Product Owner - Supply

Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports and in the parcel market. Furthermore, we are also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses, which seamlessly integrate innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services.

At Vanderlande, you can develop your career, satisfy your ambitions, aspire to new heights, while enjoying personal growth and thriving on achievement.

Your department

The ICT department has initiated a transition towards an Agile way of working as part of the transition towards an improved ICT Target Operating Model (TOM), wherein the Vanderlande ICT Applications department, is committed to deliver innovative solutions and excellent service to our stakeholders and users.  

Join our dynamic team and help us to shape the future. 

Your role

We are seeking a highly motivated and young professional Product Owner Supply to join our team. You will be responsible for managing the solutions for Supply, Manufacturing and Distribution over the complete life cycle ensuring alignment with business value, competitiveness, and continuous improvement. This role requires a decisionmaker with strong analytical skills, a hands-on attitude, and a thorough understanding of supply chain processes. 

Your responsibilities  

As a Product Owner Supply you will  

• Actively collaborate with cross-functional teams and internal stakeholders to translate business requirements into tailored solutions with clear acceptance criteria 

• Work closely with other Product Owners, the Chief Product Owner, and Product- and System Architects to refine and define feature functionality and clear acceptance criteria.  

• Ensure timely delivery of features and enhancements. 

• Work together with the business stakeholders to set priorities and align on dependencies.  

• Manage priorities and align on dependencies within the agile team together with the Scrum Master 

• Manage delivery conflicts, challenges, and dynamic business requirements to meet agreed commitment. 

• Pro-active communication with management and stakeholders on timely bases 

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and agile practices within the team. 

• Manage and prioritizing the team backlog, support the team in value delivery, getting & applying feedback and improve & innovate. 

• Able to do root cause analysis with teams along with retrospectives to deliver product updates and to improve the development process. 

• Collaborate closely with the development manager and scrum master.  
  While you represent the customer’s voice and priorities, the development manager focuses on people management, ensuring the team has the necessary skills and capabilities. Together with the scrum master, they ensure the development team remains focused and capable of delivering high-quality products on time.  

• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators to measure product success. 

• NPS with the stakeholders and users 

• Life cycle costs (development, operational and maintenance costs – e.g. license costs) 

• Capability maturity 

• Agile team metrics like predictability, team happiness, WIP, …. 

• Quality in general and specific on data privacy & security in sync with the global information security office guidelines 

• Develop and maintain a clear product vision and roadmap to ensure alignment with strategic goals.  

• Take ownership of the product by defining and executing a strategy on adoption, governance, and self-service capabilities through the complete life cycle. 

• Collaborate with the Chief Product Owner on market research and future features. 

• Align with main stakeholders within the business domains, the operations team and if applicable the digital acceleration team, to strive towards fast-track adoption. 

Your qualifications and skills  

• Master’s degree in supply chain management, Information Technology or equivalent  

• Strong understanding and several years of experience with business processes and best practice solutions in either supply, manufacturing, distribution, or site logistics within an international environment 

• You have solid base of experience in gathering technical, functional and business requirements 

• Strong on implementation of SAFe or Agile scrum and working to assess and size story/epics  

• Working experience with business industry applications like ERP, WMS systems, mobile, … is a pre  

• Good interpersonal skills (work well within a team) and ability to influence at various levels of the organization. 

• Ability to work and make solid decisions in a fast-paced operational environment with competing priorities and multiple stakeholders.  

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills  

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills 

• Drive to win, result and goal oriented with a hands-on mentality 

• You are able to speak, read and write in English 

What we offer​

In the challenging and responsible position of Product Owner - Supply, you will have the chance to make a significant contribution to industry-leading projects and be connected to our dedicated people and customers. We offer a position in an informal, international and professional working environment with a lot of scope for personal development. By joining our profitable and growing company you will be able to reach your goals and focus on your future.​

This position offers a competitive salary range of € 6050 to €7400 gross  per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance). Through exceeding performance expectations, you even have the possibility to grow outside this scale. 

On top of your fixed salary you’ll receive the following secondary benefits:​
 

• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).​
• Flexible working hours.​
• A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office).​
• A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300,- per calendar year.
• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.​
• Working from home allowance.​
• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.​
• On-site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.​
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.​
• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.​
• And a great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.​

Your application

Are you interested in this position? Then apply now directly on our workday vacancy link with your resume and a short summary about your interest in this role.

PS: Due to process compliance, we cannot process email applications. Kindly use the correct vacancy link to apply for this vacancy.

Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.