Director, Digital Product Management, Supply Chain

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The Director, Digital Product Management, Supply Chain owns the enterprise Supply Chain digital product strategy and portfolio and is accountable for translating long-term Supply Chain priorities into an integrated ecosystem of digital capabilities that transform how the organization plans, operates and makes decisions.

This leader partners closely with Global IT to execute the work through the fusion team operating model and directs the Digital Product Management organization, develops product leaders and partners with executive leadership to shape investment priorities, capability roadmaps and transformational initiatives across Supply Chain. The role looks beyond individual products to identify opportunities across processes, data, technology and organizational boundaries and ensures that digital investments collectively advance Supply Chain and enterprise objectives.

The Director serves as a senior connector between Supply Chain, technology and enterprise leadership and represents the Supply Chain digital product perspective in major strategic decisions.

This role offers a flexible hybrid work schedule with a requirement of being located at our Home Office in Green Bay, Wisconsin 20%

Relocation Benefits: Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for this position.

About our Green Bay, WI Home Office:

You’ll find lots to love in our beautiful home office in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin. Our jeans-friendly environment has indoor and outdoor collaboration spaces, state-of-the-art R&D and sensory labs, culinary kitchens, a pilot plant, innovation center and more.

Take advantage of outdoor workspaces. Sample and provide feedback on new products from our R&D team. Enjoy free coffee, soda and popcorn. Take a short walk to restaurants, breweries, the YMCA and a weekly farmer’s market on the scenic Fox River.

What you will do:

Own the Supply Chain Digital Strategy

• Own and evolve the overarching Supply Chain digital product strategy, ensuring alignment with Supply Chain and enterprise business strategies.
• Establish a multi-year vision and strategic roadmap for digital capabilities across the Supply Chain ecosystem.
• Identify transformational opportunities where digital technology, advanced analytics, automation and emerging capabilities can materially improve Supply Chain performance.
• Translate external trends and technology developments into implications, opportunities and strategic choices for Schreiber.
• Advise executive leaders on the capabilities and investments required to advance the future-state Supply Chain.

Lead the Digital Product Portfolio

• Own the strategic direction, prioritization and governance of the Supply Chain digital product portfolio.
• Establish investment principles and make or recommend portfolio trade-offs across competing priorities, products and capabilities.
• Ensure digital investments collectively support a coherent future-state Supply Chain capability architecture rather than isolated solutions.
• Establish measures of portfolio value and hold product leaders accountable for measurable business outcomes.
• Redirect resources and investment when products or initiatives are not creating sufficient strategic or business value.
• Partners closely with Global IT to execute the work through the fusion team operating model

Executive Influence & Enterprise Leadership

• Serve as the senior digital-product advisor to Supply Chain leadership and a strategic partner to IT/Digital and other functional executives.
• Influence executive leadership on Supply Chain digital strategy, investment priorities and transformation decisions.
• Build alignment and consensus across diverse functions when priorities, incentives or perspectives differ.
• Regularly communicate Supply Chain digital strategy, business value, investment requirements, risks and progress to senior and executive leadership.
• Represent Supply Chain in enterprise digital, technology and transformation discussions.
• Work outward across organizational boundaries to ensure Supply Chain digital priorities are integrated with broader enterprise initiatives.

Lead and Develop Product Leadership

• Lead and develop a high-performing organization of Digital Product Managers, Product Owners and/or product leaders.
• Create workforce and talent strategies needed to support the future Supply Chain digital product organization.
• Build succession pipelines and develop product-management leadership capability.
• Establish consistent enterprise-quality standards for product strategy, discovery, prioritization, lifecycle management and value realization.
• Create an environment that encourages experimentation, customer focus, accountability and continuous improvement.

Transformation & Business Value

• Lead digital transformation efforts spanning multiple Supply Chain capabilities and organizational areas.
• Challenge established processes and operating models where technology creates opportunities for fundamentally different ways of working.
• Partner with Supply Chain and technology leadership to resolve complex, ambiguous and cross-functional problems.
• Ensure product decisions incorporate business value, customer/partner experience, technology sustainability, risk and organizational readiness.
• Establish mechanisms for measuring adoption, product performance, business outcomes and return on digital investments.

