Sr. Manager

About VOIS:

VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions) is a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc, creating value and enhancing quality and efficiency across 28 countries, and operating from 7 locations: Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain and the UK.

Over 29,000 highly skilled individuals are dedicated to being Vodafone Group's partner of choice for talent, technology, and transformation. We deliver the best services across IT, Business Intelligence Services, Customer Operations, Business Operations, HR, Finance, Supply Chain, HR Operations, and many more.

Established in 2006, _VOIS has evolved into a global, multi-functional organisation, a Centre of Excellence for Intelligent Solutions focused on adding value and delivering business outcomes for Vodafone.

About VOIS India:

In 2009, VOIS started operating in India and now has established global delivery centres in Pune, Bangalore and Ahmedabad. With more than 14,500 employees, _VOIS India supports global markets and group functions of Vodafone, and delivers best-in-class customer experience through multi-functional services in the areas of Information Technology, Networks, Business Intelligence and Analytics, Digital Business Solutions (Robotics & AI), Commercial Operations (Consumer & Business), Intelligent Operations, Finance Operations, Supply Chain Operations and HR Operations and more.

Job Location: Pune (Hybrid)

Role: Sr. Manager - SD IS Retail

Skills: SD, IS Retail, SAP Implementation

Experience: 9 to 15 Years

Role Purpose:

Vodafone Product team is looking for a Senior IT product manager for supply chain who would be working with various teams like Process owners, Architecture team, Engineering team, Cross-functions, SI, etc. and would lead big transformation project across all SCM area and provide overall direction.

The candidate should be SAP Subject Matter Expert and strategic leader, who can support on technical as well as process challenges, can act as product champion, define product vision, product strategy and product roadmap for products in the supply chain space. Should be capable of communicating and articulating product strategy to company leadership and set growth path for the products. Should be able to manage high performing team of product managers and guide/mentor them to build high quality SCM products that solves complex problems and deliver optimal solutions.

What you'll do:

• You will develop and champion a product vision, product strategy and product roadmap for products in the supply chain space. You will present and clearly articulate product strategy to company leadership.
• You will coach, guide and mentor high performing team of product managers to build supply chain products that solves complex problems.
• You will work with multiple functions including Business and Operations across several geographical regions to build and evaluate business cases, cost & benefit cases to support product investment decisions.
• You will partner with business teams, Engineering functions and third-party product teams to build innovative optimal solutions for next generation of problems in the supply chain space.
• You will build and own scalable products/platforms that are multi-tenant and can be leveraged across geographies and business units.
• Promotes product strategies and vision to senior leadership & other stakeholders. Drives "Go-to-Market" strategies to ensure adoption.
• You will leverage data to make more informed product decisions and will influence the prioritization and design of complex solutions.
• Qualified candidates will be able to navigate conflicting stakeholder priorities by making data-driven decisions using enterprise and end customer value as a guiding principle.
• As part of demand-to-delivery cycle - ownership of the end-to-end demands/projects from requirements definition to business as usual.
• Provide leadership and in-depth understanding of the solutions that support revenue and cost processes, harmonize business requirements through workshops, design, and testing activities, training materials, deployment, data cleansing, data mapping, and any data migration activities in the respective domain.
• Provides subject matter expertise in all business-related activities and support the Implementation teams, Systems Integrators, Global Process Owners & Leads (GPO / GPL) and Share Service Organizations to deliver projects and programmes.
• Validate Functional and technical Design provided by the System Integrator, able to discuss HL Architecture, support/guide operation teams or business stakeholders.
• Demonstrates awareness of technical topics at a conceptual level, as well as the systems and data that enable major capabilities, and drives innovation.
• As part of the product roadmap, he/she will analyse the content of quarterly release functionalities to ensure no regression and provide guidance to the business on the new functionalities.
• Driving Customer/ Client Needs: Requires knowledge of: Customer and business problems, design thinking, dependencies and impacts on product processes/ways of working, journey mapping, process optimization, communication and influencing techniques.

What you'll bring:

• Extensive knowledge in supply chain management area with good hold on procurement and retail processes.
• Contrasted technical & Functional experience and background in SAP as ERP.
• SCM integration with Master Data (single materials, GL's, cost Objects, etc.) through MDG SAP module along with experience in data migration & integration would be a plus.
• Experience as a product owner/manager, with proven capability in leading team
• Experience in running large transformation projects/programs.
• Strategic Business Acumen to develop, evaluate and implement proposed business cases
• Concepts of "First Principle," "MVP", "Whole Product," and "Crossing the Chasm".
• Prior experience of building data led optimization solutions is an added advantage
• Effective communicator to act as an advisor to senior leadership and partners.
• Flexible and adaptive in ambiguous environments
• Management consulting experience along with strong/quick learning & decision-making skills.

VOIS Equal Opportunity Employer Commitment

India:

VOIS is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We celebrate differences and we welcome and value diverse people and insights. We believe that being authentically human and inclusive powers our employees' growth and enables them to create a positive impact on themselves and society. We do not discriminate based on age, colour, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

As a result of living and breathing our commitment, our employees have helped us get certified as a Great Place to Work in India for four years running.

We have been also highlighted among the Top 5 Best Workplaces for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Top 10 Best Workplaces for Women, Top 25 Best Workplaces in IT & IT-BPM and 14th Overall Best Workplaces in India by the Great Place to Work Institute in 2023. These achievements position us among a select group of trustworthy and high-performing companies which put their employees at the heart of everything they do.

By joining us, you are part of our commitment. We look forward to welcoming you into our family which represents a variety of cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and skills

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