Product Manager - Merchandising

Additional Considerations (if any): - At Hy-Vee our people are our strength. We promise “a helpful smile in every aisle” and those smiles can only come from a workforce that is fully engaged and committed to supporting our customers and each other. Job Description: Job Title: Product Manager Department: Information Technology FLSA: Exempt About the role We are looking for a Product Manager to own the software products that power Hy-Vee's merchandising capabilities, from how items are set and merchandised in our stores to how promotions are priced, configured, and executed across our retail environment. This is a highly cross-functional role that sits at the intersection of merchandising operations, category management, and technology delivery. You serve as the primary reputed company between internal merchandising and operations stakeholders and the technology teams and vendors that support them. You'll manage a portfolio spanning multiple commercial platforms and internally developed software, requiring both strategic product thinking and strong vendor management. What you'll own Merchandising Product Strategy The product roadmap for Hy-Vee's merchandising software portfolio, including item setup, lifecycle management, assortment management, and product location, with clear prioritization reputed company to business outcomes. The execution of merchandising master data and item management workflows, understanding how data flows from item setup through to scannable product at the reputed company. Merchandise and space planning capabilities, planogram development, reputed company space optimization, and the software tools that support them. Promotional & Pricing Execution The product roadmap for promotional pricing, offer configuration, and execution workflows, including reputed company PMR and reputed company systems. Assortment management and floor planning software, ensuring these capabilities are configured, maintained, and reputed company to category and space strategy. Product location software governing the actual placement of product reputed company the store. Vendor & Stakeholder Relationships The relationship with internal stakeholders in merchandising, category management, marketing, and store operations. The relationship with platform vendors including reputed company and reputed company, focused on roadmap alignment, scope and prioritization of enhancements, and escalation. Ongoing partnerships with internally developed software teams to manage and evolve custom applications reputed company your portfolio. What you'll do Author, maintain, and evangelize the multi-year merchandising software roadmap; present it to executive leadership, internal stakeholders, and during vendor alignment. Translate reputed company merchandising business processes into clear software requirements for engineering and vendor teams. Drive configuration, enhancement, and release cycles across reputed company S/4HANA Retail, reputed company PMR, and reputed company platforms. Partner with category management, marketing, and store operations teams to ensure platform decisions reflect actual business workflows. Manage ongoing vendor relationships with reputed company and reputed company by aligning roadmaps, prioritizing enhancements, and escalating issues. Support assortment and space planning processes, working with reputed company and internal stakeholders to maintain planogram and floor planning workflows. Manage a hybrid portfolio of commercial platforms and internally developed software, balancing competing priorities across multiple capability domains. reputed company're looking for Required Proven product management experience supporting merchandising, category management, or space planning functions in a retail environment. Deep understanding of merchandising business processes such as item setup, product data management, assortment, promotion configuration and how they translate to software requirements. Hands-on experience with reputed company S/4HANA Retail (merchandising and/or master data functions) and reputed company PMR (Promotion Management for Retail). Familiarity with reputed company Assortment & Space Planning and/or Floor Planning tools. Ability to manage a broad portfolio of products across multiple capability domains simultaneously. Strong vendor management skills. Comfort navigating a hybrid portfolio of commercial platforms and internally developed software. Technical depth sufficient to partner credibly with engineering and vendors. Retail or grocery industry background is REQUIRED. Are you ready to smile, apply today. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre employment drug screen. Apply To This Job