Digital Innovation Product Owner

International Motors, LLC•Lisle, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The International Motor’s Procurement Digitalization group is seeking a Digital Innovation Product Owner to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a system or systems within the Procurement Digital landscape, to include ownership of updates, prioritizing system enhancement requests and thoroughly understanding the business need/reason for system changes. This role will work cross functionally with corporate IT for coding, hardware and software updates as well as key stakeholders and the business to understand their needs. They will ensure that the projects under their span and control are on time and on budget by tracking issues to resolution and managing the delivery of system enhancements. They will engage with both internal and external teams to support and facilitate projects as necessary. This role is also responsible for providing descriptive and diagnostic analytics along with visualization. A successful candidate must possess strong analytical skills and expertise with SQL, Excel and Power BI to analyze large data sets. The ability to clean, normalize and connect data from multiple sources is a must. This is a highly visible position in a supportive, fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of process improvement, lean or six sigma experience OR Master's degree and at least 1 year of process improvement, lean or six sigma experience OR At least 5 years of process improvement, lean or six sigma experience
Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States.
We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)

Nice To Haves

Excellent communication skills / strong business partner
Cooperative and self-motivated team player with a focus on end-user needs.
Proven time management and organizational skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects (average of 3-5 projects simultaneously), knowledge of Agile Methodologies and ADO management
Capable of making presentations to senior leadership and large audiences
Committed to continuous professional development.
Knowledge of Ivalua as a source to contract and supplier lifecycle management tool
Expertise in MS Excel.
Strong skills in MS PowerPoint, Word, Teams, MS 365.com, and Power Automate.
Data visualization experience in Power BI and DAX, M languages
Experience with data extraction, cleansing, manipulation, and generation using SQL

Responsibilities

Build and maintain relationships with end users, cross-functional teams, vendors, and management.
Anticipate potential issues, proactively manage changes, and ensure projects are completed on time and within budget.
Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills and ensure successful implementation.
Handle tight deadlines in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
Collaborate with vendors and cross-functional teams to meet program timing and quality expectations.
Provide support for existing systems while managing plans for current and future system implementations.
Maintain open and frequent communication on program status with cross-functional and procurement leadership teams.