Product Manager - Merchandising

About the role

We are looking for a Product Manager to own the software products that power Hy-Vee's merchandising capabilities, from how items are set and merchandised in our stores to how promotions are priced, configured, and executed across our retail environment. This is a highly cross-functional role that sits at the intersection of merchandising operations, category management, and technology delivery. You serve as the primary bridge between internal merchandising and operations stakeholders and the technology teams and vendors that support them. You'll manage a portfolio spanning multiple commercial platforms and internally developed software, requiring both strategic product thinking and strong vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Author, maintain, and evangelize the multi-year merchandising software roadmap; present it to executive leadership, internal stakeholders, and during vendor alignment.

• Translate complex merchandising business processes into clear software requirements for engineering and vendor teams.

• Drive configuration, enhancement, and release cycles across SAP S/4HANA Retail, SAP PMR, and Blue Yonder platforms.

• Partner with category management, marketing, and store operations teams to ensure platform decisions reflect actual business workflows.

• Manage ongoing vendor relationships with SAP and Blue Yonder by aligning roadmaps, prioritizing enhancements, and escalating issues.

• Support assortment and space planning processes, working with Blue Yonder and internal stakeholders to maintain planogram and floor planning workflows.

• Manage a hybrid portfolio of commercial platforms and internally developed software, balancing competing priorities across multiple capability domains.

Requirements

• Proven product management experience supporting merchandising, category management, or space planning functions in a retail environment.

• Deep understanding of merchandising business processes such as item setup, product data management, assortment, promotion configuration and how they translate to software requirements.

• Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA Retail (merchandising and/or master data functions) and SAP PMR (Promotion Management for Retail).

• Familiarity with Blue Yonder Assortment & Space Planning and/or Floor Planning tools.

• Strong vendor management skills.

• Comfort navigating a hybrid portfolio of commercial platforms and internally developed software.

• Technical depth sufficient to partner credibly with engineering and vendors.

• Retail or grocery industry background is REQUIRED.