Responsibilities
1. Design and implement state-of-the-art Demand Planning and E2E Supply Planning processes, first in pilots and later the roll-out to the entire Waters corporation
2. Collaborate within a cross-functional team of subject-matter experts from both business and technology backgrounds from Finance, Commercial, Portfolio Management, and Supply Chain
3. Work with functional leaders across functions and sites to develop a good understanding of current processes and systems
4. Identify standard methodologies to be adopted into current Waters' business processes
5. Build a prioritized roadmap of changes to be introduced, working with both business leaders on other transformation leads to reach alignment
6. Design and validate proposed changes
7. Deploy new processes and functionality
8. Collaborate with stakeholders outside of Global Operations to ensure alignment with the overall enterprise, ., with respect to master data governance, and enterprise IT systems
9. Act as a change agent connecting with key users and motivating change
Qualifications
10. 7+ years dynamic experience in supply chain planning, finance, or operations, including solid understanding of one or more specific areas, esp. demand planning or supply planning or finance or sales
11. Experience working in cross-functional teams
12. Process discovery, design, and implementation experience
13. Knowledge of SAP capabilities, specifically SAP ECC and APO DP
14. Ability to link processes to IT functionalities
15. Strong project management skills
16. Strong influencing skills, consistent record to work across organizational boundaries driving change and harmonization across a global organization
17. Collaborative, listens and assimilates other viewpoints to come up with a better solution
18. Agile, adaptable and resilient, able to prioritize multiple priorities, act with urgency, and lead ambiguity
19. Customer-centric, invests time in understanding customer requirements
20. Results oriented, takes ownership and operates with high sense of urgency. Consistent record of solving problems, breaking down barriers and delivering results ahead of schedule
21. Strong written and verbal communication
22. ASCM certification a plus
23. Experience with SAP APO DP or IBP and Celonis a plus
24. BSc Degree or equivalent in an Engineering, Science or Supply Chain subject area. Master’s Degree or equivalent experience preferred