Global Supply Chain Excellence - APAC & NA (Specialist)

Objectives of the Position

• Design and optimize GB/S services (based on BU demands, legal requirements, M&A, investments, strategic projects etc.)


• Conduct feasibility, impact and cost analysis of prospective new services in SC Service environment


• Identify any needs for optimization/process changes and lead the implementation drive


• Ensuring that all service models and service solution designs conform to strategic, architectural, governance and other corporate requirements.

Main Tasks

• Identify required models, methods and tools for Service Design


• Structure, group and prioritize business requirements


• Ensure usage of new information and communication technology to design or re-design supply chain services


• Evaluate options, make comparative studies and recommend appropriate approaches/models


• Develop new and extend existing services based on requirements from the business and align with service catalog


• Test new services prior to implementation


• Calculate cost of new service


• Deliver basis for technical concept in cooperation with Functional and Business Experts


• Drive automation and digitalization of GB/S services e.g. paperless document flows


• Drive integration of new businesses into GB/S service structure e.g. resulting out of M&A


• Manipulate/mine data from database tables using different business intelligence methods


• Interface with Global Stakeholders and Business Analysts across time zones to gather requirements by asking right questions, analyzing data, and drawing a conclusion by making and validating appropriate assumptions.


• Conduct deep dive analyses of business problems and formulate conclusions and recommendations; determine optimized courses of action


• Produce written recommendations and insights for key stakeholders to help shape solution design.


• Design, develop and maintain scalable and reliable analytical tools, dashboards, and metrics that drive key decisions in supply chain operations


• Simplify and automate reporting, metrics and dashboards; build solutions to have maximum scale and self-serviceability by users.


• Recognize and adopt best practices in reporting and analysis: data integrity, test design, analysis, validation, and documentation.

Requirements

 Education

• Bachelor's in Logistics and Supply Chain Management or equivalent, Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or Information System

Working Experience

• Minimum 3-5 years in Transport Management, Import Export and Order Management 


• Must have SAP (SD and TM module) experience


• Must be able to work across North America and EMEA time zones


• Must have experience in process improvements, migration projects, implementation of initiatives