Product Manager

Cheers to a Beer & Spirits Career!

Join the team that has been recognized by both USA Today and The Dallas Morning News as a Top Workplace!

The fact that you landed here indicates you are looking for a better workplace. Maybe you feel unappreciated, and you are tired of being treated like just another employee. When you join our team, you become part of the Andrews

family, a place where you valued and respected.

We invest in our team members and are dedicated to their success by offering:

• Weekly Pay, Every Friday
• Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Paid Vacation & Sick Time
• 401k with Company Match (FREE Money!!)

And yes, you will receive free Beer throughout the year! (Root beer to those under 21 years old.) After all, you will be working for an award-winning BEER & Spirits distributor, and we want you to enjoy the brands you already love like Modelo, Coors, Miller Lite, Corona, Heineken, Blue Moon, Shiner, Sam Adams, Dos Equis, Revolver, Lakewood, Rahr, Truly, Topo Chico, Twisted Tea, Pacifico, and many more!!

So let's talk about the role...

A Product Manager is responsible for leading critical initiatives for their assigned platforms.Leading cross-functional collaboration across many functional teams and external partners, the Product Manager shapes product strategy and execution to ensure key growth-driving planning and selling tool products evolve to meet business needs and market changes.

An individual Product Manager will be focused on one or more areas/platforms of specialization such as; Commercial Planning, Solution Selling, ShopperFirst, etc. in support of business strategies.

This role is a representative of Andrews culture and has the responsibility to embody Andrews Values and drive service excellence by demonstrating our Standards for Service Professionals.

Here's more of what you will do... (Okay, not all in one day!)

Product Management (Tools and Resources)

• Leads critical initiatives for assigned platforms.

• Leads cross-functionally; collaborates with Sales, Brand, Information Technology, Planning and Performance Management, Category Management, Data and Analytics teams and external partners to define business needs, feature sets, and key metrics. 

• Drives product strategy and execution; owns product lifecycles from discovery through delivery for multiple high-impact initiatives, aligning with business objectives and stakeholder needs.

• Champions product strategy and stakeholder experience; effectively communicates the vision of assigned products and translates insights into actionable product features that align to planning strategy and improve user experience. 

• Delivers results; continuously evaluates performance (qualitative and quantitative) and iterates to improve products to meet evolving business needs and market changes.

• Acts as product expert; maintains deep product knowledge and serves as trusted advisor on product evolution to ensure assigned platforms evolve to support growth-driving processes.

• Troubleshoots and removes roadblocks; proactively identifies opportunities, roadblocks, and issues, while partnering with key leaders to identify innovative solutions.

Project Management

• Organizes and leads cross functional initiatives from start to finish to successfully deliver new tools and product enhancements. 

• Owns roadmap and prioritization; collaborates with cross-functional teams to shape and prioritize the product roadmap, while managing the development backlog, timeline, and enhancement schedule.

• Designs, develops and tests: represents business team throughout the development lifecycle with internal developers and external vendors and leads cross functional team of SMEs who support the design, testing and development of new features and tools.

• Coordinates project activities; establishes collaboration structure, identifies and enrolls team members as necessary in support of achieving project requirements and deliver project status updates to key stakeholders. 

• Leads change management; assists with the development and execution of communications and training to rollout product changes and enhancements.  

• Manages, tracks and reports project status; defines key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure project success or failure and identify risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating where appropriate; develops, aligns, and implements solutions to overcome obstacles as required.

Data and Analysis

• Gathers and interprets data for informed decision-making, backlog prioritization, and effective communication within the development team and with stakeholders.

• Analyzes market trends to advise on product strategy development and execution to ensure key growth-driving assigned products evolve to meet business needs and market changes.  

• Defines and tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the product performance, identify areas for improvement, and measure the impact of changes

• Leverages analytical skills to effectively communicate data-driven insights, product vision, and prioritization decisions to stakeholders. 

• Develops and gains agreement ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy; quantifies business outcomes (i.e., revenues or other key performance indicators); develops expense/headcount budgets and business cases for key projects.

This is a multi-level role; role level is dependent on the experience, expertise/knowledge and complexity of assigned product/system.

This list is not all inclusive of other tasks and subtasks that may be necessary in performing this role, but rather an overview of the role’s primary work tasks.

Here's what you must have to be considered for this role:

• Three to Five Plus Years of Progressive Product Owner or Product Management Experience 

• Three to Five Plus Years of Progressive Data Analysis Experience 

• Demonstrated Proficiency in MS Suite/Excel, Power BI, and MS PowerPoint  

• Strong Technical Skills and Ability to Learn New Technologies Quickly 

• Advanced Relationship Building, Communication and Presentation Skills 

• Understanding and Ability to Work with Multiple Data Sets 

• Proven Organization and Time Management Skills 

Here's what we hope you will have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sales, Marketing or Other Related Field

• Strong Financial, Business and Analytical Acumen

• Strong Understanding of the Beer, Spirits and Beverage Industry

• Proven Project Management & Change Management Leadership Skills and the Ability to Influence Others

• Understanding of Andrews’ Planning and Communication Process

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