Supply Chain Solutions Lead - Demand Planning - FMCG - IIM/IIT/XLRI/NITIE

ONLY CANDIDATES FROM TIER-1 B-SCHOOLS LIKE IIM's, XLRI, NITIE, M Techs from IIT's WORKING WITH FMCG MAJORS NEED APPLY

ROLE PURPOSE

To play a key role in delivering IT solutions within Supply Chain Demand Planning across Coats business.

Solutions should provide quantifiable Business Benefits through efficiency, best-practice, scale and scope economies.

To provide Subject Matter Expertise to IT, Global Support and the Business.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES AND KEY ACTIVITIES

Team Leadership

- Manage, lead and support the Demand Planning Team

- Responsible for day to day staff activities

- Development skills and capability within group

- Transition support capability to Global Support

Products

- Design secure and resilient IT solutions

- Deliver solutions in line with, or exceeding, Business Requirements

- Deliver solutions in line with recognised Best-Practice

- External Monitoring of Subject Matter Development

Process

- Deliver timely services to meet agreed business outcomes

- Project Delivery as required

- Project Management of functional Projects

- Support life-cycle of applications

- Release deployment management, validation and testing

- Design measurement metrics and methods

- Maintain standards and documentation for applications within Solutions scope

- Transition solutions to Global Support, Business Power Users to the required level that they can maximise benefit within their business

- Maintain Service Catalogue for solution scope

- Contribute to improved IT Service Quality

- Analyse and re-engineer existing business processes in line with functional Template

- Understand and support related or integrated functions

- Promote best practice and Business improvement within solution scope

Partners

- Provide Subject Matter expertise to functional engagement activity

- Ad-hoc support to Business and to Global Support (Level3)

- Vendor / Supplier Management for new solutions

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

- 8+ years in IT Solutions Delivery

- Subject Matter Expertise across solution scope to an advanced level

- Application Configuration Expertise (L3)

- Knowledge of Industry Best-Practice across solution scope

- Management Degree educated - ideally in a related Technology

- Ability to manage virtual teams dispersed across a number of geographical locations

- Experienced in design, build and change control management

- Effective communicator Written and Orally

- Process focused

- Delivers on-time and to requirements

- Experience in Business process redesign and change management

- Demonstrate a logical problem solving approach and formulate plans fitting context

- Self-manage priorities and tasks, manage projects and make decisions

- A team player who is adaptable to change, overcomes challenges

- has a creative and pragmatic approach to problem solving

- the ability to multi task

- English speaking

Desirable

- ITIL awareness

- Project / Program Management certification

- Cross functional awareness

- Functional Certification e.g. relevant SAP certification

- Subject Matter Certification e.g. APICS