Data & Analytics Associate Product Manager, North America

Mars

91d • $78,045 - $107,309

About The Position

The Data & Analytics Associate Product Manager, North America will manage Data and Analytics roadmap delivery for the Value Chain Operations (VCO: Manufacturing, Fulfillment, and Procurement) solution portfolio and the Finance solution portfolio in the North America region. Starting with key business problems and/or future capability needs, this role will interface with market, regional, and global stakeholders, as well as functional experts, to build and deploy analytics products that create business value and advance the Royal Canin digital agenda.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of experience in Manufacturing, Fulfillment, Procurement, or Finance operations or product management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.
• Understanding of product management principles; i.e. Agile and Lean methodologies, product lifecycles, backlog management.
• Proven record of facilitating teams to identify problems to solve, ideate solutions, and bringing possibilities to life.
• Strength in business-to-science translation, with experience growing partnerships between business and technology teams.
• Familiarity with product analytics tools (e.g., Mixpanel, Amplitude), and backlog management software (e.g. Azure DevOps, JIRA, Asana).
• Analytics foundation – knowledgeable in both operations research and the data science domain.

Nice To Haves

• Practical experience in a factory environment, in logistics and inventory management, or in financial planning & analysis.
• Professional certification in product management (e.g., Pragmatic Institute, AIPMM, or similar).
• Experience in delivery management of analytical products, or awareness of the drivers of complexity within delivery.
• Fluent in English.
• Analytical Problem Solving.
• Product Management Fundamentals.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Act as a D&A contact for stakeholders across the Royal Canin North America VCO and Finance teams.
• Help position Royal Canin D&A as the value driver for delivering the analytical insights required to meet VCO and Finance goals.
• Convert problems into a Product Vision; understand the current process, pain points, user personas, and existing tooling to synthesize Product(s) that address the business need.
• Work with the Senior Product Manager(s) to manage the roadmap of highest-impact analytical product areas.
• Help quality control all D&A use cases within VCO and Finance to ensure they create tangible value whilst aligning to the Royal Canin global, regional, and local strategies.
• Manage a backlog of Epics that iteratively addresses the problem using the Agile framework, prioritizing them into Releases (either individually or as part of a team).
• Partner with the Delivery & Data functions within D&A to scope and advocate for the resources, technologies, and data assets required to deliver each release.
• Ensure this is aligned to stakeholder and regional priorities.
• Coordinate the activities of a squad of technical resources (associate & 3rd party) who will build and deploy Product releases.
• Continually evaluate solution’s ability to solve the problem through adoption and other value creation indicators.

Benefits

• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
• Participation in 401k plan.
• Paid time off benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees