Product Owner – Customer Inventory Solutions
Location
Virginia
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
$6.8K - $11.9K / month
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Product Owner – Customer Inventory Solutions
Ferguson
• Own the platform strategy, roadmap, and delivery of Ferguson’s customer Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) solution. • Ensure the VMI platform is scalable, reliable, and ready for business deployment. • Work across organizational boundaries and partner closely with Customer Groups, Technology, Architecture, Middleware, and external vendors. • Lead the definition and delivery of capabilities that orchestrate customer interactions, inventory visibility—enabling proactive replenishment, optimized stock levels, and seamless integration across customer and partner systems. • Define and maintain a clear vision for the Customer VMI product, promoting open information flows across echelons and external partners. • Define and evolve product capabilities supporting automated inventory management, seamless partner integrations, real-time data visibility, scalable onboarding for diverse customer segments. • Translate business objectives into a prioritized roadmap improving customer experience, operational efficiency, and ability to deliver VMI as a repeatable service. • Incorporate supply chain maturity models to evolve customer collaboration capabilities. • Clearly explain complex tradeoffs and build alignment across company boundaries. • Maintain final authority over backlog prioritization and key delivery tradeoffs. • Anticipate operational, supplier, technical, cyber, and compliance risks and design mitigation strategies.
Job Requirements
- Hands-on experience with SaaS platforms
- Enterprise system integrations (APIs, EDI)
- Inventory management solutions
- eCommerce or supply chain technology products
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Supply Chain or related field, or equivalent experience
- 6+ years owning product vision, backlogs and outcomes in supply chain or enterprise technologies
- Ability to solve sophisticated problems using judgment informed by multiple internal and external inputs
- Demonstrated success leading and influencing cross-company and cross-functional teams.
- Strong communication skills to explain complex issues and build consensus across organizations.
- Experience modernizing or scaling enterprise supply chain products across multiple tiers.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Life insurance
- 401(k) with a company match
- Mental health coverage
- Gender affirming and family building benefits
- Paid parental leave
- Associate discounts
- Community involvement opportunities
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