Program Manager - IT/SAP/ERP - Automobile

Program Manager - IT/SAP/ERP - Automobile

Roles and Responsibilities :

- Define, launch, and drive strategic projects to develop/improve internal and external facing processes and operations, working closely with cross functional teams and leadership

- Understand business goals and user needs, collect requirements, and synthesize product plans to deliver maximum impact

- Lead cross-functional projects and teams by working with senior stakeholders across the organization to develop and manage project timelines, project communication to stakeholders, and lead cross-functional groups to synthesize feedback and deliver projects on time, on plan.

- Build and effectively communicate detailed program plans for system deployments

- Manage dependencies across teams to ensure that features land on time with the required scope

- Implement best practices across processes for sustainable and scalable operations

- Builds framework for governance of the implemented systems and processes, collaborating with different functional groups

- Ensure smooth transition by enabling functional teams with required training, User manuals and support

Experience & Skills :

- Experience in Leading digital transformations using IT/ technology

- 7+ years driving Lean / Business Excellence/IT projects in Supply Chain (Automotive Industry Preferred)

- Ability to influence internal & external stakeholders

- Experience in Program/ project management across multiple stakeholders

- Drive change management across multiple layers of organization

- Define strong frameworks for tracking process/ product adoption & act as a coach for continuous improvement & adoption

- Drive Skills & Continuous Training

- Proven experience and knowledge of various IT systems used across functional areas

- Proven experience in driving continuous improvement initiatives including lean, six sigma, problem solving methodology

- Ability to interpret, analyze, and understand complex data sets

Qualifications :

- 5 years of IT program Management or business process engineering

- End to End implementation experience of ERP systems for a greenfield project preferred

- Bachelor of engineering (MBA preferred, not mandatory)

- Certified Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt from a reputed institute or organization preferred