Product Manager (Contract) Jobs

Spud.ca has an exciting opportunity for a twelve-month contract Product Manager with experience in Warehouse Management Systems and eCommerce platforms. This role will primarily support the stabilization of our legacy Warehouse Management Systems while still having some exposure to collaborating on our new platform development.

You will guide the success of various systems by improving efficiency, automations, and creating a seamless user experience for our team members. You advocate for our team members using the applications you manage and understand the benefit of building strong solutions to drive great business results.

SPUD.ca is a Western Canadian online grocery delivery business comprised of a passionate team who believe that food touches every aspect of our lives, so we are advocates for sustainable farming practices, sourcing locally, treating animals humanely, and reducing food waste. As a Certified B Corporation since 2013, we are committed to socially responsible business practices.

Duties & Responsibilities:

The Product Manager sits at the intersection of business, technology, and user experience (UX). They will work closely with our operations, logistics, delivery, and development teams to support our Warehouse Management Systems. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to manage the backlog, create a month-to-month view of the roadmap, and define the end-to-end experience for our warehouse, operation, and delivery team members.

• Discover and deliver product requirement documents with prioritized features and business or operational values justification.
• Familiarity with multiple of the following domains: order management, supply chain management, MRP, procurement, warehouse management, inventory management, fulfillment planning, and transportation management.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams.
• Develop, implement, and maintain production timelines across multiple departments.
• Balance usability, feasibility, viability, and sustainability.
• Demonstrated success defining and delivering products into production.
• Manage product lifecycle from concept, through gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, executing product strategy & vision, and working closely with engineering.
• Additional duties as required.
• Working with various business and operations owners, you will define the product priorities and roadmap.
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for development by engineering teams.
• Continuous awareness of technology developments that may impact the product.
• At least 5+ years as a Product Manager and/or Product Owner.
• Familiarity with one or more of the business domains of retail, grocery/produce, eCommerce, B2C distribution, and third-party logistics.
• Provide updates to senior management and leadership teams on project deliverables and release plan.
• Have experience in Agile Development Product Management.
• Collaborate with engineering, community care, operations, and logistics teams.

About You

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to communicate large multi-functional technical and business teams in a distributed environment – verbally and via electronic communications.
• User-centric and problem-solving mindset
• Comfortable with ambiguity, change, and thrive in fast-paced, start-up-like environment.
• Self-driven with the ability to prioritize and pivot as needed.
• Results-driven, comfortable with defining Objective Key Results for you team.
• Has the ability to influence without authority.

SPUD's approach to inclusive hiring

SPUD's family of companies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer which celebrates the diversity found within our teams. We strongly encourage people from underrepresented communities, including women, Indigenous Peoples, members of the LGBTQ2+ community, people of colour, and people with disabilities, to consider applying. We know from experience that great talent comes in many forms, and we want to meet you at your best! Please let us know if we can provide unique accommodations that will enable your equal participation!

Our Values

Our values are more than just words to us. Our values drive our success and guide our growth:

• Learn, grow and make time to celebrate wins together.
• We welcome different perspectives. Diversity makes us stronger.
• We are committed to our mission and that requires resilience, persistence and grit to persevere and succeed.
• Create amazing customer experiences. We are passionate in our commitment to deliver for our customers.
• Lead with sustainability and consider our impact.
• Prioritize, work smart and deliver results for our stakeholders and each other.