About Sonepar

Sonepar is an independent family-owned company standing as the world leader in B-to-B distribution of electrical equipment, solutions, and services. In 2023, Sonepar achieved sales of €33.3 billion. Present in 40 countries with a dense network of brands, the Group is leading an ambitious transformation to make its customers' lives easier providing them with an omnichannel experience and sustainable solutions in the building, industry, and energy markets. At the core of this evolution is an omnichannel blueprint, meticulously crafted and brought to life by a robust digital task force of 300 specialists, further bolstered by an additional 70 champions in our operating companies.

Sonepar's 45 000 associates are committed to accelerating the world's electrification and driven by a shared Purpose: Powering Progress for Future Generations.

We believe that the power of connection extends beyond business interactions - it's about creating a sustainable legacy for future generations and ensuring that our impact on the planet is both meaningful and positive.

At the core of our transformation is an omnichannel blueprint, meticulously crafted and brought to life by a robust digital task force of 300 specialists, further bolstered by an added 70 champions in our operating companies.
You will directly report to the Product Owner Director - Customer Experience.

How will you shape our tomorrow

• You will support the Product Managers (Voice of the Business) by taking high level requirements (epic) and decomposing them into User Stories that can be developed and tested within a sprint.
• You will leverage a good understanding of technical aspects to guide the product managers in what is possible.

Your main missions:

Backlog management

• Ability to formalize user stories (requirements) in a user approach,

• Ability to deep dive user stories to understand all the impacts,

• Ability to understand & formalize business process & IT process into one deliverable,

• Responsible of user stories stock that are ready for development (DOR : definition of ready).

Knowledge of the current system capabilities

• Ability propose solution to deliver features with minimum development,

• Ability to assess complexity of development during refinement of user story,

• Ability to translate a vision into specific deliverables.

Refinement

Ensure backlog remain a tool and not a burden

• Refine continuously backlog, user stories (impacts),

• Prioritizing the stories with Product Manager,

• Organizing the stories, splitting epics into user stories, and ensuring a complete description of the solution.

Expertise in the Business domain

Understand & know business domain

• Ability to share the understanding of the business domain impacted,

• Identify who are the stakeholder impacted and involved in the effort,

• Ability to know the policies and rules that guide business behaviors,

• Critical thinking to challenge process / rules / policy,

• Ability to understand UX/UI front guidelines.

The experience you bring

You have at least 8 years of experience as a Product Owner of an Agile feature team, in a multinational project with several Agile teams working mainly on remote, an experience in e-commerce but not necessarily in B2B,

You have a strong business knowledge (policy, rules),

You are detail oriented, supportive and have a critical thinking,

You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Work Mode & Location

- Hybrid: 3 days in Paris (8ème)

Benefits that await you:

The role - Your daily activities will be interesting, stimulating and varied... No two days are alike!

The organisation - You'll be part of the Sonepar family and share the same values!

The culture - You'll be working in an international environment.

The team - Our dynamic, multidisciplinary, open-minded and talented team is eager to welcome additional skills to continue to meet the challenge.
• 75% reimbursement of your monthly or annual transport pass.
• Swile Ticket restaurant card
• Gym exclusively reserved for the company and made available to employees free of charge.
• Sustainable mobility package
• Health insurance & Welfare
• Employee Savings Plan & Profit Sharing Bonus.

Recruitment Process

• Interview with the Product Owner Director (45-60 mn)
• Interview with a peer or other stakeholder

• Final interview with an HR member

We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description. Don't hold back because you feel you don't tick every box. At Sonepar, we value your skills, your passion and if your career journey has had remarkable twists and turns, it only adds to your unique story. We ensure we create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued for their uniqueness. Regardless of physical abilities, office requirements, gender, sexual orientation, academic backgrounds or other diversity dimensions, every position at Sonepar is open to individuals who share our core values and engagements. We aim to ensure our job listings resonate with everyone and truly represent the diversity we embrace and we are proud to have the GEEIS Label (Gender Equality for European & International Standard) and to be partner of AGEFIPH (Association de Gestion du Fonds pour l'Insertion Professionnelle des Personnes Handicapées)

You are interested in this challenge? Then join and build a better future with us!

More information on Sonepar:

Website : www.sonepar.com

Twitter: @sonepar

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sonepar/