Sr Product Manager

Grainger Businesses • Chicago, IL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

KeepStock is Grainger’s onsite inventory management solution, helping customers keep critical items available while reducing inventory investment and operational effort. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to help define strategy, vision, and roadmap for core KeepStock capabilities that enable inventory management at scale across customer sites. You will work closely with engineering, UX, analytics, and operations partners to deliver software-driven workflows and decisioning that improve customer outcomes. You will report to the Director, Product Management and will work on a hybrid basis out of our Chicago, IL office.

KeepStock is Grainger’s onsite inventory management solution, helping customers keep critical items available while reducing inventory investment and operational effort. We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to help define strategy, vision, and roadmap for core KeepStock capabilities that enable inventory management at scale across customer sites. You will work closely with engineering, UX, analytics, and operations partners to deliver software-driven workflows and decisioning that improve customer outcomes. You will report to the Director, Product Management and will work on a hybrid basis out of our Chicago, IL office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, analytical, or business field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 7+ years of product management experience delivering data-intensive products, leading agile delivery with engineering, analytics, and UX partners, and owning outcomes end-to-end.
• Experience in supply chain, inventory management, logistics, or operations-focused domains, with strong quantitative skills and comfort using data and metrics to drive decisions.
• Strong technical fluency and analytical tooling: working understanding of APIs/services/data models, and experience using SQL, Excel, or dashboards to investigate behavior, monitor adoption, and prioritize the backlog.
• Strong communication skills through structured documentation, data driven recommendations and clarity in stakeholder communication.
• Ability to function with ambiguity and within a matrix organization and operate on a tight schedule.
• Problem solving & planning capabilities along with creative time management skills, high degree of ownership and help impact teams to act with urgency.

Responsibilities

• Own the product strategy and roadmap for core KeepStock capabilities, focusing on scalable workflows that improve on-shelf availability, inventory investment, and operational efficiency.
• Partner with Operations, engineering, UX, and analytics to translate field workflows and constraints into clear product requirements, prioritization, and measurable outcomes.
• Define and evolve decisioning approaches (rules/thresholds, exception handling, and data inputs) that support consistent execution across a diverse set of customer sites.
• Identify and prioritize customer and internal needs; translate them into a product roadmap and specifications that guide iterative delivery.
• Lead agile delivery teams through structured execution, providing business context and aligning partners on scope, tradeoffs, and success metrics.
• Lead launch planning and change management across stakeholders, including readiness, training/enablement needs, and post-launch performance monitoring.
• Use data to assess product performance, surface insights, and drive continuous improvement; communicate updates and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
• 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
• 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
• Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
• Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees