We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come… for our customers, our communities, and our planet.
Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL) and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.
We are positioned at the intersection of sustainability and technology. Our businesses develop technology that helps save our customers energy and reduce their carbon emissions. We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and location-aware applications.
Job Summary
Acuity is seeking a Senior Product Manager – Product Management Tech (Supply Chain) to own the strategy, roadmap, delivery, and continuous improvement of technology products supporting critical end-to-end supply chain processes.
This role will serve as the product leader for an assigned supply chain domain, partnering closely with business, technology, data, architecture, and implementation teams to translate operational needs into scalable technology capabilities.
Product domains may include Order Management, Subscription Management, Source-to-Pay, Supplier Management, Manufacturing, Inventory Management, Planning, Fulfillment, and Distribution.
The Senior Product Manager will own capabilities from discovery and prioritization through implementation, adoption, measurement, and continuous improvement. The role requires a combination of product management discipline, supply chain domain expertise, and enterprise technology fluency.
The successful candidate will help create standardized yet flexible supply chain capabilities that improve service, reliability, productivity, visibility, cost, and working capital across Acuity.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
Own Product Strategy & Roadmap
Define product vision, roadmap, & near-term priorities for assigned supply chain products & capabilities
Translate enterprise & supply chain objectives into product capabilities, investments, releases, & measurable outcomes & balance strategic platform evolution with immediate operational priorities
Lead Product Discovery & Prioritization
Partner with business stakeholders, end users, architects, engineering, & implementation partners to understand business processes, pain points, & opportunities
Translate business needs into product capabilities, epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, & prioritized backlogs
Prioritize opportunities based on business value, user impact, risk, dependencies, strategic alignment, & complexity
Own Supply Chain Technology Capabilities
Serve as the Product Management owner for enterprise technology capabilities supporting the assigned supply chain domain
Drive adoption, standardization, simplification, and continuous improvement across ERP & surrounding supply chain platforms
Understand how capabilities connect across order management, procurement, suppliers, planning, manufacturing, inventory, warehousing, distribution, fulfillment, & related enterprise platforms
Drive Cross-Functional Alignment
Act as the primary technology product partner for business leaders & process owners within the assigned domain.
Partner across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Distribution, Customer Operations, Commercial, Finance, & Technology teams
Translate complex business and technology topics into product decisions, priorities, tradeoffs, & recommendations
Lead Product Delivery
Partner with engineering, architecture, integration, data, security, testing, & implementation teams through the product lifecycle
Own & prioritize the product backlog & participate in solution design, sprint & release planning, testing, readiness, deployment, and stabilization
Ensure delivered capabilities meet business objectives, user needs, architectural direction, & acceptance criteria
Enable Data, Analytics, & Visibility
Identify operational data, metrics, alerts, exception-management capabilities, & analytics required to manage the assigned supply chain processes
Partner with data & analytics teams to improve visibility & operational decision-making
Define product KPIs & measure outcomes such as adoption, cycle time, service levels, productivity, automation, inventory, cost, working capital, reliability, & exception reduction
Drive Adoption & Continuous Improvement
Partner with business process owners & change-management teams to support rollout, communication, training, readiness, & adoption
Remain close to users & operations to understand how products perform in day-to-day environments & identify opportunities for improvement
Use operational metrics, product analytics, & user feedback to evolve the product roadmap.
Supply Chain Domain Areas
Own or support technology capabilities across 1+ supply chain domains, including:
- Order Management & Fulfillment
- Subscription Management
- Source-to-Pay
- Supplier Management & Collaboration
- Manufacturing
- Inventory Management
- Planning & Material Flow
- Distribution & Fulfillment
Skills and Minimum Experience Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
- 8+ years of relevant product management, technology product ownership, enterprise applications, supply chain technology, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated experience owning or materially influencing complex enterprise technology products or capabilities.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes.
- Deep functional experience in one or more supply chain domains such as Order Management, Source-to-Pay, Procurement, Supplier Management, Manufacturing, Inventory, Planning, Fulfillment, or Distribution.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business processes and operational challenges into technology capabilities and product requirements.
- Experience working across business, architecture, engineering, integration, data, security, testing, and implementation teams.
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to drive initiatives through influence in a matrixed environment
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications and/or Oracle E-Business Suite in a supply chain context.
- Enterprise platforms supporting Order Management, Subscription Management, Procurement, Supplier Management, Manufacturing, Inventory, Planning, WMS, TMS, MES, or supply-chain execution.
- Enterprise integrations including APIs, middleware, EDI, event-driven integrations, and cloud integration platforms.
- Enterprise data platforms, analytics, and supply-chain reporting solutions.
- Multi-business-unit, multi-ERP, or multi-site enterprise environments.
- Major ERP or supply-chain transformation programs.
- Agile/Product certifications such as CSPO, SAFe PO/PM, Scrum, or similar certifications.
Travel Requirements
Other
To Be Successful in This Role
Success requires strong product-management capabilities combined with meaningful supply-chain domain expertise.
Product Leadership
Ability to establish product direction, make prioritization decisions, maintain a product roadmap, and lead products through discovery, delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement.
Supply Chain Expertise
Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain processes with deep experience in one or more domains such as:
- Order Management and Fulfillment
- Subscription Management
- Source-to-Pay and Procurement
- Supplier Management and Collaboration
- Manufacturing
- Inventory Management
- Planning
- Warehousing and Distribution
Enterprise Technology Fluency
Experience working with enterprise platforms supporting supply chain operations.
Ability to understand business processes, application capabilities, data, integrations, architecture, and user experience sufficiently to make effective product decisions.
Strategic and Operational Mindset
Ability to think strategically about enterprise capabilities and technology architecture while remaining close enough to operations to understand day-to-day user and process challenges.
Stakeholder Leadership
Ability to work effectively with business leaders, process owners, operations teams, architects, engineers, vendors, implementation partners, and end users.
Strong ability to influence without authority and drive stakeholders toward clear decisions.
Product Delivery Discipline
Experience operating in Agile or product-oriented delivery environments, including defining capabilities, epics, features, user stories, acceptance criteria, releases, and measurable outcomes.
Comfort with Complexity
Ability to operate within a complex, multi-business-unit and multi-site environment while managing dependencies, competing priorities, ambiguity, and evolving business requirements.
We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Accommodation for Applicants with Disabilities: As an equal opportunity employer, Acuity Brands is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have difficulty using our online system due to a disability and need an accommodation, you may contact us at (770) 922-9000, select option 4. Please clearly indicate what type of accommodation you are requesting and for what requisition.
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Knowledge of French is required for positions permanently located in Quebec so incumbents can communicate with their colleagues and suppliers in Quebec as necessary. French-language training is offered to all incumbents in permanent positions in Quebec who do not have a good knowledge of French.
