About the role
Permanent
Up to £80,000 + Pension + BUPA + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working (2 days per week in the office)
Southampton, Store Support Office
We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Product Manager - Supply Chain & Fulfilment and you’ll be a big part of this.
Role Purpose: As Product Manager in Supply Chain and Fulfilment, you will create and own a prioritised backlog with input from stakeholders across B&Q in support of our strategic priorities and to maximise return on investment in technology for the B&Q business. You will identify opportunities to use technology to improve our proposition and increase our operational effectiveness within our supply chain, warehouse and fulfilment operations. You will also secure funding through the appropriate governance forums and, working with stakeholders, PMO, and Delivery teams, will ensure we unlock value and deliver against our investments. This role is within the Supply Chain & Logistics space, and will initially look at items such as our Warehouse Management System and how technology can support operational efficiency across our logistics network.
Key Responsibilities:
* Develop and deliver against a prioritised backlog for tech development working closely with key business stakeholders and aligning to the B&Q strategic priorities while using knowledge of retail and logistics best practice, trends, and innovation.
* Support early design work alongside the Enterprise Architects to estimate effort & cost and identify appropriate delivery route for new requirements.
* Use data where available to identify and quantify opportunities.
* Work closely with Group Technology teams to provide input from B&Q to support planning.
* Influence the roadmap for major Group technology and digital projects to shape scope and prioritisation for the Group roadmap.
* Prepare priority projects for funding through the standard approval process, optimising returns on the B&Q technology investment and keeping within the budget.
* Identify innovation that may be of interest to B&Q and the Kingfisher Group and collaborate around potential adoption opportunities.
* Input into the strategic direction of technology at B&Q including decision making around the optimal blend of group and banner specific solutions.
* Support the selection of technology providers as required.
* Help create an agile culture within the B&Q business, particularly within business areas involved in technology projects.
* Support the identification of improvements that can be made to ways of working around B&Q and Kingfisher group in developing and deploying technology.
Key Business Relationships:
* This role will be based within the Supply Chain and Fulfilment Technology Team, requiring effective working relationships with stakeholders across supply chain, logistics, and digital.
* You will need to develop a good understanding of the business processes in these areas and the technology that supports them.
* The role will work closely with various teams in Group Technology to represent B&Q in planning and prioritisation discussions.
* The role is outward-looking and needs to understand the broader retail technology landscape including recent innovation.
* The role is a key part of the B&Q Product & Technology team which owns the technology roadmap for B&Q.
What's in it for me?
As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are. We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.
We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more!
For any recruitment adjustments during the application or interview process, please contact recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk.
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