[Hiring] Lead Product Manager - Supply Chain Technology @Acuity Inc.

Role Description

Acuity is seeking a Lead Product Manager – Product Management Tech (Supply Chain) to own the strategy, roadmap, delivery, and continuous improvement of technology products supporting critical end-to-end supply chain processes. This role will serve as the product leader for an assigned supply chain domain, partnering closely with business, technology, data, architecture, and implementation teams to translate operational needs into scalable technology capabilities.

Product domains may include:

• Order Management
• Subscription Management
• Source-to-Pay
• Supplier Management
• Manufacturing
• Inventory Management
• Planning
• Fulfillment
• Distribution

The Senior Product Manager will own capabilities from discovery and prioritization through implementation, adoption, measurement, and continuous improvement. The role requires a combination of product management discipline, supply chain domain expertise, and enterprise technology fluency. The successful candidate will help create standardized yet flexible supply chain capabilities that improve service, reliability, productivity, visibility, cost, and working capital across Acuity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
• 10+ years of relevant product management, technology product ownership, enterprise applications, supply chain technology, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience owning or materially influencing complex enterprise technology products or capabilities.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes.
• Deep functional experience in one or more supply chain domains such as Order Management, Source-to-Pay, Procurement, Supplier Management, Manufacturing, Inventory, Planning, Fulfillment, or Distribution.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business processes and operational challenges into technology capabilities and product requirements.
• Experience working across business, architecture, engineering, integration, data, security, testing, and implementation teams.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to drive initiatives through influence in a matrixed environment.

Requirements

• Own Product Strategy and Roadmap
• Define product vision, roadmap, & near-term priorities for assigned supply chain products and capabilities
• Translate supply chain objectives into product capabilities, investments, releases, & measurable outcomes while balancing strategic platform evolution with immediate priorities
• Lead Product Discovery and Prioritization
• Partner with business stakeholders, end users, architects, engineering, & implementation partners to understand business processes, pain points, & opportunities
• Translate business needs into product capabilities, epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, & prioritized backlogs
• Prioritize opportunities based on business value, user impact, risk, dependencies, strategic alignment, & implementation complexity
• Own Supply Chain Technology Capabilities
• Serve as the Product Management owner for enterprise technology capabilities supporting the assigned supply chain domain
• Drive adoption, standardization, simplification, and continuous improvement across ERP and surrounding supply chain platforms
• Understand how capabilities connect across order management, procurement, suppliers, planning, manufacturing, inventory, warehousing, distribution, fulfillment, and related enterprise platforms
• Drive Cross-Functional Alignment
• Act as the primary technology product partner for business leaders and process owners within the assigned domain
• Partner across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Distribution, Customer Operations, Commercial, Finance, & Technology teams
• Translate complex business & technology topics into clear product decisions, priorities, tradeoffs, & recommendations
• Lead Product Delivery
• Partner with engineering, architecture, integration, data, security, testing, & implementation throughout the product lifecycle
• Own & prioritize product backlog & participate in solution design, sprint and release planning, testing, readiness, deployment, & stabilization
• Ensure delivered capabilities meet business objectives, user needs, architectural direction, & defined acceptance criteria
• Enable Data, Analytics, and Visibility
• Identify operational data, metrics, alerts, exception-management capabilities, & analytics required to effectively manage the assigned supply chain processes
• Partner with data & analytics teams to improve end-to-end visibility & operational decision-making
• Define product KPIs & measure outcomes such as adoption, cycle time, service levels, productivity, automation, inventory, cost, working capital, reliability, & exception reduction
• Drive Adoption and Continuous Improvement
• Partner with business process owners and change-management teams to support rollout, communication, training, readiness, & adoption.
• Remain close to users & operations to understand how products perform in day-to-day environments & identify opportunities for improvement.
• Use operational metrics, product analytics, & user feedback to continuously evolve the product roadmap.

Benefits

• Generous health care coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision plans
• 401K benefits
• Commissions/incentive compensation depending on the role