Role Description Takealot Group is looking for a Junior Product Manager to help improve its Fulfilment Experiences - a key part of what makes Takealot.com one of the most successful ecommerce platforms in South Africa. In this role, you will focus on tools that support the day-to-day operational teams within supply chain and logistics, helping to create the best fulfillment experiences for internal and external clients. You will work closely with engineering, supply chain & logistics operations, and client-focused teams to define requirements, test ideas, and deliver improvements that drive better fulfillment experiences and measurable business impact. You bring analytical thinking, customer empathy, and a practical product mindset, helping the team identify opportunities, prioritise initiatives, and scale what works. Your responsibilities will include: - Drive roadmap initiatives that power Fulfilment Experiences, including innovating and improving back-end systems for seamless delivery execution and client frontends. - Translate business needs into actionable and measurable projects; partner with business owners to understand their challenges and priorities. - Foster a culture of continuous improvement by evolving product management practices to suit the fast-paced, dynamic nature of supply chain and logistics. - Define and monitor key metrics (e.g., delivery turnaround time, fulfilment experience scores) to inform product decisions. - Analyse and understand project scope and core objectives through requirements workshops with stakeholders. - Conduct workshops with stakeholders to elicit detailed functional requirements and document these for engineering teams. - Work with technical leads and subject matter experts to align on the technical vision, balancing operational trade-offs with usability, scalability, and performance. - Coordinate cross-functional teams, including engineers, BI analysts, and UI designers, to deliver projects on time and within scope. - Evolve appropriate Product Management practices for a responsive, dynamic environment. - Collaborate with QA teams to review test plans and scripts, ensuring comprehensive coverage and high-quality product releases. - Project management by setting timelines, driving project schedules, and leading cross-functional development teams from design through to release. - Understand your target “customer” - assess end-users to ensure products deliver a seamless, efficient, and transparent experience. - Perform user acceptance testing. Qualifications - Relevant Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma (Information Systems / Computer Science / Engineering / Commerce) with at least 5 years of experience in product management, business analysis, or a related role. - Experience in an agile/iterative project management and development environment is beneficial. - Experience working on customer-facing frontends, web, and apps. - Prior experience in logistics, on-demand delivery platforms, or e-commerce is preferred. - Prior experience in web-based frontend operational system development is preferred. Requirements - Client focus: An understanding of what it takes to satisfy a variety of clients with varying needs. - Execution skills: Demonstrated ability to define and execute a detailed product roadmap, particularly in the ecommerce, logistics or supply chain space. - Solution-oriented: Proactive, accountable, and motivated to solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment. - Data-driven approach: Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to inform decisions and measure success. - Technical acumen: Familiarity with back-end systems, APIs, and technologies that support logistics execution. - Stakeholder management: Exceptional organisational and communication skills to balance multiple priorities and align cross-functional teams. - Attention to detail: A meticulous approach to product development and the required documentation. - Customer advocate: A strong focus on improving the experience for both drivers, franchise hubs, and customers. Benefits - Market-related Total Remuneration Package with full flexibility. - Remote working or hybrid working model available. - Mentorship programme for personal and professional growth. - Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning access. - Regular social events and out-of-office activities. - Staff discount on millions of products across 28 departments. - Birthday leave. - Latest tech tools for your job. - Confidential counselling, legal support, and financial guidance. - Free parking.

Support the execution and delivery of key product initiatives, manage cross-functional teams, coordinate launch readiness, and ensure alignment among stakeholders while tracking product performance and optimizing operational efficiency.

