Data Product Management

Job Description

Job Description:

Pet Nutrition (PN) is the most vibrant category in the FMCG sector. As we work to transform this exciting category, a new program, Digital First, has been mobilized by the Mars Pet Nutrition (PN) leadership team. Digital First places pet parents at the center of all we do, while digitalizing a wide range of business process areas, and creating future fit capabilities to achieve ambitious targets in top line growth, earnings, and user centricity.

Digitizing at scale across Demand & Supply is one of the key focus areas for Digital First. The agenda requires you to demonstrate significant thought leadership, quality decision making, deep technical know-how, and an ability to navigate complex business challenges while building and leading a team of world class data and analytics leaders.

Within the framework of Digital First, a new position has been established to develop and scale Data & Analytics (D&A) products to unlock RBS/dCom potential in Mars: RBS D&A Manager. Reporting to the RBS D&A, Global Director, PN Growth, the person in this role will also be accountable to the Global RBS Product Owner and will be responsible for ensuring successful delivery of RBS products in specific regions in PN. This role operates on a global scale and collaborates closely with PN business team members across all departments.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Deliver a market by market product roadmap, develop and land (with users and leaders) RBS products according to planned roadmap

• Define market scope, synthesise business (and data) requirements in partnership with OE Super Users and OE Regional Leadership (Sales, Marketing and Regional Leadership)

• Manage Product development, timeline and deployment

• Validate product build, define and support test scenarios with market

• Support rollout launch across OEs, continuation/sunset existing tools and manage adoptions of new transformation tools

• Ensure product adoption, facilitate change with OE’s (Super Users, Acc. Teams)

• Escalate trade-offs to lead and recommend and execute resolutions

• Communicate product updates/requirements to Product lead and DT teams in appropriate forums – managing the challenges from briefing, prioritisation, development and adoption

• Translate Business Requirements to RBS roadmap– effectively aligning the technical delivery with internal and external partners to meet market needs

• Support and lead RBS market agenda – be RBS SPOC in local and regional connected commerce teams and global communities. Build credibility, and partnership independently and as part of the RBS team to support the holistic Connected Commerce Vision

What are we looking for?

· The knowledge, skills, and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program in a related field, or equivalent work experience.

· 5+ years professional experience in analytics with dedicated experience in digital marketing or consumer behavior related field

· Strong knowledge of dComm, sales marketing, media, and data analytics

· Excellent communications and interpersonal skills

· Experience deploying analytical products from development stage to prod with business + associated change management, incl senior stakeholder engagement

Key Functional Competencies

· Functional expertise in CPG/ retail industry in the following domains: dCom, sales, marketing

· Large scale Transformational Experience (program management, Change Management) is a plus

· Data and analytics End to End Product development

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