Location
Spartanburg, SC | United States
Job description
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leader whose focus on materials science delivers tomorrow’s breakthroughs today. From industry-leading molecules to sustainable innovations, Milliken creates products that enhance people’s lives and deliver solutions for its customers and communities. Drawing on thousands of patents and a portfolio with applications across the textile, flooring, chemical and healthcare businesses, the company harnesses a shared sense of integrity and excellence to positively impact the world for generations. Discover more about Milliken’s curious minds and inspired solutions at milliken.com and on Facebook , Instagram , LinkedIn and Twitter .
POSITION TITLE
IT Product Owner
POSITION OVERVIEW
Milliken is in search of an IT Product Owner to join our team! This position will be a key player in the IT Department as the Product Owner for Manufacturing and Quality Management business applications. The role of Product Owner entails working closely with business stakeholders to identify requirements and sequence the work for Digital Roadmap initiatives as well as incremental changes that bring business value.
This role is based out of our corporate headquarters in Spartanburg, SC. Travel may be occasionally necessary to provide on-site support of projects.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Works in Agile environment to continuously review business needs, refine priorities, outline milestones and deliverables, and identify risks.
- Works closely with business stakeholders to translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including creation of user stories with acceptance criteria.
- Prioritizes and maintains the backlog for the product while balancing the requirements of the business stakeholders.
- Actively participates in Agile Scrum ceremonies for implementation of the work – such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retros.
- In partnership with scrum team, provides training to business users on new functionality.
- Evaluate, recommend, and help implement improvements on digital strategy to maximize software investment and advance business value throughout the company.
- Responsible for product area roadmap and research to demonstrate innovation and “art of the possible”.
- Focus on continuous learning of digital assets to stay current on optimizing business results.
- Analyze and report on digital initiatives in partnership with business stakeholders.
- Coordinator for product area Center of Excellence with appropriate business stakeholders on regular cadence.
QUALIFICATIONS – REQUIRED
- BS degree in IT related field.
- 5+ years of proven business applications related experience in Manufacturing and Quality Management platforms (SAP ECC or S/4 HANA, Manufacturing Execution Systems, Plant Maintenance systems).
- 5+ years of experience as an IT Product Owner in an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Business Applications knowledge in Textile, Floor Covering, or Chemical industries.
The successful candidate will have strengths in the following:
- Strong working knowledge of relevant business processes and software for products within product area.
- Strong critical thinking capabilities related to research/strategy on software advancements.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
- Highly motivated/self-starter to be driven to find gaps in processes and technology.
- Ability to handle conflict resolution and facilitate change even when met with change resistance.
- Organize tasks effectively for backlog prioritization and commitment to business stakeholders.
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