Lead - Supply Chain Solutions

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a Lead – Supply Chain Solutions in Chennai

What a typical day looks like:

• Primary work involves Implementation of new EDI signals for Suppliers. The job responsibilities include supporting the EDI on boarding and handling the issues raised by the internal team and external suppliers
• Understanding the requirements for EDI on boarding and convert the same to business requirement to communicate back to the various stakeholders involved in the project on Negotiating and convincing the suppliers for EDI on- boarding (Go LIVE) & support post go live.
• Responsible for new EDI signals 'on-boarding' and post go live business support for the signals which went live on a timely manner without any operational impact.
• The job responsibilities include coordinating for setting up connections, Testing, Go Live Monitoring, Root cause analysis of issues & Working with IT teams (Internal / External) to get them resolved.
• Complete EDI Testing and implementation for Global suppliers for P2P Transaction on account of ERP migration.
• Good knowledge and understanding of EDI Standards for supporting the EDI on-boarding and handling the issues raised by the internal team and external suppliers
• The Job responsibility includes identifying the process gap and focus on continuous improvements to overcome the roadblocks 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 solutions

The experience we're looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires 6 to 8 years of related experience
• 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, 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.
• 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.
• Good knowledge in post-production support activity using ticketing support tools.
• Analytical skills to find out route cause analysis.
• Knowledge of EDI Standards
• Support metrics. Support management Reporting (Weekly, monthly), Follow-up, communication and mentoring juniors
• Go get attitude work across matrix environment
• Coordination & Communication business users and team across globe
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize daily activities to meet business expectation.
• Need to have excellent communication skills.
• Support juniors.
• Strong metrics oriented & management reporting skills

What you'll receive for the great work you provide

• Health Insurance
• PTO

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Job CategoryGlobal Procurement & Supply Chain

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