Product Analyst

External Job Boards

External Job Boards is seeking a Product Analyst to join their Product Development organization. This role involves analyzing and documenting global product requirements, sharing findings with software developers, and validating new developments. The team focuses on providing scalable software solutions for complex supply chain planning challenges.

In this role you can expect to have the responsibilities:

• Improve core product functions such as network design, demand management and cloud integration
• Collaborate with product consultants and experts to gather new business requirements
• Write detailed user stories and descriptions of future functionalities
• Explain business benefits of new developments to software engineers
• Guide software developments throughout their lifecycle, including validation and documentation
• Validate solutions and functionalities with stakeholders
• Provide specialist product support to implementation consultants for project delivery, documentation, and training
• Build prototypes with cross-industry potential for specific customer problems

This role comes with the following benefits:

• Talent management program for personal development
• Career growth opportunities to roles such as solution architect, product expert, product manager, or team manager

This role requires you to have:

• Master's or PhD degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Applied Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or similar fields
• Great analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to translate real-life challenges into workable software models
• Strong affinity with IT systems
• Basic programming skills
• Ability to conceive and develop technical documentation
• Ownership of work
• Ability to master details while maintaining a global overview
• Comfortable working under pressure with firm deadlines

You would benefit from having:

• 1 to 3 years of relevant experience in supply chain planning or a product development organization
• Knowledge of agile and scrum methodology
• Experience with SQL
• Affinity with mathematical modeling and/or machine learning techniques
• Prior experience in core industries

The role is based in the Product Development organization, which consists of specialized teams focusing on domains like demand and supply planning, user experience, and data science.