Shell

Chief Product Owner

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

The Role

What’s the role?

In 2019, Shell Trading & Supply Products and Operations in Northwest Europe joined their forces in an ambitious program named NextGen to fundamentally transform the operating model by digitizing the supply chains activities. NextGen has been initiated to stay competitive, ensure compliance, and integrate new energy products like Low Carbon Fuels and enable future products like hydrogen. The end goal is to drive customer centricity, by equipping our organization with digital solutions in such a way that we can run a competitive, connected, reliable and compliant supply chain from Manufacturing to Retail.

As a member of the NextGen leadership team, reporting to the Business Lead NextGen, the Chief Product Owner acts as the point of contact between the businesses, the customers, users, the stakeholders, and the Products teams and is accountable to build and maintain the program ecosystem roadmap while ensuring the value being delivered. It will require to stay in close connection with IT and other Digital projects within the organization to leverage cross-initiatives synergies in order to achieve the maximal impact at minimal cost.

Key responsibilities:

• Combines customers and business needs into a vision that represents the overall direction and scope of NextGen digital ecosystem.

• Build and maintain the program ecosystem roadmap and ensure maximal business impact with frequent engagement with Team leaders, Managers and Senior Leaders to revise value and maintain their support

• Arbitrage on products direction and prioritization according to users’ needs and in line with the ecosystem overall benefits

• Closely collaborate with other Digital initiatives within Shell and other Businesses (Retail, Manufacturing, Aviation, etc.) to integrate the NextGen roadmap into Downstream ambitions and leveraging synergies while minimizing cost

• Closely collaborate with Digital Business Development for Buy or Build decisions

• Closely collaborate with IT to ensure the delivery of the digital products in a scalable and sustainable way

• Support change management and simplification work to facilitate adoption and ensure ecosystem success

• Work to deploy these digital products and get them adopted beyond the Northwest Europe

• Support the removal of impediment and help to build a clean data platform

What we need from you

• Master’s degree or better in technical disciplines, science, engineering, or similar.

• Knowledgeable on Supply Chain Integration & Optimization.

• Awareness on Contract performance management.

• Awareness on Oil Market Analysis for Supply.

• Skillful on the following areas:

  • Managing Relationships, Stakeholders and influencing skills including coaching senior stakeholders, managing governance bodies, and creating executive-level communications.

  • Business cases, financial management, and strategic thinking.

  • Ability to collaborate with external partners with diverse interests and goals.

  • Supply Chain Operations.

  • Analytical & Systems.

  • Data Visualization & Storytelling.

  • Primary distribution and operations.

Company Description

Shell Nederland BV offers direct employment to around ten thousand people in the Netherlands alone, including roughly 2,800 non-Dutch employees from around 80 countries. Diversity is key at Shell Nederland, and our employees reflect the innovation that stems from a diverse workforce. By joining Shell Nederland, you will benefit from an unrivalled industry-leading development programme that will see you tap into a pool of expert knowledge that will help propel your career. Shell Nederland is the holding company of most Shell companies operating in the Netherlands.

An innovative place to work

There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell.

Join us and you’ll be adding your talent and imagination to a business with the ambition to shape the future – whether by investing in oil, gas, and renewable energy to meet demand, exploring new ways to store energy, or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently, everyone at Shell does their part.

An inclusive place to work

To power progress, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we are nurturing an inclusive environment – one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills, and reach your potential.

• We’re creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply, and we’ll take it from there.

• We’re closing the gender gap – whether that’s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.

• We’re striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.

• We consider ourselves a flexible employer and want to support you finding the right balance. We encourage you to discuss this with us in your application.

A rewarding place to work

Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.

We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.