Product Manager, Product Adminstration

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS            

1. Lead a team of Product Owners to bring People, Process, Technology and Data together and deliver digital products that provide Value to the Sherwin Williams organization.
2. Understand Sherwin Williams Product Administration process and the objectives of the Enterprise Technology Group to support Product Data Management, Raw Material Management, Finished Good Formulation, Finished Good Bill of Material, Product Stewardship, Regulatory, Environmental, Health & Safety processes.
3. Drive the product strategy across core business and enterprise applications working closely with the business leadership and process managers 
4. Develops the business case for new products, improvements to existing products, and business ventures in coordination with value management and business leadership 
5. Own digital product roadmaps, program backlog, pricing, licensing, ROI, establish feature acceptance criteria while driving objectives in alignment to overall SW strategy 
6. Recommends or contributes information to complete a product cost analysis, and producing an internal return rate 
7. Acts as the “voice” of the customer articulating the user’s and/or buyer’s needs by prioritizing features and enhancements based on customer feedback, business impact, and technical feasibility
8. Collaborate with process and program teams to define the product roadmaps, market positioning, community user groups, and other program initiatives
9. Coordinate aspects of development for multiple projects including specifications, scope, and requirements within key business processes (Order to Cash, Source to Pay, Planning/Manufacturing/Inventory, Acquire to Retire, and Record to Report) 
10. Lead product owners and partner with technical personnel to ensure our products and services meet the needs of the community
11. Closely collaborate with the product owners to understand the development of business need user-stories, support inter-team dependencies, and help them identify/escalate issues at the earliest.
12. Lead product owners to build strong practices throughout the Enterprise Technology Group
13. Develop solutions to product and customer issues by collaborating across regions, process areas, and functions
14. Support the Business Integrated Operating Solution Program digital product function through effective performance management, career development, training, continuous process improvements

Travel Required: 30%

This position is not eligible for sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, including conversion to H1-B visa.

This position has a hybrid work schedule with three days in the office and the option for working remotely two days.

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

FORMAL EDUCATION: 

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical- or business-related field

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• 8+ years of product management or equivalent project management experience
• 8+ years leading delivery of technology solutions including business-specific and enterprise applications in alignment with business objectives
• 3+ years of managing projects
• Experience with formula management and quality processes
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
• Experience with end-to-end product delivery
• Experience with feature delivery and tradeoffs of a product
• Experience owning technology products
• Experience of managing multiple teams and stakeholders 
• New Product Development / Stage Gate process experience

Preferred:

• Prior knowledge of key process and technical products within product administration process.
• Prior knowledge and exposure to Product D