Product Manager - Software Applications

About Grainger: 

Grainger is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. We achieve our purpose, We Keep the World Working®, by serving more than 4.5 million customers with a wide range of products that keep their operations running and their people safe. Grainger also delivers services and solutions, such as technical support and inventory management, to save customers time and money. 

 

We're looking for self-motivated people who can move our company forward. We have a welcoming workplace where you can build a career for yourself while fulfilling our purpose to keep the world working. We embrace new ways of thinking and recognize everyone is an individual. Find your way with Grainger today. 

 

At Grainger, we are building systems to extend our market leadership for another 90 years. While lots of companies talk about "digital revolutions" or "delightful experiences", we're focusing on building the stuff that matters. Our expertise is borne of a profound understanding of our customer and their needs and how our products and services do and should create value for them. Dealing with complexity and scale problems that few companies are privileged enough to enjoy. We are looking for product managers to help guide and chart a course for Grainger's enterprise systems and application development so that Grainger continues to be the destination for "the ones that get it done". 

Position Details: 

We are looking for product managers to help guide and chart a course for Grainger's enterprise systems and application development. The Product Manager contributes to the product vision and to the roadmap of future products, with high degree of ownership over important features and the customer experience. You will work with engineering, design, and operations to develop aspects of a product. Work in a matrix organization and using a variety of technologies to develop capabilities into products and applications that customers love. 

You will be reporting to a Sr. Product Manager and will be based in Chicago, IL (Merchandise Mart) or remote. 

  

 You Will: 

  

• Establish and develop capabilities of an internal product that helps achieve Grainger's Inventory Management goals within KeepStock 

• Develop business plans using data to make recommendations that create advantage for Grainger 

• Conceptualize customer & internal team member needs to build the product roadmap and requirements 

• Has previous team experience with building microservices and API architecture  

• Lead a team of engineers through structured work, provide ample business context and establish shared ownership of outcomes 

• Partner with Design and UX teams to develop supporting Design artifacts for development 

• Communicate & coordinate product launches across all partners including business, product and engineering teams  

• Partner with the analytics, UX, peer PMs and operational business leaders to deliver quality capabilities and measure the growth 

  

You Have: 

  

• Demonstrated experience designing solutions to complex problems and accomplishing results by conceptualizing, building, or substantially modifying enterprise internal tools 

• 3+ years' experience as a product manager or related occupation. Experience must involve leading agile teams, working with design, analytics and business partners and include demonstration of iterative development and delivery of working software 

• Ability to function with ambiguity and within a matrix organization and operate on a tight schedule within a fast paced working environment 

• Continuous improvamement and progress mindset that results in the understanding of latest technologies 

• Guide team members to accomplish outcomes