Product Owner, Sales Transformation

McCain Foods • Oakbrook Terrace, IL

128d • $102,700 - $137,000 • Remote

About The Position

At McCain, our Digital Technology team is dedicated to leveraging technology and data to drive profitable growth, enhance customer experience, and further our purpose of 'Celebrating real connections through delicious, planet-friendly food.' We have embarked on an ambitious digital transformation journey that spans our entire business, from Agriculture to Manufacturing, all with a focus on deepening our customer obsession. As part of this transformation, we are making substantial investments in digital platforms, technology advancements, and fostering a data-driven culture. Our goal is to develop digital products that serve our customers, suppliers/growers, and McCain team members, enabling digital processes and data-driven automation. Through these investments, we aim to transform McCain into a company that empowers its teams with intuitive systems designed to enhance collaboration, productivity, and informed decision-making. In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy. Are you ready to be part of this exciting journey? Join us and help shape the future of McCain through innovative technology solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business/Marketing/Engineering/Science/Technology.
• Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated work experience in Sales leadership or enablement (i.e. Trade Management, Pricing, sales planning & selling execution).
• Knowledge of SAP / Salesforce solutions.
• Experience in leading projects preferably in a global environment.
• Experience working within an agile project delivery framework.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively across levels and functions internally and with third parties.
• Alignment with McCain core values: Drives Results, Collaboration, Customer focus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with global and regional Sales leaders of McCain to co-create a 2-3-year vision & roadmap to digitally transform Sales processes across the McCain global organization.
• Lead and direct Technology teams to support execution of the prioritized initiatives.
• Establish KPIs and measures to track the progress and report the deliverables of technology initiatives.
• Continually improve customer data quality & enrichment to enable prioritization of sales and service initiatives.
• Digitize to simplify commercial processes and embed data-led decision making and insights to enable continual improvement.
• Continue the vision of making Salesforce the single source of truth for customer information and orchestrator of digital business processes for Sales teams.
• Look to replace any legacy solutions with global best practice and platforms.
• Infuse knowledge of technology trends and competitor activity into decision making.
• Work closely with the Global Product Owner for Digital Marketing, Trade and Pricing and McCain's Commercial leaders to maximize growth through connected marketing, trade and sales processes.
• Develop, own, and execute product roadmap.
• Translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements.
• Work in an Agile environment and continuously review the business needs, refine priorities, outline milestones and deliverables, and identify opportunities and risks.
• Participate in the development process with the development team and external partners to deliver product changes.
• Work closely with Data and Analytics teams to deliver AI and data-led solutions.
• Prioritize and maintain the backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders.
• Partner with product stakeholders to define the user experience.
• Identify change management impacts to end-user community and collaborate with respective stakeholders to manage/mitigate.
• Ensure data & Insights are available to create actionable outcomes to the ultimate customer.
• Develop and maintain appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance post-launch to evaluate future investment.
• Understand Product roadmap risks, issues, and blockers actively assist with issue resolution.
• Inspire, educate, and support product stakeholders in the regional markets to embrace and lead initiatives that will elevate their team's Sales performance and expand the technical capabilities of all product users.
• Act as the 'guardian of the global process & solutions' to ensure that McCain maintains global standardization unless deviation is required for specific market conditions.
• Establish and execute a strong engagement plan with Global, Regional commercial and technical and product stakeholders.
• Coordinate with business stakeholders and vendors to ensure products are embedded with an appropriate network of support for user onboarding and capability.
• Support the development of training programs & material, to sustain product capability.
• Proactively explore industry trends and advancements in technology to identify new and leading solutions that will significantly impact the achievement of the business objectives.

Benefits

• Health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug).
• Retirement savings benefits.
• Leave support including medical, family and bereavement.
• Vacation and holidays.
• Company-supported volunteering time.
• Mental health resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree