Product Manager

AUTODOC is a technology company with a leading e-commerce platform for vehicle parts and accessories in Europe. Founded in 2008 in Berlin, we are now 5,000 people from 68 nationalities, collaborating to make mobility easy and sustainable. By placing technology at the core of everything we do, we manage to serve customers in 27 European countries in 23 languages.

Curious minds, adventurous experts and tech-savvy professionals - one team, one billion euros revenue. Catch the ride!

Justification

The Product Manager (PM) – Supplier Integration Platform is responsible for overseeing the development and management of the Supplier Integration Platform, enabling seamless communication, collaboration, and data exchange with AUTODOC's direct purchasing suppliers. The PM serves as the primary point of contact within the organization, coordinating with internal IT organization, external vendors of integration solutions, suppliers’ IT teams, and internal stakeholders to ensure the platform aligns with strategic and operational objectives. This role is crucial in enhancing the platform's performance and delivering value to AUTODOC, its suppliers, and its customers.

The ideal candidate has a strong expertise in cross-platform integration and data exchange technologies, with a solid understanding of industry standards, best practices, in-house development, and market-available integration solutions, excels in managing internal development teams and external vendor relationships, driving system enhancements to align with business objectives.

This role involves leading teams and/or projects with significant visibility and impact across the organization.

Responsibilities

Autodoc has a diverse integration platform that is made of inhouse developed systems and components in combination with the market-available solutions. With the growth of the business, volume and geography wise, the level of complexity of the integration landscape, processes and projects grew. This requires the new approach to the integration both technology and process wise, that includes adoption of a to-be selected market-available Integration Platform, review and streamline of the related processes and services, and development of the additional modules like Vendor Portal.

The Product Manager – Supplier Integration Platform is expected to drive the agenda of the related Product as per follows:

Product Strategy and Roadmap:

Develop and maintain a clear product strategy and roadmap combining internal and external platforms and components, in alignment with business objectives.

Identify opportunities to optimize operations, reduce costs, and enhance supplier and customer experience.

Stakeholder Engagement:

Collaborate with strategic and operational purchasing, IT, and suppliers to gather and prioritize system requirements.

Ensure that system configurations and workflows meet the needs of internal and external stakeholders.

Vendor Management and Collaboration:

Partner with third-party Integration Platform vendors to define product enhancements, resolve system issues, and ensure seamless integration with internal systems.

Act as the primary point of contact for vendor discussions, including feature requests, issue escalation, and contractual alignment.

Performance Monitoring:

In cooperation with Operations and Functional Unit Leads, define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure both operational solution performance and the success of Integration Platform enhancements, and ensure continuous improvement.

Analyze system data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.

System Support and Optimization:

Lead efforts to configure, customize, and optimize the Integration Platform for maximum operational efficiency and scalability.

Identify and implement enhancements to improve system performance, reliability, and user satisfaction.

Coordinate with vendors and suppliers for timely resolution of support tickets and system issues.

Develop guidelines and SOPs for Integration Platform operation to enable frictionless operation and issues prevention and resolution.

Integration and Data Management:

Ensure seamless integration between the internal and external business systems (e.g., ERP, WCS, TMS).

Oversee data accuracy and consistency to enable efficient reporting and decision-making.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner in Supply Chain / Logistics industry with focus on Integration.
• Experience in working with a market leading Integration Platforms (SAP, Lobster, Mulesoft, Boomi, practical knowledge of one of them is a plus).
• Working in e-commerce environment with focus on supply chain, Inbound Logistics.
• Design and implementation of complex cross-platform integration solutions made of multiple IT elements (ERP, WMS, TMS, YMS).
• Experience in successfully communicating and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders management, – consultants, suppliers, partners, as well as internal stakeholders – technical team members, product users.

Additional Information

Competitive salaries based on your professional experience

Annual vacation of 25 working days and 1 additional day off on your birthday

Meals Allowance

Healthcare Insurance

Mental Wellbeing Program- providing you and your immediate family members with free and confidential mental and physical health support services for a wide range of personal and work-related issues.

AUTODOC Corporate Discount

Opportunities for advancement, further trainings (over 650 courses on soft and hard skills on our e-learning platform) and coaching

Free English and German language classes

Referral Program with attractive incentives

Flexible working hours and hybrid work

Fast growing international company with stable employment