Supply Chain Strategy & Development Program Manager

Supply Chain Strategy & Development Program Manager

Description -

The Supply Chain Strategy and Development Manager is a member of the Supply Chain Transformation & Resilience Procurement and Costing Organization, a global team of highly engaged and capable colleagues supporting a broad organizational charter of procurement and costing processes and solutions.

Supply Chain Transformation & Resilience partners with HP Business Units, Suppliers, and Partners to develop solutions which enhance operational processes and systems through projects which simplify, standardize, automate, and deliver innovative capabilities.

In this role, you will lead teams of experts from supply chain & partner organizations, developers, and external consultants to design, develop, and deliver supply chain capabilities and business processes typically focused on strategic procurement, costing, and related processes.

The Supply Chain Strategy and Development Manager independently applies supply chain knowledge to solve complex business issues and is regarded as a subject matter expert and program lead. Responsibilities include development of new ideas and methods, driving solutions to complex problems where analysis of processes or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors. You will lead cross-functional teams providing direction and guidance to develop and deploy capabilities, processes & policies. In this role, you will represent the organization to external consultants and internal stakeholders and exercise significant independent judgment within broadly defined policies and practices to optimize the method for achieving objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead large cross functional program teams of senior subject matter experts, developers, consultants, suppliers, and system integrator partners

• Lead teams though use cases & requirements definition, define solutions, facilitate testing, training, and implementation to ensure a smooth and timely transition to operationalize new capabilities

• Facilitate program team and sponsor engagement, create and deliver program updates, ensure program tracking

• Lead and report at all levels of the organization, typically engaging with subject matter experts, senior strategy and operations managers, and company executives

• Establish the program teams, identify and secure program resources, including supply chain subject matter experts and program management and development resources

• Define and manage project timelines, budgets, and scope

• Deliver relevant program communications, artifacts, and workstream deliverables

• Advise senior management to help drive decisions, develop strategies, organizational alignment and meet stakeholder objectives

Knowledge & Skills

• Advanced understanding and experience in supply chain, procurement, and finance strategy and operations

• Working knowledge of supply chain systems and architecture, including ERP systems, business intelligence, strategic sourcing, and product costing (Fiori, SAP HANA S4, preferred)

• Experience with solutions such as partner integration standards, EDI deployment, procurement fulfillment processes, data management, procure to pay and product costing processes

• Demonstrated success leading and deploying large scale business process, software development, business intelligence or data modeling projects

• Proven ability to independently lead and collaborate with large cross functional teams to ensure proper integration & project execution

• Ability to think out of the box and apply agile methodology is key

• Demonstrated knowledge, execution, and successful solution delivery through structured project methodologies

• Ability to effectively consult and communicate at multiple organizations levels, including individual contributors, managers, and executives

• Experience with business process analysis, process definition and design

• Demonstrated ability to adapt to change and help drive change through project teams and operational organizations

• Extensive knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, data management applications, project management tools and other relevant technology (such as, MS Access, Power BI, Tableau, JIRA, etc.)

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills; mastery in English

• Excellent team, project management, multi-tasking, and prioritization skills, including project structuring

• Strong business acumen and technical knowledge across multiple supply chain disciplines and business units, with an understandin