IT Product Manager - PLM Design & Engineering (Tampa)

Ashley Furniture is the largest manufacturer of furniture in the world . Our talented engineers and designers travel the world to stay ahead of evolving trends, new materials, and emerging technologies. Our global teams work closely, ensuring that new products meet our standards of excellence while optimizing efficiencies in manufacturing, cost control, and speed to market.

IT Product Manager - PLM Design & Engineering

As the IT Product Manager - PLM Design & Engineering at Ashley Furniture Industries, you will play a pivotal role bridging the gap between business and technology, driving product strategy and execution within Design & Engineering specifically focusing on PDM / PLM, CAD solutions, and engineering workflow optimization. This role is responsible for translating business vision into actionable initiatives and collaborating with Technology to deliver impactful solutions using Agile methodologies.

Primary Job Functions

This section describes the primary / essential responsibilities that this job performs.

• Company Values : Demonstrate the Companys Core and Growth Values in the performance of all job functions. (Honesty & Integrity, Passion, Drive & Discipline, Continuous Improvement, Dirty Fingernail, Growth-Focused, Customer Centric, Boundaryless, and A Culture of Leadership)
• Product Strategy : Support development of strategies that align with business goals and customer needs. This includes working with Design & Engineering stakeholders to define product vision, setting OKRs, and creating engineering systems roadmaps to achieve them
• Product Development : Work closely with business stakeholders and engineering teams to develop product requirements. Facilitate critical decisions and tradeoffs to ensure that product development is on track and meets the defined specifications and quality standards
• Feature Prioritization : Prioritize features and initiatives based on business and technology objectives, customer feedback, and business value. Continuously reassess and adjust feature priorities based on changing market conditions, customer feedback, and business needs
• Roadmap Planning : Create and maintain product roadmaps for engineering systems. Communicate these roadmaps to stakeholders and ensure alignment across the organization
• Cross-Functional Collaboration : Work closely with global engineering teams, design teams, and other key business functions to ensure seamless product integration and execution. This includes coordinating system deployments, creating go-live strategies, and ensuring alignment across departments
• Customer Focused : Work closely with engineering teams to understand common issues and areas for improvement and use this information to drive product enhancements and reduce engineering pain points.
• Data Analysis : Utilize data analytics to develop strategies, identify trends, and measure ROI and product performance for engineering systems
• Agile Methodology : Support and advocate for Agile methodologies to manage product development. This includes participating in sprint ceremonies to ensure efficiency and alignment
• Thought Leadership : Bring expertise in the industry and Design & Engineering area to drive innovation and efficiency. Understand and influence the applications and systems supporting the product

Job Qualifications

Education : Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, business administration, or a related field. MBA is a plus.

Experience :

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

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