Manager, PDM Sales Items

We are looking for a Manager, PDM Sales Items/GTM to join our Operations team in Oulu, Finland. This is a pivotal role within our Operational PLM Team, taking ownership of our Product Data Management (PDM) system for Go-To-Market (GTM) processes.

This role is crucial for ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of our sales item data across the product lifecycle. In this position you will lead the sales item creation process with a dynamic team, streamline data processes, and serve as a key liaison between various departments, including product management, retail, partnerships, supply chain, packaging sites and other related business units.

To succeed in this position, you should have ambition for precision. You have an ability to gather comprehensive information and effectively distill it into actionable data for IT system execution. You know the principles of BOM/Revision and Engineering Change Management. You use new IT systems with ease. Organized ways of working and understanding the process-driven actions will give you good starting points for this position. You also communicate fluently in a peer environment to complete your assignments as planned.

What You will do:

• Sales Item SKU Portfolio Management in PDM
• Act as the primary owner for the PDM system related to GTM strategies, ensuring system configuration aligns with GTM needs and driving continuous improvement
• Oversee the entire product (SKU) portfolio within the PDM system, ensuring data accuracy and collaborating on new product integration and changes
• Lead the creation, maintenance, and accuracy of Sales Item Bill of Materials (BOMs) in PDM, ensuring they reflect product configurations for efficient manufacturing and packaging
• Lead the ECM process for all sales items, managing change requests, approvals, and implementation to ensure data integrity
• Actively manage and control the entire product lifecycle within the PDM system, including defining and enforcing lifecycle statuses (LC Statuses).
• ERP Transfer Process: Manage and execute the seamless transfer of product data from PDM to the ERP system, ensuring data integrity
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop the Product Data Coordination, managing workloads, setting priorities, and conducting performance reviews.

We would love to have You on our team if You have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Experience:
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in product data management, master data management, or a similar role.
• Demonstrated experience in managing product portfolios and BOMs.
• Strong understanding of Go-To-Market (GTM) processes and product lifecycle management.
• Proven experience with PDM/PLM systems
• Previous experience in a team leadership or supervisory role is highly preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems
• Skills:
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Proficiency in project management principles.
• Fluent in English

Benefits 

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
• 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
• Paid sick leave and parental leave

Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

• Region 1 $142,000- $214,000
• Region 2 $130,000- $196,000
• Region 3 $120,000- $180,000

A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.

We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), Vermont (VT), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI)

Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.