Lead Product Owner (Sales Planning Automation, S&OP, IBP)
X5 Group is a Russian retail company managing the grocery retail chains "Pyaterochka", "Perekrestok", and "Chizhik", as well as the digital services "Vprok.ru Perekrestok", 5Post, "Mnogo Lososya" and the media platform Food.ru.
X5 Tech is an IT company and the primary digital partner for the retail chains and businesses of X5 Group. A team of over 5000 specialists develops solutions that help the group's 372 thousand employees work with maximum technological comfort and allow millions of customers to quickly and conveniently purchase fresh products.
Currently, we are looking for a Lead Product Owner for the IBP platform at X5 - the largest initiative for developing end-to-end technological processes of Integrated Business Planning (IBP). This initiative has no equivalent on the Russian market in terms of scale. It is a cross-functional and cross-format initiative: we are engaged in creating end-to-end processes and unified plans not only within supply chains but also in commerce, finance, operations, marketing, and other functions.
Responsibilities:
- Product Strategy - forming the vision and roadmap for a digital sales planning solution that ensures transparency through drivers and structural elements (promotions, SKU introduction/withdrawal, pricing mechanisms)
- Process Integration - identifying requirements and implementing the end-to-end process "demand forecast → sales plan → P&L/EBITDA", integrating commercial, operational, and financial functions
- Planning Methodologies - implementing driver-based approach, scenario modeling of revenue and margin, standardizing the "plan-actual-correction" cycle
- Financial Integration - ensuring the connection between volume plans (units, boxes) and monetary indicators (revenue, margin), automating management reporting calculations
- Demand Forecasting - developing the functionality of statistical forecasting (time series, algorithms) and improving forecast accuracy through integration of commercial data
- Cross-functional collaboration - close work with commerce, finance, and supply chain to align methodologies and ensure business adaptability
Requirements:
- More than 3 years of product management experience in the field of corporate systems (ERP, CPM, BI) or process planning digitalization
- Understanding of sales and operations planning (S&OP), integrated business planning (IBP) or financial planning (FP&A) methodologies
- Knowledge of driver-based planning principles, experience working with demand forecasting and product categories
- Understanding of financial flows: ability to build connections between operational indicators and profitability/loss indicators (revenue, margin, EBITDA)
- Experience with planning platforms (Anaplan, o9 Solutions, SAP IBP, Oracle, Power BI, etc.) or similar corporate solutions
- Excellent analytical skills: working with large data sets, financial modeling, understanding of statistical forecasting methods
- Experience in integrating disparate data sources and automating business calculations
Will be a plus:
- Experience in the FMCG, retail, or manufacturing industries in positions related to planning/analytics (IBP/Planning director/Senior Demand Planning manager)
- Experience working and/or closely interacting with the commercial/sales function
- Education in finance, economics, supply chain management, or data analysis
- Experience in change management implementation in large organizations
In return we offer:
- Official employment with a white salary, performance-based bonuses
- Convenient office near "Dobryninskaya" metro station / convenient office with free parking near "Volgogradsky Prospekt" metro station / MCD "Kalitniki"
- Flexible work schedule
- Opportunity to work in a hybrid format
- Comprehensive VHI package (including coverage abroad and dentistry), life and health insurance
- Opportunity to learn and develop at the company's expense: external trainings and seminars, development programs (Digital Academy, Tech Lead School), corporate university "X5 Polka"
- Motivation programs for speakers and authors (Speak Up School, Write Up)
- Knowledge sharing through communities: 12 technical communities from java to devops
- Vibrant corporate life: meetups, demo days, open mics, X5 Idea Challenge
- Care for employee well-being: 7 sports communities, annual Health Week
- Discounts in the X5 business ecosystem ("Pyaterochka", "Perekrestok", "Mnogo Lososya", "Perekrestok Vprok")
- Prime-zone privileges program
- Financial assistance to employees in difficult situations.
