Principal Data & Analytics Product Manager Commercial(Procurement)

JobDescription:

RoyalCanin is undergoing a significant Digital Transformation journey.Our ability to solve the most critical problems across Mars in aUser Centric way through Data & Analytics is fundamental to ourgrowth ambition and transformation. Significant early success inthis journey, and the introduction of many critical foundationalcapabilities, means that we are looking to accelerate our abilityto solve problems and ultimately drive value for MarsInc.

Theopportunities are significant for Mars, and the opportunities forthose working in this space are both hugely exciting and rewarding.Connecting and deriving break-through insight from our Royal Caninand Petcare data ecosystems, leveraging therapidly growing world of external data to get closer to ourcustomers and consumers than ever before, and unlockingefficiencies and automation across our Commercial Function.

Buildingon this momentum, we are recruiting a Principal D&A ProductManager to join our Royal Canin Global Data & Analytics Teamwho will accelerate the shaping and delivery of theCommercial Data & AnalyticsAgenda

TheRole

TheGlobal Commercial(Procurement) - Principal Data andAnalytics Product Manager will manage the vision, roadmap, anddelivery of a subset of the Commercial Data& Analytics solution portfolio. Starting with key Commercial business problems and/or future-back capability needs, thePrincipal Data & Analytics Product Manager will interface withmarket, regional, and global Commercial/Procurement leaders, as well as functionalexperts, to build and deploy analytics products that createbusiness value and advance the RC digitalagenda.

KeyResponsibilities

RCDivisionFocus

Partner with the Director, Global Analytics Product Managementfor VCO tocontinuously build a roadmap of highest-impact analytical productareas

For the Products they own, understand current state process, painpoints, user personas, and existing tooling to synthesize manydifferent viewpoints of the problem that the Product addresses intoa clearly definedvision

Be the D&A gatekeeper to drive a value creation approachto all productbusiness cases from Commercial ensuring they align with the RC andD&A global and whererelevant localstrategies.

Architectthe backlog of Epics that iteratively address the problem using theagileframework

Prioritize Epics into Product releases and advocate for resourcingto achieve Productgoals

Oversee a squad of technical resources (internal & associates ) that will be deployed to the Product through releaseexecution

Evaluate solution's ability to solve the problem through adoptionand other value creationindicators

Lead the RC D&A relationship with the Commercial Teamto define the key products, dependencies and EcosystemFocus

Lead the interaction and engagement with the Commercial team to contribute and shape the ecosystemDigital Products portfolio and the requirements and adaptationswithin the RCdivision.

Elevate RC D&A as a leader in delivering the analytical &insights aspects of the RC Commercial products .

Act as "the glue" between D&A andCommercial to build an effective &efficient relationship across all interfaces in a highly complex stakeholderenvironment . Driving thethought leadership andset ting thelong-term vision and strategy for D&A products, ensuring theyalign with Commercialgoals.

ContextandScope

This role requires a balance of 1) strategic inquiry to identify theunderlying needs of Commercial stakeholders and influencing the organization to embrace newmethods and technologies, mixed with 2) technical breadth to identify andapply art-of-the-possible with advanced analytics in Commercial . Thisrole will partner heavily with Commercial leaders in the business, other D&A and Digital Technologymembers, and with functional experts to define the unique valueproposition for each Product. It will also be critical for thisleader to work closely with end users of the analytics products toensure positive end user experience to deliver on adoption andsustained business value. This role must "lead with problems, nottools" in an unbiased way to determine when appropriate to drive scaling as-is versus when to opportunistically evolve theProduct to support increasing competitiveadvantage.

Knowledge/Experience

Strong trackrecord of customer facing success andbusiness acumen in working with teams to identify problemsto solve, ideating on the art of the possible, and bringingpossibilities tolife

Strength in business-to-science translation to enable partneringwith business teams and technology teams in bringing analyticsproduct ideas tolife

Analytics foundation - knowledgeable in both operations researchand the data sciencedomain

Experience in delivery management of analytical products, orawareness of the drivers of complexity withindelivery

Practitioner &operational experience in the Commercial(Procurement )domain .

KeyMars LeadershipCompetencies

BusinessInsight

BalancesStakeholders

ManagesAmbiguity

ActionOriented

CultivatesInnovation

TechSavvy

Marsis an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants willreceive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationalorigin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any othercharacteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or anaccommodation during the application process because of adisability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased toprovide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as aresult of such a request.