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Job SummaryJob Description
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Specialist - Supply Chain Solutions in Chennai, India.
What a typical day looks like:
- The Job responsibility includes identifying the process gap and focus on continuous improvements to overcome the road blocks in the Implementation.
- Good knowledge on procurement along with SMI, VMI, Hub process and basic knowledge on finance domains is added advantage.
- Interact frequently with external Suppliers, Site Procurement, Site Management, other Internal Customers, and Global Procurement teams
- Provide timely reports and metrics to support leads on the new connection gone live and support delivery.
- Willing/upgrade to learn on a continuous basis
- Drive and perform activities to improve the Procurement Automation and Invoice Automation for specific Suppliers/ Sites, in alignment with Corporate Materials Directives.
- Establish Project Plans aimed at improving the Procurement Automation per Targets/Goals set along with Supply Chain Solutions Management. Managing project from initiation, delivery and compliancy.
- Review and maintain Project Plan as needed and report weekly project progress and risks.
- Provide/Request advice to Project Team and Supply Chain Solutions Management to achieve goals in accordance with established policies and project scope.
- Conduct presentations and training to Project Team and Management as needed.
- Create and/or update Training Documentation for End Users.
- Coordinate and perform UAT (User Acceptance Testing) related to Enhancements and Bug Fixes with Business Groups/Sites.
- Interact frequently with external Suppliers, Site Procurement, Site Management, other Internal Customers, and Global Procurement teams.
- Prepare documentation and roll out Procurement communication explaining the functionality and features of enhancements to stakeholders
- Drive deployment and implementation of new enhancements/ solutions by coordinating with Sites/Suppliers and other stake holders.
- Evaluate the outcome of the deployed solutions. Track Project Benefit/ ROI on Implemented solution
The experience we’re looking to add to our team:
- Must be a graduate (B.E-MBA, B.Sc-MBA, Bcom- MBA, MCA, B.Tech, BE)
- Must have good knowledge on EDI process along with ERP Work environment (preferably Baan, Infor LN, SAP or any ERP knowledge is good) for Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, 6 to 8 years of related experience, Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Project)
- Must possess Very strong English communication, Negotiation and Project self-driven skills.
- Mandatory to have at least one project Implementation experience in any tool.
- Must have experience on handling EDI support projects and Involved in E2E Implementation of Suppliers/Customers in EDI.
- Strong in requirement gathering & gap analysis is added advantage.
- Good knowledge in MS-office (excel - Macros, Reports analysis and Metrics building).
- Working knowledge of Finance and procurement domains will be big advantage.
- Need to be prepared to work in a Global Environment that involves all the possible time zones
- Good knowledge & understanding of EDI ANSI X12 & EDIFACT standards
- Candidate working in EMS, Retail and supply chain industry with above skill set preferred and advantage, but not mandatory or limited.
What you’ll receive for the great work you provide
Health Insurance
PTO
CF17
Job CategoryGlobal Procurement & Supply ChainRequired Skills:
Optional Skills:
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