Lead IT Analyst - Operations and Supply Chain
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Summary Statement
The Lead Analyst of Operations and Supply Chain will play an integral role indesigning, implementing, and supporting IT application solutions (SAP, bolt-on, external services, etc.)used by the planning, manufacturing, and distribution functions. This role is ultimately accountable forensuring that the appropriate solutions are recommended and rolled out. Specifically, solutions that arebased on best practices, flexible, and extendable as new needs arise. The Lead Analyst of Operationsand Supply Chain will be a key member of the IT application team and will report to the Director ofEnterprise Applications.
Representative Duties
- Manage threads of projects in support of executing the application roadmap required for continued business growth.
- Lead requirements gathering efforts for business transformational needs (SAP rollouts, optimization efforts, etc.) and support project frame up while working closely with Director of Enterprise Applications, Business Process Owners, and Business Process Leads.
- Play the role of project manager on Operations and Supply Chain related initiatives.
- Recommend enhancements and provide support required to enable process standardization and optimization.
- Work independently to manage day to day deliverables (documentation, configuration, testing, training, etc.) and guide business counterparts through process re-engineering activities.
- Support a change management and training program to ensure application solutions are adopted and leveraged post implementation.
- Build effective relationships across operations and the supply chain with Business Process Owners, Leads, and individual contributors to deliver value added improvements.
- Train Business Process Owners, Business Process Leads, and End Users on SAP related changes.
Requirements and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, computer science or related field
- 10-12 years of experience implementing, enhancing, and supporting SAP solutions (spanning all phases of full life-cycle implementations)
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in SAP MM/PP, PM and IM implementations and related platform management initiatives
- Expert understanding of the following:
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- Production Planning (PP): Planned Orders, Production Orders, Work Centers, Capacity Planning, BOMs, Routings, etc.
- Purchasing and Material Management (MM): Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Scheduling Agreements, Contracts, Sub-Contracting POs, Intercompany STOs, Material Master, MM Pricing, Supplier EDI
- Quality Management (QM) – Inspection plan, Inspection lot, Usage Decisions
- Logistics Execution (LE) – Delivery Processing, Picking, Packing, Handling units, Shipments, Warehouse Management (WM)
- Awareness of current SAP trends and product offerings and the ability to present recommendations on the technology roadmap
- Exposure to project management highlighting an ability to execute low to medium complexity IT projects according to ASAP methodology
- Proven ability to make decisions without formal authority and the ability to meet
- Proven quality management (including testing and project stage gate reviews) skills
- Value creation through process improvement efforts leveraging SAP solutions
- Effective problem solving skills and various requirements gathering techniques
- Strong business acumen within operations and supply chain functional areas
- Ability to travel occasionally if required
- Overtime if project deadlines dictate
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Affirmative Action/EEO Statement/Inclusion
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