Equipment Commerce Product Owner, Senior
Inver Grove Heights, MN, US, 55077-1721
CHS Inc. is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States that provides grain, food and energy resources to businesses and consumers around the world. We serve agriculture customers and consumers across the United States and around the world. Most of our employees are in the United States, but today we have employees in 19 countries. At CHS, we are creating connections to empower agriculture.
Summary
The Equipment Ecommerce Product Owner, Senior leads the commercial strategy, customer experience and day-to-day business performance of propane and petroleum equipment ecommerce websites - the business’s primary sales growth channel. These sites support multiple customer types and buying journeys, from new customer registration and product discovery through self-service purchasing and seller-assisted transactions.
The product owner leads the digital commerce experience for energy equipment, translating customer needs, business objectives and performance insights into a prioritized roadmap to improve acquisition, conversion, retention, and profitability. This role partners across sales, marketing, IT, digital, customer service and equipment teams to deliver a cohesive buying experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead the commercial ecommerce strategy for propane and petroleum equipment websites, supporting both self-service and seller-assisted purchasing.
- Identify opportunities to acquire and retain customers, increase ecommerce sales and improve profitability across customer segments.
- Own the ecommerce customer journey and prioritized site improvement roadmap, including customer registration, product discovery, checkout and repeat ordering.
- Translate customer and business needs into actionable requirements and partner with IT and technical teams to implement and validate improvements.
- Establish governance for online product assortment, product information, navigation, merchandising and promotions.
- Partner with business stakeholders and marketing to develop promotional priorities, ecommerce content and digital sales resources.
- Define and monitor ecommerce KPIs, including sales, conversion, registration completion and customer retention.
- Own ecommerce EDI integrations and oversee their performance and reliability.
- Recommend, implement and measure enhancements designed to improve ecommerce channel performance.
- Oversee day-to-day ecommerce business operations and coordinate resolution of customer-facing issues.
- Establish effective workflows across sales, marketing, IT, digital, customer service and equipment teams to support execution and continuous improvement.
- Maintain a strong safety culture by following all safety policies, procedures and regulations.
Minimum Qualifications (required)
- High School diploma or GED
- 4+ years of experience in Information Technology and/or IT Technology Consulting and Support
Additional Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, marketing, computer science, analytics or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in ecommerce, digital product management, online merchandising or digital commerce operations.
- 2+ years of experience owning an ecommerce channel, digital customer experience or commercial improvement roadmap, including prioritizing initiatives and measuring results.
- Hands-on experience with ecommerce platforms, merchandising, promotions, reporting and customer purchasing workflows; Shopify experience preferred.
- B2B ecommerce experience supporting customer registration, customer-specific pricing, self-service and seller-assisted purchasing.
- Experience partnering across business, marketing, digital and IT teams to implement customer-facing improvements and improve customer acquisition, conversion, retention or repeat purchasing.
- Experience integrating ecommerce with ERP, CRM, inventory, product information or order management systems.
- Experience with customer research, usability testing, web analytics or structured experimentation.
- Experience in equipment distribution, agriculture, energy, industrial products or a related technical product environment.
- Strong ability to translate business needs into requirements, prioritize roadmaps and use data to drive measurable business results.
- Pre-employment screening is based on the job requirements and industry guidelines and may or may not be required for the position. If required, selected candidates must pass pre-employment screenings to include all or a combination of drug, criminal, motor vehicle check, physical requirements and FMSCA Clearinghouse.
CHS offers a competitive total rewards package. Compensation includes base wage and, depending upon position, may include other earnings such as bonus, incentives and commissions. Actual pay offered will vary based on multiple factors which may include, without limitation, experience, education, training, specialized skills and certifications, minimum wage/salary requirements under local law.
Benefits include medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, life insurance, health and dependent care spending accounts, paid time off, 401(k), pension, profit sharing, short- and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance, subject to the eligibility requirements for each benefit plan.
CHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability.
Please note that any communication from a CHS recruiter would be sent using a chsinc.com email address. In addition, a CHS recruiter will not ask for confidential information over the phone or in an email, or request money from a candidate involved in an offer process. If you have questions regarding an employment opportunity, please reach out to chscareers@chsinc.com; to verify that the communication is from CHS.