise.
• The capabilities and innovation within our platform enables us to provide a differentiated experience.
• The ideal candidate will be someone who has an in-depth understanding of Retail industry stock Mgmt / Inventory management in addition to being data savvy and able to comfortably analyse and derive insights from large amounts of data.

Responsibilities

• Have complete ownership of a complex API or engineering platform component involving multiple internal/external stakeholders and drive the Product strategy and execution for that Product.
• Formulate the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Product you own and work with stakeholders across teams to align the strategic priorities, dependencies and roadmap.
• Responsible for identifying the key measures of success (OKRs) and the resulting performance/adoption of the product(s).
• Leverage your domain knowledge in the area of omni-channel retail and order management to assess new opportunities (gathering ideas, research, carrying out analysis, refining and prioritising new requirements).
• Plan and co-ordinate significant product efforts that have dependencies on multiple products and delivery teams.
• Create and maintain a prioritised product backlog for the components you own and write user stories.
• Groom the backlog with the team and ensure a healthy backlog for your area of ownership.
• Steer sprint / release planning sessions in conjunction with engineering counterparts to effectively deliver maximum business value with the least effort.
• Identify and drive improvements in the performance, and service levels are measured to ensure quality, reliability, and security.
• Lead discovery work around minimum viable products (MVP) for any new feature, collaborating with delivery teams and internal / external stakeholders to prototype and validating MVPs.
• Help the team in breaking down complex pieces of work and create epics and stories to break down large programmes into smaller, deliverable chunks of value that can be delivered faster.
• Identify and remove impediments faced by the team by working with your Head of Product and other stakeholders and proactively flag any risks or delays in your commitments.
• Be accountable for the performance / adoption of the Products and work towards increasing the customer base.

Requirements

• Skills and Experience
• Prior Experience of working as a product manager in Retail – especially in Stock/Inventory management.
• The ideal candidate will be someone who has an in-depth understanding of Retail stock/inventory management in addition to being data savvy and able to comfortably analyse and derive insights from large amounts of data.
• Articulating a complex product strategy in terms of consumer and business value.
• Experience and understanding of agile methodologies, ceremonies and an appreciation and understanding of technology.
• Experience in defining user stories, backlog grooming, sprint planning and estimation.
• Thinking at a conceptual level across a number of platforms (web, mobile, tablets, store apps).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills – you must be able to articulate complex concepts to a diverse audience.
• Experience managing work completed from external agencies to ensure the highest standards are met.
• The ability to influence without authority.
• Having proven success in working on unstructured problems, defining hypothesis, creating MVPs, running experiments and analysing results to drive data-driven decisions.
• Product management best practice and methodologies and strong technical acumen.
• Technical competence to influence and understand the solution context and approach and aid engineering in estimating the complexity of work being requested.
• Understanding the impact tech debt is causing, and the value tech upgrades can bring in, and can hold objective conversations with your technology counterparts to prioritize it during any sprint.
• Prioritising and decision-making skills, demonstrating experience of having made good decisions / judgements around business priorities and resource allocation.

Skills

Required

• Product management
• Retail industry knowledge
• Stock/Inventory management
• Data analysis
• Agile methodologies
• User stories definition
• Backlog grooming
• Sprint planning
• Estimation
• Communication skills
• Influence without authority
• Problem-solving