Technical Product Manager – Supply Chain & Procurement Systems
Location: Sunnyvale, California
Duration: 12+ Months
Experience Required: 7+ Years
Primary Skill: Supply Chain Management (SCM) – Supply Chain Planning & Scheduling
Role Category: Technical Product Management / Supply Chain & Procurement Systems
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Technical Product Manager – Supply Chain & Procurement Systems to lead the end-to-end delivery of digital solutions supporting global supply chain and procurement operations.
The role requires a combination of technical product management, enterprise system integration, requirements engineering, and supply chain domain expertise.
The candidate will act as a bridge between business operations and engineering teams, translating complex operational challenges into scalable technology solutions.
The role has two primary focus areas:
60% – Technical Solution Delivery: Solution design, system integration, requirements execution, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) across enterprise platforms.
40% – Supply Chain & Procurement Domain: Materials planning, supplier management, direct and indirect sourcing, procurement workflows, and supply chain optimization.
The ideal candidate should be comfortable working directly with business stakeholders, engineering teams, enterprise architects, and third-party vendors to deliver technology solutions that improve operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
1. System Delivery, Integration & Execution (60%)
Solution Design & Delivery
Partner with supply chain and procurement business users to understand operational challenges and design effective system solutions.
Lead the development and implementation of digital solutions that streamline supply chain and procurement processes.
Ensure solutions align with business objectives, technical architecture, and enterprise standards.
Requirements Engineering
Translate high-level business requirements into detailed technical specifications.
Create and maintain:
Product Requirements Documents (PRDs).
User stories.
Functional requirements.
Technical specifications.
Business process flows.
Acceptance criteria.
Coordinate with engineering teams to ensure requirements are understood and implemented correctly.
Enterprise System Integration
Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, and Data teams to define system integration requirements.
Coordinate APIs, data pipelines, and interfaces connecting:
ERP systems.
Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
Transportation Management Systems (TMS).
Procurement platforms and tools.
Ensure seamless data exchange and integration across enterprise applications.
Identify and resolve cross-system dependencies and integration challenges.
UAT & Release Management
Own end-to-end User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Develop test plans and coordinate testing cycles with business users.
Track defects, coordinate triage, and drive issue resolution.
Validate delivered functionality against business requirements and acceptance criteria.
Obtain business sign-offs before production releases.
Change Management & Adoption
Lead solution rollouts and implementation activities.
Conduct post-launch retrospectives.
Provide user training and support adoption initiatives.
Establish feedback mechanisms to measure adoption and identify improvement opportunities.
Drive continuous system enhancements based on business feedback.
2. Supply Chain & Procurement Domain Leadership (40%)
Supply Chain & Procurement Expertise
Serve as a subject matter expert across:
Materials Planning.
Supply Chain Planning and Scheduling.
Direct and Indirect Sourcing.
Supplier Lifecycle Management.
Purchase Order (PO) Execution.
Contract Management.
Invoicing and Procure-to-Pay (P2P).
Understand end-to-end supply chain and procurement workflows.
Translate operational requirements into technology capabilities.
Process Optimization
Identify bottlenecks, manual processes, and data discrepancies across supply chain operations.
Recommend automated and scalable platform capabilities.
Improve operational efficiency through process and technology enhancements.
Identify opportunities to improve planning, sourcing, procurement, and supplier collaboration.
Supplier Collaboration
Optimize system workflows supporting supplier onboarding and management.
Improve supplier scorecards and performance tracking.
Support demand forecasting and capacity planning processes.
Improve lead-time tracking and supplier coordination.
Ensure effective integration between supplier-facing systems and internal enterprise platforms.
3. Stakeholder Management & Program Coordination
Act as the central communication point between procurement leaders, operations teams, developers, QA teams, and third-party vendors.
Coordinate cross-functional teams throughout the product delivery lifecycle.
Identify technical blockers, dependencies, and delivery risks.
Proactively mitigate risks to ensure timely milestone execution.
Communicate project progress, delivery challenges, and implementation updates to stakeholders.
Maintain alignment between business priorities and engineering execution.
Mandatory Skills & Qualifications
Skill Area | Required Expertise |
|---|---|
Technical Product Management | End-to-end product delivery and cross-functional coordination |
Supply Chain Management | Strong understanding of supply chain operations |
Supply Chain Planning | Materials planning, planning and scheduling |
Procurement | Direct and indirect sourcing and procurement workflows |
Supplier Management | Supplier onboarding, lifecycle management, scorecards |
Requirements Engineering | PRDs, user stories, functional requirements, acceptance criteria |
Solution Design | Translating business challenges into scalable technical solutions |
System Integration | ERP, WMS, TMS, APIs, data pipelines, enterprise interfaces |
UAT | Test planning, execution coordination, defect triage, sign-offs |
Release Management | Production rollout, change management, and adoption |
Process Optimization | Workflow improvement, automation, and operational efficiency |
Stakeholder Management | Business, engineering, architecture, QA, and vendor coordination |
Supply Chain & Procurement Domain Knowledge
Candidates should have practical understanding of the following business processes:
Materials planning and scheduling.
Demand forecasting.
Supply planning and capacity planning.
Direct and indirect sourcing.
Supplier onboarding and lifecycle management.
Purchase order creation and execution.
Contract management.
Invoicing and Procure-to-Pay (P2P).
Supplier performance monitoring.
Lead-time tracking and supply chain coordination.
Desired Candidate Profile
7+ years of relevant professional experience.
Experience working as a Technical Product Manager or in a similar product/business technology delivery role.
Strong supply chain and procurement domain knowledge.
Experience delivering enterprise supply chain and procurement system solutions.
Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and actionable engineering tasks.
Experience integrating ERP, WMS, TMS, and procurement platforms.
Hands-on ownership of UAT, defect management, and production release activities.
Experience coordinating business users, technical teams, and third-party vendors.
Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
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