Job Description Role: Product Owner (12 month fixed term)

Location: This role can be based at either Kraft-Heinz Amsterdam HQ, our London – The Shard Office or our National Distribution Centre (NDC) – Kitt Green, Wigan.

About the role

We have an excellent opportunity to join our dynamic team as an experienced Digital Product Owner for the Odyssey Program, where we aim to revolutionize the European supply chain into an autonomous, future-ready system. If you're passionate about transforming business processes and driving innovation within supply chain, this role is for you.

The position lies within the EPDM Supply Chain function and is location in our Amsterdam office.

As a Digital Product Owner, you will be pivotal in establishing an end-to-end supply chain control tower and command center. Your primary responsibility will be to enhance the value delivered by the Pod by ensuring that products align with stakeholder needs and strategic objectives.

You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure timely, budget-compliant, and high-quality product delivery.

What you'll be doing

Lead the Pod to deliver on the product vision and program roadmap, identifying growth opportunities and communicating effectively with stakeholders. Ensure alignment of the product backlog with business needs and stakeholder requirements. Engage with business users, SMEs, solutions analysts, and developers to maintain and prioritize the product backlog. Develop detailed design documentation to facilitate robust solution designs, ensuring alignment with business processes. Ensure end-to-end delivery of the product through change management, adoption monitoring, and value tracking. Leading user acceptance testing (UAT) and regression testing, including user onboarding and defect logging. Mitigate roadblocks to achieve sprint and release goals. Report emerging risks and issues to the program lead in a timely manner. Qualifications & Experience Familiarity & certification in Agile methodologies. Familiarity with Agile project management tools, such as Jira and Miro. SAFe certification and Kanban certification are a plus. Experience with cutting-edge supply chain technologies and platforms. Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Analytics, or a related field. Familiarity with end-to-end supply chain processes, including supplier management, transportation, warehousing, planning, execution, order management, and retail customer deliveries. Proficiency in data analysis tools such as Excel, SQL, and BI tools; experience with advanced supply chain platforms is advantageous. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to derive actionable insights from complex datasets. Excellent communication and collaboration skills, capable of working effectively in a cross-functional team environment. Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy in data analysis and reporting. Self-motivated, proactive, and passionate about continuous learning and improvement. Familiarity with end-to-end supply chain processes, including supplier management, transportation, warehousing, planning, execution, order management, and retail customer deliveries. Minimum of 3-5 years in supply chain, logistics, or planning. What you'll have Communication: At Kraft Heinz you’ll easily be exposed to senior management, no matter your level. Therefore, it’s important you have excellent interpersonal skills, to deal with all kinds of different team members. Proactive: You’re a go getter, you’re not easily thrown off your game, not even when you get resistance. Resilience: You’re able to bounce back after a disappointment or set back, big or small. And always continue to move onward & upward. Simplification: We like to keep it simple and deliver with speed. Your ability to simplify will be highly appreciated, when you provide simple solutions dealing with complex challenges. Analytical: We’re a very data driven company and strive to translate complex data into a simple solution with an analytical approach. Result driven: We don’t only focus on individual results, but always do what’s best for the team and company. Curiosity, positivity & enthusiasm: You’re curious, positive and enthusiastic. People know you as the driver of the team. Project management skills: You’re organized, structured and always have an overview of all the deliverables. You know how to bring multiple projects to a successful ending within the given timeframe. High pressure: You don’t get easily stressed by pressure, on the opposite, a demanding and dynamic environment is what keeps you energized. Teamwork: Achieving results is nice, but achieving results with the team is simply the best. As a great teammate, you will sometimes being the leader, sometimes a follower but always working towards the same common goal together with your teammates. What we offer you

At Kraft Heinz, we’re not afraid to think differently. Embrace new ideas. Dream big. It all comes down to the way we empower our people to own their work. It’s true: Our employees are what makes us successful.

As part of the Kraft Heinz family you’re supported to grow and achieve and will be recognized and rewarded for outstanding performance at every level. You’re given the opportunity to leave your mark and build legacies. But you won’t do it alone. This is where our values and teamwork thrives and collaborative spirit fuels every day.

An ambitious employer; we only want to the best for our people! A fast career track like only few other companies can match; Flexible and hybrid working approach (3/2); Family-friendly and inclusive work environment; Competitive benefits package to support mental, physical, financial and social well-being; Permanent contract; for we believe in doing big bets on talent; Always room for new insights; if you have a phenomenal idea, please let us know, and we can set it in action! Inclusion matters to us

Everyone is welcome at our table. In fact, we thrive on learning and growing from our diverse group of backgrounds and perspectives.

Doesn’t matter who you are, where you’re from, or who makes your heart sing. We want you to show up as your authentic self, excited to work with amazing colleagues to solve complex challenges and innovate in an ever-changing industry.

As part of your recruitment journey with Kraft Heinz, we are happy to accommodate any requests for reasonable adjustments to improve your experience, so just let us know!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please contact us to request accommodation.

Location(s)

Amsterdam

 

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.