External & Future-Focused Leadership

• Maintain deep awareness of emerging Supply Chain technology, digital-product practices and industry trends.
• Develop relationships with technology providers, industry experts and external partners where appropriate to inform strategy.
• Bring an outside-in perspective to Supply Chain leadership and challenge existing assumptions regarding the role technology can play.
• Evaluate emerging capabilities for their potential to create differentiated Supply Chain performance.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, Information Technology or related discipline, or equivalent experience; advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of relevant Supply Chain, digital product, technology transformation or related experience, including significant leadership experience.
• Deep demonstrated expertise across multiple Supply Chain domains and understanding of how processes, data and technology intersect across the end-to-end value chain.
• Significant experience developing and leading enterprise or function-wide digital/product strategies and portfolios.
• Experience leading Product Managers, Product Owners and/or other product leaders.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional digital transformation.
• Proven ability to influence and advise executive leadership on strategic, investment and transformation decisions.
• Strong business and financial acumen with experience prioritizing investments and evaluating business value.
• Deep understanding of digital product management, Agile delivery, technology platforms and product lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex, ambiguous problems spanning multiple functions and stakeholder groups.
• Exceptional executive communication, negotiation and consensus-building skills.
• Strong talent-development capability and experience building organizational capability and leadership pipelines.

Preferred:

• Master's degree, MBA or relevant advanced degree.
• Leadership experience in a global manufacturing or complex Supply Chain organization.
• Experience with enterprise Supply Chain transformation and major SCM/digital platforms.
• Agile/product-management certifications.

Eligible partners will receive:

• Get not one, but TWO retirement benefits. When you join our employee-owned company, you’ll be part of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) from day one. In addition to an 8% 401(k) match into the ESOP, Schreiber will contribute an extra amount – about 8% of your earnings – toward your retirement every year. That’s a company contribution of around 16% in retirement savings annually. That’s hard to beat!
• Earn bonus pay. You’ll have an opportunity to earn incentive pay twice a year when we meet our company goals.
• Ready to make a move? Receive a $10,000 relocation bonus PLUS a generous relocation package if relocating more than 50 miles for a U.S. Salaried position.
• Childcare costs. Get up to $5,000 annually to help you with the cost of childcare. Monthly contributions toward childcare expenses, including independent babysitters.
• Earn extra money for taking care of yourself. Eligible partners can earn a Wellness Incentive and receive an employer‑funded Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) to use on fitness, mental health, and other lifestyle expenses.
• Pursue development that’s relevant to your role, career goals and the company. Plus, we offer tuition reimbursement if you want to further your education to grow in your role at Schreiber.
• Get access to medical, prescription drug, dental and vision benefits starting day one. This includes an onsite nurse and mental health counselor.
• Experience caring like you’ve never experienced it before. We have a program that’s completely organized by and for other partners who need extra help. It’s called Partners Helping Partners. We have hundreds of examples of partners organizing fundraisers to help out others going through a hard time.
• Benefits that support your whole life. Visit Schreiber – Care for you to see everything Schreiber offers to support your health, wellbeing, and financial future.

Sound like a company you’d like to be a part of? Click Apply.

Need extra assistance with the application process? Contact recruiting@schreiberfoods.com or call 920-437-7601.

​For positions that require any amount of travel: Valid driver's license, auto insurance (at least state minimum- more might be required), acceptable driving record per Schreiber Foods discretion, and vehicle that will ensure applicant can meet the travel necessities of the position are required.

Schreiber requires that an employee have authorization to work in the country in which the role is based. In the event, an applicant does not have current work authorization, Schreiber will determine, in its sole discretion, whether to sponsor an individual for work authorization. However, based on immigration requirements, not all roles are suitable for sponsorship.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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About Us

Schreiber Foods strives to do good through food every day. Based in North America, we’re a customer-brand leader in cream cheese, natural cheese, process cheese, shelf-stable beverages and yogurt. Our more than 10,000 employees and presence on five continents enable us to be an essential ingredient in our customers’ success.

With annual sales of more than $7 billion, we partner with the best retailers, restaurants, distributors and food manufacturers around the globe. We also recognize our responsibility to do good in the world and are driven to make a difference in everything we do.

Life & Culture - We call ourselves partners – not employees – and there’s a good reason behind that. Our work is more than just a job. Our common goals drive and energize us as we work together to be the best we can be.

Caring is a huge part of who we are. We not only help each other grow; we take care of each other along the way. Whenever a partner is experiencing a hardship, it’s common for others to take the initiative to organize fundraisers to help support them through our Partners Helping Partners program. We also care about our communities and want to help make them better places to live every day.

Who are we looking for? Our people are truly the heart of our company, and we’re on a journey together. It’s about more than a job. We work hard to find great people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, and provide opportunities to help them grow. Like a family, we care deeply about each other