Director, Product Management – Inventory & Demand

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the product vision and roadmap for capabilities in demand planning and inventory optimization, encompassing forecasting, inventory positioning, and replenishment strategies.

• Ensure strategic alignment among product teams by collaborating with executive leadership to provide solutions that adapt to changing market and customer demands.

• Direct the product strategy for demand and inventory offerings, which includes statistical forecasting, scenario planning, and optimization models that balance service levels, working capital, and supply constraints.

• Establish how customers plan, simulate, and react to demand variability and inventory trade-offs throughout the entire supply chain.

• Cultivate strong relationships with customers and partners to gain insights into real-world planning challenges, such as forecast accuracy, excess and obsolete inventory, and service-level performance.

• Collaborate with senior leaders and customers to influence product direction, prioritize impactful capabilities, and ensure alignment with market trends (e.g., IBP, S&OP, demand sensing).

• Work cross-functionally with engineering, data science, and design teams to deliver scalable, high-performance planning capabilities, ensuring successful product launch and adoption.

• Define and monitor KPIs, including forecast accuracy, service level achievement, inventory turnover, and working capital efficiency; leverage insights to inform prioritization and continuous improvement.

• Clearly communicate product strategy, progress, risks, and outcomes to executive and cross-functional audiences.

• Tackle and resolve complex challenges throughout the product lifecycle, empowering teams to deliver impactful solutions at scale.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations Research, or a related field; an advanced degree is advantageous.

• Over 10 years of experience in Product Management within a global SaaS or technology organization, preferably in supply chain or planning sectors.

• More than 5 years of experience in leading and developing teams of Product Managers responsible for complex product portfolios.

• Extensive domain expertise in demand planning, inventory optimization, or supply chain planning.

• Strong knowledge of planning methodologies such as statistical forecasting, segmentation, safety stock optimization, and multi-echelon inventory planning.

• Demonstrated ability to define and implement product strategy from discovery through commercialization and scaling.

• Solid financial and business acumen, with experience in balancing cost, service, and risk trade-offs in product decision-making.

• Outstanding influencing and stakeholder management skills, including experience engaging with executive audiences.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide days off).

• Flexible work options available.

• Programs for physical and mental well-being.

• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes.

• Mentorship programs, training, and opportunities for career development.

• Recognition programs and referral rewards.

• Participation in hackathons.