Product Owner

Product Owner

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We love to see people grow. We empower our product teams, farmers, dealers & suppliers to move forward. Driving the digital future of Kramp Wholesale by discovering and building great products. We want to make life easy for our customers and aim for a seamless customer experience across and within all digital channels, supported by state-of-art customer journeys. At Kramp we ensure a good life/work balance providing freedom in planning your workweek and keeping in mind that software development is a team game. Our everyday focus is to provide a healthy and inspirational environment, which enables our teammates to grow and learn day by day. 

We are building our in-house e-commerce platform which powers multiple of our digital sales channels and webshops. Serving thousands of customers and generating a turnover of over one billion euros per year.  

As a Product Owner, you are responsible for discovering, building & operating products that deliver value for our customers. You develop and maintain a clear product vision and strategy aligned with business goals. Your role gives you the chance to make a big impact for our customers and company.  

You own the product strategy & backlog, and you work closely with your product team & business stakeholders. You collaborate closely with engineers, product analysts, data analysts and UX specialists to build the best possible products. You will report to the Manager Product Owners and Analysts. Our in-house experimentation platform will allow you to test any change to your product with real customers on our platform, ensuring you can track key metrics and make data-driven decisions when developing your products. 

Things that will keep you busy if you join our team as a Product Owner: 

• Fall in love with the problem and find ways to solve the challenges together with your team and colleagues. 

• Share the mission and get the team on board with what needs to be built, keeping everyone on the same page. 

• Engage with stakeholders and translate user and business needs into requirements and user stories that can be picked up by the development teams. 

• Be the voice of the customer; ensure you understand what customers need by collaborating with our CX department, visiting customers and having a deep understanding of data analytics 

• Create the roadmap for your domain and work with other Product Owners to create a company-wide roadmap and work closely with the product manager, developers, architects, and integration specialists. 

• Take along and educate colleagues on your products, help our organization be more data-driven and help foster a digital -first mindset in our company. 

• Manage expectations by providing transparency of the backlog, communicating teams short/mid-term priorities to the stakeholders, and being responsible for delivery. 

• Work in an agile framework, collaborating with development teams in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and daily stand-ups. 
   
   

What will help you be successful in this role: 

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree. 

• Experienced in goal-oriented product development. 

• Relevant experience in a digital / it / ecommerce domain. 

• Passion for solving complex problems together with a team 

• Understanding of API structures and domain service is a plus 

• A happy to help attitude combined with an incredible feeling of ownership. 

• The ability to keep a high-level overview even when everybody is focusing on the current sprint. 

• Experience with mature and less-mature development teams to ensure they perform optimally. 

• Ability to ask the right questions to understand the business logic behind the features and effectively communicate it to the team building it. 

• Ability to establish, build, and maintain relationships with cross-functional teams of multiple tenants, and effectively communicate with stakeholders. 
   

What does Kramp offer: 

• Hybrid working policy where there is a combination of working from home and working from our two locations; Utrecht (main location) and Varsseveld.

• 25 vacation days and 12 ADV days (based on a fulltime contract) 

• Travel- and working from home allowance 

• Profit sharing bonus 

• Budget for training and courses 

• Generous pension plan 

How to apply 

If this resonates and you think you might be a good fit for this role, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your resume and a cover letter detailing your experience and why you would be a great fit for this role. 

If you do not fully meet all the requirements for this role, and you think you would be a good match for us, please apply and convince us.   

Do you have a question about this role? Please do not hesitate to contact Eva Thorsdottir, Talent Acquisition Specialist, at eva.thorsdottir@kramp.com 

About Us 

Thanks to our ambitions we are active throughout Europe: a leading position in the agricultural market for parts. We heavily invest in E-Business and innovations. Our aim is to make it easy for our customers to run their business. Working at Kramp means working with over 3500 international colleagues. . The people at Kramp are enthusiastic, professional and involved. We speak our customers’ language, understand their challenges and earn their trust to exceed their expectations. Our promise “It’s that easy” is embedded in our culture and DNA. 

Working at Kramp means: 

… you belong here! Being part of our open business community 

… your work makes a difference! Have an impact on what matters 

… you will develop and realize ! Learn and realize your potential 

More about Kramp: https://www.careeratkramp.com/nl-nl 

Varsseveld (NL)