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The Global Product Owner P&VA is accountable for the end-to-end ownership, delivery, and performance of the global P&VA solution. This role ensures that the solution effectively supports supply chain and commercial allocations, enabling accurate direct and indirect customer profitability analysis. The Product Owner drives alignment of the product with evolving business needs, governs daily operations, and ensures the system design meets both global and local requirements.
Your responsibilities would include:
Defining and owning the P&VA vision, business case, and strategic roadmap in alignment with supply chain and commercial profitability analysis and allocation needs Continuously scanning for market and internal opportunities to enhance allocation capabilities Guarding, improving, and expanding the global P&VA allocation template, ensuring consistent allocation methods and processes across OpCos and business areas Creating, maintaining, and prioritizing the P&VA backlog, translating allocation and profitability requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria. Overseeing and supporting key testing stages to ensure quality, follow up on issues, and stay closely aligned with ongoing development Representing the voice of the customer to ensure that allocation engine design and enhancements align with user and business needs. Facilitating stakeholder feedback cycles for continuous improvement Owning the P&VA budget and managing a cross-functional product team, including vendors and internal contributors. Fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment that delivers secure, compliantly and scalable profitability data Guiding P&VA allocation engine deployment efforts, ensuring quality standards for profitability outputs are met Acting as a gatekeeper, ensuring deployments meet agreed global standards and deliver expected P&VA outcomes
You are a good candidate if you have:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, preferably in Business Control, Finance Processes, D&T or a related field. 8–10 years of relevant work experience, including exposure to cross-functional and complex international environments Demonstrated experience in transactional finance and processes, specifically related to the relevant product. Scrum Product Owner training and certification is recommended. Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP S/4), and process- and data mapping tools is an advantage Experience with end-to-end process design, platform deployment, and working in a multinational or shared services context. End-to-end process-oriented thinking Analytical and conceptual thinking Experience with process design & mapping, project management, change management, and Agile methodology English - excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to manage senior stakeholder relationships and address conflicting priorities Strong collaboration skills, able to connect D&T & business and work with multiple stakeholders at various levels Strategic mindset with attention to both detail and the “helicopter view”
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