Digital Product Coordinator

Alliance Automotive Group (AAG) are a leading distributor of passenger and commercial vehicle parts to the independent automotive aftermarket. We operate in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Poland, and Netherlands.

We are a subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company (GPC) and the home of NAPA racing UK, competing in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC).

With combine turnover of over 15 billion and over 230 locations within the UK and growing, our network supplies light and commercial vehicle parts to over 36,000 independent garages, fast fit centres, and transport operators throughout the UK.

AAG UK are on an exciting Digital Transformation journey. To support this, we are looking to grow our Digital Assets team who are responsible for the upkeep and development of our online presence. As a Digital Product Coordinator, you will be supportingthe Product Manager to deliver new or improved digital products for AAG. Being highly organised, aware of agile product development processes and with a passion for continuous improvement, you will play a key role in supporting and enabling the product teamto deliver exceptional value to our customers.

You should have experience working on Digital Assets which are responsible for representing a company’s brand or corporate identity. Ideally, you have also have product or project experience with transactional eCommerce sites and be capable of managing changeactivity to improve a customer’s experience. You will need to liaise with internal stakeholders and 3rd party developers to ensure requirements are delivered correctly following your own successful quality review.

This role is a balance between delivering stakeholder requirements with your colleagues and being able to complete individual tasks which require some technical maturity, such as investigating problems, dealing with incidents or monitoring system performancefor improvements.

The role is primarily remote, however some travel to our Birmingham offices will be required as part of project & team reviews so it is recommended you are within reasonable travel distance of that area.

Responsibilities include:

- Work with the Product Manager and internal stakeholders to identify product improvements.
- Run and co-ordinate with the team the scoping, requirements gathering, estimating, and planning for single or multiple projects.
- Anticipate, manage, and resolve issues, risks, dependencies, and impediments that may impact on the delivery of your projects
- Ensure the project backlog is captured, prioritised, and delivered by the product team.
- Ensure that project progress is reported in an accurate and timely manner.
- Run small/med sized projects with coaching from the Project Manager.
- Help identify opportunities and potential risks.
- Lead workshops and gain agreement from accountable stakeholders on proposals.
- Communicate the benefits of your recommendations and produce written documentation to support your work, presenting to stakeholders where necessary.

Professional Experience/Skills required:

- Demonstrable experience in a product management or similar role e.g in project management (agile, waterfall, etc), business development or operations.
- Excellent, written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in managing relationships between external partners and business stakeholders at all levels.
- Exposure to a variety of development methodologies and techniques, both Waterfall and Agile
- The role holder is expected to act with minimum supervision and to deliver to schedule whilst balancing multiple priorities
- Ability to focus on individual tasks but with the confidence to ask for help when required.

Benefits and other information:

- Competitive salary and annual leave entitlement
- Pension Contribution
- Structured career path and bespoke training
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounts and cashback from 1000s of high street stores via AAG Benefits Portal including
- Groceries
- Travel and hotel stays
- Eating out
- Tech
- Health and Wellbeing