Product Manager (Space & Assortment)

RELEX Solutions create cutting-edge supply chain and retail planning software. Within our platforms, we have the power and potential to increase adaptability, efficiency and sustainability in the consumer goods and retail value chain. Our impact is tangible; from sustainability and eliminating waste to delighting customers and delivering great tailored tech solutions, we’re curious and passionate challenge-seekers creating the future of retail today.  

Our Product team

RELEX Product team is pivotal in ensuring our continued growth. We build industry-leading products that fulfil the needs of world’s largest and most advanced retailers and manufacturers. Our products use advanced cutting-edge technology like AI and ML while being user-friendly and efficient to use for the thousands of users we have. We have the happiest customers of our industry, and our customers couldn’t run their daily operations without RELEX. What’s more, through optimizing our customers supply chains, we save 11m kg of food waste every year. We are proud of our culture: we have a strong, talented, and ambitious team who doesn’t take themselves too seriously and has lots of fun together. 

We are now looking for a skilled Product Manager to join our RELEX family. You will focus on Macro Space in our Space and Assortment Management product suite. Together we are building a world-class solution, and you will help the team achieve this goal by leading the development of our Macro Space products with a clear product vision and roadmap.  

You will be joining our Product team preferably in Helsinki (Finland), Stoke-on-Trent or London (UK (United Kingdom); however, any current RELEX European office location will be considered.  

What you will be doing:  

You will play the significant role of Product Manager in Space & Assortment product area. This area covers Micro Space (Planogram management and optimization), Macro Space (Floor Planning and optimization), as well as Clustering and Assortment solutions. As a Product Manager you will be contributing to many facets of our business and in this role, you will be responsible for our Macro Space products. Some of the key areas of responsibility are based around the following: 
 

Product strategy and vision 

• Working with Head of Product and other Macro Space, Store Execution & Platform team members to define the Macro Space Product vision
• Communicating the Product vision on all levels, ensuring it gives the required direction to all product and development functions
• Being a key contributor to strategy for Macro Space product as well as overall Space & Assortment product area

Product roadmap and customer collaboration 

• Owning the product roadmap for your responsibility area, defining new features and recognizing improvement opportunities, as well as giving direction to the Engineering teams in managing the operational roadmaps and development
• Involve customers to product and roadmap communication and actively collaborate with them to understand their business needs and to ensure the desirability and viability of new product development

Product expertise 

• Being a trusted expert with a deep knowledge of Macro Space product and related processes, value statements and Key Performance Indicators
• Being a product evangelist of your products both internally and externally (e.g., supporting sales, engaging with prospective partners)

Sales, operation and other support 

• Advising and supporting sales cases for Macro Space solution, and transposing of prospect requirements to solutions within our offering
• Supporting key stakeholders within Product Operations, Product Excellence and Best Practice teams in their efforts to mature and scale operations according to the growth of the business 
• Establish good working relationships with different key stakeholders across the organization including Product and Technology, Customer Operations, Sales and Marketing

What you will bring to the table: 

• Minimum 3 years of experience in both or either of the following: 
  • Space related products within the industry and a clear view of best practices, and how improvements can be made in terms of solutions and user experience 
  • Experience in Product management, and software development, including development methodology and roadmap management 
• Experience about Macro space planning methodologies including understanding of base principles and on-going challenges  
• Ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on all organizational levels 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills including ability talk about difficult topics on multiple abstraction layers from C level to other members of the wider product team 
• Ability to take ownership and provide the product vision and direction in collaboration with customers and internal stakeholders 
• Good prioritization and project management skills 
• (Deep) understanding of retail industry or broader range of product areas is considered as advantage

RELEX United Kingdom

RELEXians can be found around the world, but here we’re based in Stoke and London. You’ll find our Stoke office in a university campus business park, a genuinely collaborative space surrounded by up-and-coming talent. In London, we have a brand-new vibrant space that doesn’t compromise on cosiness – it’s a welcoming customer hub! One of our meeting rooms even transforms into a cinema, and dogs are more than welcome. Both offices are well-equipped spaces in which to socialise and work. Your future teammates are just as passionate about technology/impacting the world as you are; they’re a vital part of our unique culture that encourages personal development and genuine work-life balance.

Across RELEX, our people are supported and rewarded. In the UK, we go even further. As well as:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible and hybrid working
• 25 days annual leave

We offer family-orientated policies such as maternity and paternity packages, the gift of time to do the school run, days off for first days of school, and even leave for your wedding and moving house! We also have private medical care, company events and a company-wide bonus plus. But that’s not all.

We’re on a journey with our pioneering technology and exciting growth, which is why we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We can’t wait to see what challenges you’ll overcome and what problems you’ll solve. Join us and work with the best. Be curious. Be RELEX – Apply today.

Being part of RELEX means being heard, feeling valued and knowing that you can be yourself because you belong. We believe in actions, not words, regarding diverse hiring and employment practices. We take DE&I seriously. We champion and benefit from global diversity. We’re creating and evolving our culture to welcome everyone and value every idea.

Are you the one we’re looking for? Apply today and become a part of RELEX!

You can apply by sending your resume through the application form as soon as possible. Please note that we will fill this position as soon as we’ve found the right person, so we recommend that you act quickly.