Head of SW Product Management

Your Role In Our Team

As a Product Portfolio Manager, you will drive the strategy, evolution, and lifecycle management of Körber Supply Chain's software portfolio for automated material handling solutions. Leveraging your expertise in intralogistics software, you will translate market trends, customer needs, and business opportunities into a clear product vision and roadmap. Working closely with R&D, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Service teams, you will ensure our software solutions continue to deliver customer value while supporting Körber's long-term strategic objectives. You will also champion the adoption of innovative software technologies across the organization and support the successful rollout of new digital solutions. This role primarily focuses on K.oneX and the Parcel IT portfolio (LogX4) while also supporting legacy applications and future software additions through internal development, partnerships, or acquisitions.

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Your Role In Our Team

As a Product Portfolio Manager, you will drive the strategy, evolution, and lifecycle management of Körber Supply Chain's software portfolio for automated material handling solutions. Leveraging your expertise in intralogistics software, you will translate market trends, customer needs, and business opportunities into a clear product vision and roadmap. Working closely with R&D, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Service teams, you will ensure our software solutions continue to deliver customer value while supporting Körber's long-term strategic objectives. You will also champion the adoption of innovative software technologies across the organization and support the successful rollout of new digital solutions. This role primarily focuses on K.oneX and the Parcel IT portfolio (LogX4) while also supporting legacy applications and future software additions through internal development, partnerships, or acquisitions.

Main Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for Körber's intralogistics software portfolio.
• Conduct market analysis, benchmarking, and identify emerging technology trends.
• Develop business cases, pricing strategies, and value propositions to maximize product profitability and market success.
• Translate market and customer requirements into clear functional priorities for R&D teams.
• Define the product vision for Warehouse Management, Warehouse Control, Warehouse Execution, Fleet Management, Multi-Agent Orchestration, and Sortation software solutions.
• Prioritize development initiatives based on customer value, business impact, and strategic objectives.
• Drive portfolio lifecycle management, including product enhancements, upgrades, and end-of-life planning.
• Ensure software solutions are scalable, modular, upgradeable, and aligned with Körber's overall hardware and software portfolio.
• Promote technology synergies by encouraging the use of shared platforms and common software architectures.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management, R&D, Sales, Strategic Marketing, Operations, Service, and Innovation teams to ensure successful product development and market adoption.
• Support innovation initiatives by validating new concepts with customers and identifying future market opportunities.
• Develop and maintain high-quality sales enablement, training, and product configuration materials.
• Build strong relationships with technology partners, universities, industry associations, and customer innovation teams.
• Lead and mentor a small team of specialist Product Managers while influencing cross-functional stakeholders within a global matrix organization.

Your Profile

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in business, Information Technology, Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Product Management, Product Strategy, Business Development, or a similar role within a technical environment.
• Strong expertise in intralogistics software, including solutions such as WMS, WCS, WES, MFC, FMS, MAO, or comparable warehouse automation technologies.
• Solid understanding of warehouse operations, automated material handling systems, and digital supply chain solutions.
• Experience building product roadmaps, defining business cases, pricing models, and lifecycle strategies.
• Proven ability to translate customer and market requirements into successful software products.

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