Product Owner/RTE Supply Chain Collaboration

The organization

Quyntess has achieved a leading position in Supply Chain Collaboration, delivering innovative Platform-as-a-Service solutions on the cutting edge of supply chain management, supply chain integration, app and web technology. 

With a clear focus on integrated collaborative planning and execution processes with all involved partners in the Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, e-Logistics and Supply Chain Sustainability business processes, we have established a growing international customer base. 

Our target market consists of larger and global companies, with current clients such as Volkswagen, MAN Truck & Bus, Danone, PepsiCo and GKN Aerospace.

Quyntess solutions leverage open-source standards and technologies such as Universal Business Language (UBL), Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), AngularJS, PostgreSQL, Qlik, BonitaSoft and MuleSoft ESB. 

The Quyntess solutions incorporate Agentic AI, for which several agents are already deployed, and new ones are being planned and constructed. 

Quyntess solutions are delivered in the form of apps on cloud-based platforms such as Tradeshift, and on its own Quyntess Platform. 

Quyntess applies the Scaled Agile SAFe methodology and has just entered its 20th Program Increment. 

The job

The Product Owner/RTE (you) we are seeking will play a pivotal role in the Quyntess team responsible to design, extend and deliver our Quyntess Supply Chain Management apps. The Product Owner (PO) role is combined with that of the Release Train Engineer (RTE), described below, in a ratio of about 70% PO to 30% RTE. 

The PO not only takes input from the field: (Pre-)Sales and Customer Delivery, but also from his/her own vision, research and earlier experience. The PO turns this into a product roadmap and a Program Increment Planning established once per quarter, in close collaboration with the other stakeholders. 

The PO is not afraid to get his or her hands dirty on use cases, user stories, acceptance criteria, test plans/cases and release notes. Jointly with the System Architects, he/she takes responsibility for promoting new releases to the sandbox and production environments. The Product Owner keeps a sharp eye on the market for competing and complementary software solutions, thus helping to ensure the Quyntess SCM apps stay ahead of the competition. 

In the role of RTE, you are responsible for preparing and moderating the quarterly Program Increment Planning Events (PIPE) and following up on the PI execution. The latter means for example to conduct weekly Scrum-of-Scrum meetings, Product Owner syncs, and to organize the System Demo once per iteration. 

Main tasks and responsibilities

• Collect input on QT SCM apps roadmap from the field: sales and customer implementations; organize and maintain this in a structured way; 
• Take additional field input from intelligence gathered on competing and complementary software solutions; 
• Turn field input into a high-level roadmap;
• Review and prioritize roadmap in Program Increment Backlog; jointly with Business Owners and System Architects;
• Take ownership of the backlog of features and changes;
• Understand requirements, and turn them into detailed user stories and feature requests, in collaboration with System Architects;
• Build and maintain release plan with Scrum Masters;
• Coordinate build and delivery process of individual releases with Scrum Masters;
• Build test plan and ensure its execution, jointly with application consultants;
• Edit release notes.
  
  

To be successful in this position we expect:

• You have a background in supply chain management-oriented IT solutions, with customer-facing experience;
• You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Operations, Logistics or IT, preferably with a focus on logistics or supply chain management;
• You are certified or willing to certify in the Scaled Agile framework or a similar agile methodology;
• You have a hands-on mentality and take pride in getting work done successfully;
• Experience in composing epics and features, and writing user stories;
• A personality that favours a team with multiple disciplines and international backgrounds and that is used to a work with a healthy level of pressure to perform;
• Adequate ability to express yourself verbally and in writing in English;
• Documents you write are in clear and precise language;
• Highly developed interpersonal communication skills to live up to our reputation: excellence in supply chain collaboration. 

Work at Quyntess

Quyntess constitutes a real team with a highly professional background, delivering support and services to blue-chip clients.  We consider it a challenge to be among the first to apply new business concepts and integrate the latest software technologies such as Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Integration-as-a-Service (INTaaS) technologies from different partner solution providers.  Our team thrives on sharing knowledge and working together in an informal atmosphere to deliver appropriate solutions for complex problems. Apart from on-the-job training, there are ample opportunities for professional training courses.

Compensation and other benefits

Quyntess offers excellent primary and secondary compensation schemes in relation to your skills and experience. The annual salary for this position ranges from 50,000 to 60,000 EUR, depending on your experience and qualifications.

Apart from on-the-job training and intensive coaching over the first time, there are ample opportunities for professional training courses. Depending on the candidate’s ambitions and performance, excellent career perspectives can be provided.

Location

The PO/RTE is based in the Quyntess headquarters in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.