Title: Portfolio Product Regional Manager Location: USA - Little Rock Plant time type Full time job requisition id JR2518897 Job Description: As a member of the Regional Protective Platform team, Protective & Marine Coatings, you will lead a team of regional product managers by establishing initiatives that align with PMC’s strategies for our product portfolio range. The Regional Portfolio Strategy Manager owns the management respective of product and new product development (NPD) portfolios, to include product life cycles, increase range complexity and support growth in core base business and priority segments. You will report to the Regional Protective Platform Director. Responsibilities: - Develop Regional Product Strategy according to the Global Business Platform and Global Product Strategy. - Accomplish global product line strategies within region, by providing governance and oversight to regional product managers. - Critical interface between R&D, segment and commercial teams to lead agreement and set priorities. - Support segment managers and commercial teams during main customer discussions to assess needs from industry experts, collect informal voice of customer and share critical product characteristics. - Lead the regional NPD portfolio by product category - guide decisions for prioritization and resource commitment. - Update all supporting documentation for products in respective categories. Implement the best Change Management actions. - Develop product life cycle optimization (product launch to elimination). - Develop Regional Product Strategy according to the Global Business Platform and Global Product Strategy. - Accomplish global product line strategies within region, by providing governance and oversight to regional product managers. - Critical interface between R&D, segment and commercial teams to lead agreement and set priorities Qualifications: - Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, chemistry, business, or related degree. Eight years of applicable business experience. - Minimum of five years’ management experience. Experience in management of people and an understanding of complex structures to affect change, improve processes, and find solutions that improve results. - Experience defining and tracking metrics that measure the success of products. - Process oriented with the ability to simplify complexity from processes to be more agile. - Business and technical acumen which demonstrates the ability to define market shifts and needs to stay ahead of the market. - U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply #LI-PRT1 #LI-Hybrid How we work: At PPG, we bring teams together to accelerate collaboration and career development, with in-person work Monday through Thursday and the opportunity to work remotely on Flexible Fridays. Schedules may vary by location. About us: PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™ Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPG on X. The PPG Way 2030 We are customer champions Proactive. Bold. Trustworthy. Everything we do starts with our customers. We listen, move fast and don’t stop until we solve their biggest challenges. When our customers win, we all grow. We act with purpose and speed Agile. Data-driven. Empowered. We take smart risks to stay ahead of the competition. We work proactively with agility, using quality data to develop solutions that create value. We are excellent operators Productive. Collaborative. Accountable. No matter our role, we identify problems, take ownership and always bring solutions. We are both proactive and responsive to drive continuous improvement and deliver results. We support our frontline, the faces of PPG to our customers. We compete to win Future-focused. Driven. Ambitious. We are passionate about growing our business and winning with our customers. We deliver results, embrace new technologies and leverage agility and speed as strengths. We are PPG proud Strong. United. Passionate. We work safely, act with integrity and value our diverse perspectives. We celebrate achievements and take pride in the positive impact we create together to protect and beautify the world. PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. PPG pay ranges and benefits can vary by location which allows us to compensate employees competitively in different geographic markets. PPG considers several factors in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, qualifications and education, licensure and certifications, and other organizational needs. Other incentives may apply. Our employee benefits programs are designed to support the health and well-being of our employees. Any insurance coverages and benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents. Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process. 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Role Description Identifies new, innovative initiatives for the Collision Multi-Store Operator (MSO) team to help drive existing and new product offerings in the market. Key Responsibilities - Leads market research for the Collision MSO team including customer surveys, competitive analysis, and debriefs to inform direction for the product roadmap. - Performs discovery with customers and stakeholders to understand needs of the marketplace to support prioritization activities. Uses data to develop high-quality insights into our customer's user experience and needs. - Helps define the Collision MSO related product strategy based on market input and Voice of the Customer (VoC) that aligns with overall strategic direction. - Collaborates with customer facing teams to help enable teams to sell, implement and support the product. - Develops and manages select relationships with Collision MSO Customers, third parties, and other external industry professionals. - Develops a technical product strategy for our ingress layer and translate it into creative, high quality, features, and initiatives. - Creates and maintains collaborative relationships with stakeholders across the organization to develop a deep understanding of our business, and continually iterates on product strategy. - Builds and grooms a prioritized product backlog effectively by leading negotiation and trade-off discussions with key partners. - Leads Program Management and Scrum teams towards the right priorities. Sets clear expectations on projects, product launches, and coordinated release plans. - Writes excellent user-stories, with thoughtful acceptance criteria, that can be translated into engineering features. Partners with UX team in developing stories that will provide the optimal customer experience based on research and customer feedback/validation. - Works closely with the engineering teams to design, schedule, and deliver in an Agile environment. Qualifications - A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required, with a focus in business, marketing technology, product management, or related discipline. In the absence of a degree, equivalent work experience directly related to the key responsibilities of the role will be considered as a substitute for the degree. - At least 4 years of experience as a Product Manager in the Collision MSO auto industry segment is required, coupled with 5 or more years of experience working in Software as a Service (SaaS). - Strong business acumen skills with the ability to see a big picture view and communicate value and benefits of solutions. - Strong Product Roadmap experience with defining, creating, planning, and executing product roadmap. - Creative and strategic mindset to help drive products forward. - Strong Go-to-Market (GTM) experience. - Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and nurture business relationships with key customers and establish collaborative relationships within and across internal teams on moderate to complex projects. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively tailor communications to a specific audience or call to action. - Able to apply principles of critical thinking to collect data, draw valid conclusions, consider options, recommend solutions, and solve problems. - Engaging presentation skills with the ability to effectively speak to and interact with various sizes/types of audiences in a professional and easy to understand manner. - Organized, detail oriented and can manage multiple priorities simultaneously. Travel Travel for this position is required and anticipated to be approximately up to 20% of the time (possibly 1 to 2 days each month). Benefits - Flexibility in work arrangements (remote, hybrid, or in-person). - Strong sense of camaraderie and community that celebrates both individuals and team-driven contributions. - Empowerment to take risks, learn, and grow within a dynamic and supportive environment.