Lenskart - Product Management Role - Supply Chain Finance

Finance Supply Chain Management Product @Lenskart

About this role : SCM Finance Product

- The person in this role is expected to be highly observant, thorough in understanding of process & details; translating them into clear problem statements.

Post understanding the problem one is expected to use following tools to dissect and come to the right solution:

- Continuous observation & motion study (Where needed) to identify various steps in process (Inventory, tax, invoices and legal)

- Use of tools like Value stream mapping & Material flow diagram to identify process

- Redesigning of the process

- Designing specs for development team to implement the process and ensure adherence

- Working with development team to identify the fastest route to implementation

- Doing QA with QA team and using thoroughly laid out test cases

- POC for the process on shopfloor

- Scale up & change management

- Measurement of success

- Iteration till we reach success criterion

- If required manually designing process and leading the same, meanwhile building system in parallel for inventory management, tax reconciliation and legal system

The person must be passionate about finance in Supply chain processes, and interested in building backbone for fast growing company where scale up happens as step change rather than gradual progression. Ability to comprehend complex financial reconciliation structure of warehouse supply chains/omnichannel is a must.

SCM finance Product @ Lenskart

- The person will be managing the Lenskart 's products and primarily be responsible for ensuring that the product is aligned with the at once manual fix, short term tactical and long term strategic goals of the company.

- You will be working with an experienced team of engineers, content writers, animators and designers to take the product through multiple successful releases.

The following crisply defines our philosophy of Product Management and describes our "Ideal Product Manager" :

1. Your product strategy and vision are most effective when they are substantiated with real user interactions and data analytics

2. A list of 10 items for the next release with a clear sense of priority will go a long way to ensure that the release is both effective and on-time

3. While working closely with Engineering, Content developers and other product managers it is crucial to identify dependencies early on for a smooth release

4. You know from the bottom of your heart that a PRD that speaks out the user's needs and wants is the best way to ensure internal buy-in and super high productivity levels

5. A simple annotated wireframe is much better than a 5 page PRD

6. A PRD that is more than 5 pages will not be read

7. A feature no matter how great it sounds, is a true success only when it can be measured

8. Not all your features will be a runaway success and will need constant fine-tuning on an iterative basis

9. In spirit, you are the CEO of your product, which means you will handle the things from manually designing the process (if required), owning the process and using efficient development method to build the technical solutions

Person's Specifications :

1. Passionate about building finance related SCM products in the internet and mobile space, demonstrated either through your last job or outside of work as a hobby or part time activity

2. Strong sense of usability and information architecture

3. Exceptionally motivated about making a measurable impact on the end user

4. Experience in building products in the SCM finance operational space

5. Experience in inventory reconciliation

6. Experience in financial reconciliation

Competencies :

- Entrepreneurial thinking mindset: Self-motivated and self-directed with an ability to think innovatively.

- People Management: Ability to lead, manage & develop large teams in a fast paced environment

- Passion for Results: High degree of commitment with bias for execution excellence

- Financial Focus: Ability to design processes, systems & create an environment for enabling various supply chain operational reconciliations.

- Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem- solving abilities.