IT Digital Product Manager – Supply Chain Accounting

The IT Digital Product Manager for Planning, Inventory, Manufacturing (PMI) Finance is responsible for defining product strategy and delivering capabilities for costing, supply chain accounting, and intercompany accounting across Sherwin-Williams’ global supply chain. The role partners with Product Owners and cross-functional teams to align execution with enterprise objectives, governance, and ETG standards.

Role Focus

This position owns the digital product vision and roadmaps for finance-related supply chain capabilities, with an emphasis on scalable delivery. Responsibilities include end-to-end planning and coordination across key Finance process areas such as Order to Cash, Source to Pay, Planning/Manufacturing/Inventory, Acquire to Retire, and Record to Report.

Responsibilities

• Apply competition, customer analysis, market research, and competitive analysis skills to support Enterprise Technology Group objectives.
• Drive digital product strategy across core business and enterprise applications in partnership with business leadership and process managers.
• Develop business cases for new products, improvements to existing products, and business ventures in coordination with Value Management and business leadership.
• Own digital product vision, roadmaps, and program backlog; establish feature acceptance criteria while aligning priorities to overall Sherwin-Williams strategy.
• Recommend input on digital product pricing, support product cost analysis, and produce an internal return rate.
• Act as the voice of the customer by prioritizing features and enhancements based on customer feedback, business impact, and technical feasibility.
• Collaborate with process and program teams to define roadmaps, community user groups, and other program initiatives.
• Coordinate development across multiple projects, including specifications, scope, and requirements impacting Finance processes.
• Lead product owners and partner with technical personnel to ensure products and services meet community needs.
• Work closely with product owners to define development business need, create user stories, support inter-team dependencies, and help identify and escalate issues early.
• Lead product owners in building strong practices across the organization and the Enterprise Technology Group.
• Develop solutions to product and customer issues through collaboration across regions, process areas, and functions.
• Support the Enterprise Technology Group Product function through performance management, career development, training, and continuous process improvement.

Requirements

• At least 18 years of age.
• Legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical- or business-related field.
• 8+ years of product management or equivalent project management experience.
• 8+ years leading delivery of technology solutions, including business-specific and enterprise applications aligned to business objectives.
• 3+ years of managing projects.
• Experience in Costing, Supply Chain Accounting, or Intercompany Accounting.
• Experience owning or driving roadmap strategy and definition.
• Experience with end-to-end product delivery.
• Experience delivering features and managing product tradeoffs.
• Experience owning technology products.
• Experience managing internal and external stakeholders.
• New Product Development or Stage Gate process experience.
• Prior knowledge of key process and technical products within Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or Inventory.
• 6+ years Oracle or other industry-leading applications experience with various Supply Chain modules.
• 3+ years managing IT technology projects and enterprise-level implementations.
• Understanding of supply chain management solutions and business processes.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple initiatives.
• Expertise in allocating resources (people, tools, environment) to enable Product teams to deliver strategic goals.
• Financial acumen to manage and adhere to plans, budgets, and value creation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Supervisory experience or team responsibility.
• 1+ years delivering product-based solutions.
• Experience in hybrid project delivery environments.
• Experience in transformational projects or enterprise-level initiatives.
• Experience delivering enterprise-level solutioning through data-driven insights.
• Experience working across functional teams and senior stakeholders.
• Prior product management experience leading teams effectively.

Technology

• Oracle

Location and Travel

• Cleveland, OH (onsite)
• Travel: 10%

Compensation

USD 130,507 - 169,667 per year.