Schneider Electric North America
Product Owner - Manufacturing/Quality/PM
Schneider Electric North America, Oxford, Maine, us, 04270
Are you interested in joining an Agile, fast-paced team that provides you with the opportunity to travel and network across the business as you build your career? An exciting opportunity has opened within the North America Global Supply Chain team as we deploy SAP S4 HANA across our manufacturing and distribution facilities.
The primary responsibilities of the
Product Owner – Manufacturing/Quality/PM
position is to maximize business value by continuous prioritization of product backlog & provide leadership to the project (scrum) team to ensure a successful transformation from legacy business processes and systems to SAP S/4 HANA within the targeted timeframe.
What will you do?
Responsible and accountable for implementing a solution in supply chain manufacturing execution and quality in SAP S4 HANA.
Work with supply chain stakeholders to ensure business requirements are translated into solution backlog.
Review and help address impediments, dependencies, and resolve/mitigate risks.
Drive process standardization across different manufacturing sites.
Define and align product backlog with the overall product roadmap.
Prioritize project schedule to meet go‑live expectations.
Communicate project status, challenges, and key business transformations to appropriate stakeholders.
Provide guidance and direction to the project (scrum) team.
Participate in program ceremonies, including program Increment Planning and Backlog grooming.
Facilitate product feature demos to key stakeholders.
Balance scope and schedule to meet expectations of the program.
Collaborate with sites to develop change‑management plans during solution deployment.
Verify delivered solutions against user/stakeholder expectations.
Drive definition of the Feature Integration End‑2‑End test scenarios for relevant releases with acceptance criteria.
Working conditions:
Tight deadlines and multiple priorities, requiring decisive decision making in a fast‑paced environment.
Willing to work outside the standard 8‑5 schedule, across time zones, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends as required by tight project deadlines.
Travel up to 50%.
Ability to work independently in a stressful work environment.
Who will you report to? Product Manager – Digital Innovation & Technology
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
5+ years of work experience in Supply Chain Management and/or Manufacturing/Quality Management role.
Well‑known and respected throughout the organization.
Synthesize inputs gathered from a variety of sources into a cohesive product vision.
Expert industry and Global Supply Chain knowledge.
Expert knowledge of SE software’s (Q2C, Bridge SAP, LDS, MES, eAndon).
Drive consensus across multiple parties with conflicting views.
Ability to streamline complex ETO business processes and drive transformation.
Take a pragmatic/economic view while prioritizing functionality – make sacrifices for the bigger picture.
Forward thinking and able to proactively identify risks, and weigh in resulting impacts.
Strong communication skills.
Champion the project solution and frame changes in a way that engages and excites the end‑user community.
Benefits Schneider Electric offers a robust benefits package to support our employees, including flexible work arrangements, paid family leave, 401(k)+ match, company stock option purchase+ match, and much more. Find out more about working with us: http://se.com/us/careers.
Equal Opportunity Employer Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
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The primary responsibilities of the
Product Owner – Manufacturing/Quality/PM
position is to maximize business value by continuous prioritization of product backlog & provide leadership to the project (scrum) team to ensure a successful transformation from legacy business processes and systems to SAP S/4 HANA within the targeted timeframe.
What will you do?
Responsible and accountable for implementing a solution in supply chain manufacturing execution and quality in SAP S4 HANA.
Work with supply chain stakeholders to ensure business requirements are translated into solution backlog.
Review and help address impediments, dependencies, and resolve/mitigate risks.
Drive process standardization across different manufacturing sites.
Define and align product backlog with the overall product roadmap.
Prioritize project schedule to meet go‑live expectations.
Communicate project status, challenges, and key business transformations to appropriate stakeholders.
Provide guidance and direction to the project (scrum) team.
Participate in program ceremonies, including program Increment Planning and Backlog grooming.
Facilitate product feature demos to key stakeholders.
Balance scope and schedule to meet expectations of the program.
Collaborate with sites to develop change‑management plans during solution deployment.
Verify delivered solutions against user/stakeholder expectations.
Drive definition of the Feature Integration End‑2‑End test scenarios for relevant releases with acceptance criteria.
Working conditions:
Tight deadlines and multiple priorities, requiring decisive decision making in a fast‑paced environment.
Willing to work outside the standard 8‑5 schedule, across time zones, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends as required by tight project deadlines.
Travel up to 50%.
Ability to work independently in a stressful work environment.
Who will you report to? Product Manager – Digital Innovation & Technology
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
5+ years of work experience in Supply Chain Management and/or Manufacturing/Quality Management role.
Well‑known and respected throughout the organization.
Synthesize inputs gathered from a variety of sources into a cohesive product vision.
Expert industry and Global Supply Chain knowledge.
Expert knowledge of SE software’s (Q2C, Bridge SAP, LDS, MES, eAndon).
Drive consensus across multiple parties with conflicting views.
Ability to streamline complex ETO business processes and drive transformation.
Take a pragmatic/economic view while prioritizing functionality – make sacrifices for the bigger picture.
Forward thinking and able to proactively identify risks, and weigh in resulting impacts.
Strong communication skills.
Champion the project solution and frame changes in a way that engages and excites the end‑user community.
Benefits Schneider Electric offers a robust benefits package to support our employees, including flexible work arrangements, paid family leave, 401(k)+ match, company stock option purchase+ match, and much more. Find out more about working with us: http://se.com/us/careers.
Equal Opportunity Employer Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.
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