As a Business Process Leader IBP, you will be fostering cross-functional collaboration and talent development while deploying standardized planning capabilities across regions and modalities. The ideal candidate combines visionary leadership, deep supply chain expertise, and strong project management skills to inspire change and elevate planning excellence.Job Description
Responsibilities
Strategic Alignment: Spearhead efforts to align IBP processes with our vision for Next Generation Planning, ensuring that our strategies are future-proof and enable a strong competitive advantage.
Innovation Integration: Infuse innovation into IBP processes by leveraging industry best practices, emerging technologies, data analytics, and artificial intelligence to create a dynamic and adaptive planning environment.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Foster a culture of collaboration and co-creation, bringing together diverse teams to share insights, ideas, and expertise in shaping the future of our planning landscape.
Agile Planning: Introduce Agile methodologies to the planning process, enabling the organization to respond swiftly to market changes, evolving customer demands and supply constraints.
Digital Twin Implementation: Champion the adoption of digital twin technologies to create a virtual representation of our end-to-end supply chain, providing real-time visibility and simulation capabilities.
Predictive Analytics: Harness the power of predictive analytics to anticipate market trends, demand fluctuations, and potential disruptions, enabling proactive- and analytical insight-supported decision-making.
Talent Development for the Future: strongly contribute to a culture of continuous learning and development with a growth mindset, preparing our teams for the opportunities presented by our Planning Practice Transformation.
Deploy Planning Processes, Standards and Capabilities across Regions and Modalities.
Drive process adoption- and maturity through training, coaching and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
Masters Degree from an accredited University,
Proven strong of experience in Business Process Management within Supply Chain Planning, with a focus on driving innovation, transformation and change management,
Proven track record of implementing transformational initiatives,
Exemplary Project Management Skills,
Expertise in leveraging advanced technologies for planning and decision support (e.g. Kinaxis RapidResponse, O9),
Extensive knowledge of SAP ERP systems,
Strong visionary and strategic thinking skills,
Ability to inspire, influence and lead cross-functional teams through transformative change.
Desired Characteristics
Strong oral- and written communication skills
Strong interpersonal skills and “influencing without authority”
PMP ® certified or an alternative project management certification
Ability to analyze- and resolve problems with speed, accuracy and creativity
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