About this role
Facilitate business process innovation/continuous improvement and evolve the global process and application configuration to achieve business objectives and alignment towards best practicesDesign lean, efficient end-to-end integrated business processes for prioritized areas and deliver appropriate training to the Functional Expert communityBe the custodian of the global best practices, configurations and monitor/ensure complianceDrive greater business benefit delivery through processes and applications, including running live site health assessments, challenging business processes, championing best practice, etc.Resolve escalated process and functional issues from any of the 80+ and still growing globally located deployments of the JDA application suite used for supply planning and schedulingActively lead the global Supply Planning community of practice —facilitate and influence functional and application experts to share learnings, deliver business benefits and drive business improvements through Supply Planning effectivenessProvide in-depth business process and application knowledge, defining and documenting the business processes and data definitions supported by the Supply Planning application solution portfolioEnsure and maintain process and portfolio consistency with related business processes and application solutions (ERP/SAP, Reporting/BW, Demand Planning/JDA Demand)Manage operational relationship with application vendors (e.g. JDA) and work with them to deliver strategic application functionalityPartner in external forums to keep abreast of trends in Supply Planning, and support external benchmarking/research/R&D for process and IT innovationDefine and create appropriate training material that provides both high-level business process knowledge and detailed operational understanding to sustain operational effectivenessProvide business process expertise in the ongoing deployment of business solutions (process and applications) into new global segments, markets and factories globallyPrepare 3 Year draft Portfolio PlanDesign Template and Tools upgrade and implement new capabilities Undergraduate degree. Higher education and certification, ideally in Supply Chain,is a plusHave a minimum of 2 years’ experience in Supply Planning (ideally as a supply planner, process and application expert), with at least 5 years in Supply ChainDemonstrated ability to manage projects with a larger number of diverse stakeholders and bring significant change to the business Business processes in Supply planning to a level of genuine business credibility. The jobholder will be/become an ‘expert’ in all of the following competence areas for Distribution Requirements Planning, Production Planning, Production Scheduling and Deployment
Duration: 3 Months