Product Owner – Customer Inventory Solutions

Ferguson

Product Owner managing the strategy, roadmap, and delivery for Ferguson's customer VMI solution. Collaborating across teams to ensure product scalability and reliability with significant customer impact.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $6,805 - $11,921 per monthWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the platform strategy, roadmap, and delivery of Ferguson’s customer Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) solution.
Ensure the VMI platform is scalable, reliable, and ready for business deployment.
Work across organizational boundaries and partner closely with Customer Groups, Technology, Architecture, Middleware, and external vendors.
Lead the definition and delivery of capabilities that orchestrate customer interactions, inventory visibility—enabling proactive replenishment, optimized stock levels, and seamless integration across customer and partner systems.
Define and maintain a clear vision for the Customer VMI product, promoting open information flows across echelons and external partners.
Define and evolve product capabilities supporting automated inventory management, seamless partner integrations, real-time data visibility, scalable onboarding for diverse customer segments.
Translate business objectives into a prioritized roadmap improving customer experience, operational efficiency, and ability to deliver VMI as a repeatable service.
Incorporate supply chain maturity models to evolve customer collaboration capabilities.
Clearly explain complex tradeoffs and build alignment across company boundaries.
Maintain final authority over backlog prioritization and key delivery tradeoffs.
Anticipate operational, supplier, technical, cyber, and compliance risks and design mitigation strategies.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Hands-on experience with SaaS platforms
Enterprise system integrations (APIs, EDI)
Inventory management solutions
eCommerce or supply chain technology products
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Supply Chain or related field, or equivalent experience
6+ years owning product vision, backlogs and outcomes in supply chain or enterprise technologies
Ability to solve sophisticated problems using judgment informed by multiple internal and external inputs
Demonstrated success leading and influencing cross-company and cross-functional teams.
Strong communication skills to explain complex issues and build consensus across organizations.
Experience modernizing or scaling enterprise supply chain products across multiple tiers.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Paid time off
Life insurance
401(k) with a company match
Mental health coverage
Gender affirming and family building benefits
Paid parental leave
Associate discounts
Community involvement opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

SaaS platformsenterprise system integrationsAPIsEDIinventory management solutionseCommerce technologysupply chain technologyproduct visionbacklog managementoperational efficiency

Soft Skills

problem-solvingjudgmentleadershipinfluencecommunicationconsensus buildingcollaborationstrategic thinkingrisk managementalignment

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in BusinessBachelor’s degree in Information SystemsBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain