Product Owner Catalog Management (m/f/d)

Purchasing 4.0: Fully Digitized & Networked?

You are excited to be the connecting factor between the various external and internal stakeholders as our new Product Owner Catalog Management (m/f/d). You identify the needs of all stakeholders and ensure that the backlog is filled, managed, and prioritized correctly. You are familiar with being part of an agile team and working with other professionals to create maximum value efficiently for our Catalog Management solution.
You share the planning with internal stakeholders and keep everyone informed during the process, documenting all steps for up-to-date administration. This way, you provide structure and overview for all departments involved in our organization.

Your Job

You get excited about analyzing requirements, think actively and process-wise, and are responsible for writing specifications for the product development team. You feel responsible for continuously enhancing the Catalog Management service, maintaining a clear focus, meeting deadlines, and ensuring the product roadmap is always up-to-date.

As our new Product Owner Catalog Management (m/f/d), you:

• create, together with the Product Manager, the Catalog Management roadmap
• manage and refine the team backlog
• create and work out user stories in detail so the team can work on them
• adapt the product backlog based on learnings from previous sprints and communicate changes to the Product team
• determine priorities in consultation with the Scrum team and the Product Manager
• actively think along in solving problems, even if they are not your problems
• regularly consult with other Product Owners and Product Managers
• constantly evaluate the progress and overall status of the product towards achieving the product vision
• participate actively in all scheduled team meetings necessary to build the best Catalog Management solution

Your Responsibilities

• Elaborating, managing, and prioritizing the product backlog
• Translating Product Managers’ strategies to goals for development
• Learning the market and customers’ needs
• Serving as a liaison between product and development
• Staying accessible to development to answer questions

Your Competencies

As our new Product Owner Catalog Management (m/f/d), you are communicatively strong and can translate the wishes and requirements of our customers and internal stakeholders. You ensure everything is clear to the other members of the scrum team. This role requires autonomy, creativity, and flexibility when choices differ from your expectations. Furthermore, you are curious and eager to learn to understand something before finding an appropriate solution.

Your Profile

• Your English is excellent both written and verbal
• At least a completed Bachelor's degree
• You have a deep understanding of catalog management and eProcurement processes and concepts, including knowledge of product categorization, organization, and maintenance in a catalog system
• Experience with different Catalog types like Punch Out Catalogs, OCI's, and third-party Integrations like Amazon Business and Unite is a plus
• You have the ability to analyze data, derive insights, and make data-driven decisions
• Familiarity with various interface technologies, such as APIs, EDI, web services, and microservices is desirable
• A Product Owner certification with Scrum Alliance or Scrum.org is beneficial
• You bring at least 3 years of experience as a Product Owner
• You have experience with internal and external stakeholder management
• Knowledge of and experience with Agile frameworks
• You are a real team player
• You are truly a "product" person who knows what it takes to create excellent SaaS software products

We Offer You

Become part of the Onventis cloud platform for buyers and suppliers. Our solutions are used by 450,000 registered users in 17 languages worldwide. A dynamic environment with flat hierarchies, fast decision-making processes, and innovative development projects with creative freedom await you!

In addition, we offer you:

• Time to think and work with the team to implement the best ideas in features
• Collaboration with the product teams
• Focus on the essence of your job
• High-class DELL mobile workstation with 2 monitors and licensed software
• CORE culture (customer-oriented; open-minded; responsible; excellent) in action
• Hybrid work schedule (home office/work from office)
• Regular feedback on your expectations and performance twice a year with your direct lead
• Informal 1-1 meetings with your direct lead
• Professional growth opportunities, working closely with architects and other senior colleagues
• Access to workshops and conferences
• Access to e-learning platforms
• 24/7 access to a loft-style modern office
• Discounted membership with Urban Sports Club
• Covering the costs of the Germany ticket

Join Us!

It’s time to meet you!
Apply online or send your application with your salary expectations and earliest possible starting date to recruiting@onventis.de

If you have any questions, please call us at +49 (0) 711 686875-0

Your Contact:

• Dolf van den Boorn, Head of Product Management
• Canan Temel, HR Manager

About Us

"We work every day to make global procurement simple, secure, and connected with cloud services". At Onventis, we are driven by a common goal: to provide the best digital network for buyers and suppliers. We are a software pioneer that makes online procurement possible for companies. In addition to digital technology, this requires great ideas for the procurement management of tomorrow. Who makes them a reality? The Onventis team from Research & Development, IT, Product Management, Consulting & Services, Support, Sales, Marketing, and Finance & Administration makes purchasing fit for the future for our internationally active customers. Expressed in figures: From 6 locations - Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, The Hague, Stockholm, Paris, and Vienna - around 160 colleagues ensure every day that around 450,000 users process an annual business volume of 10 billion euros and more via the Onventis platform. The flat hierarchies, the broad scope for creativity, and our interlinked teams create the space for innovation and personal development. Show us that you are a digital talent and make the Onventis success story yours.