Value Chain Designer

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Job Description:

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Role Definition
This role has the primary responsibility for modelling the Articulated Truck value chain, through Supply Chain Guru, in order to create optimal inventory positioning across the value chain, Dealer, Product and Production stores Inventory. The incumbent collaborates closely with value chain team members in order to establish inputs, generate, evaluate and implement outputs that support optimization for supply chain resiliency, availability and OPACC. Ideal candidates will have prior supply chain planning, materials / inventory planning experience, understand the concepts of value chain design, supply chain planning parameters & inventory forecasting & optimization. This role requires a deep level of methodical analysis and the ability to take complex data to formulate business proposals for presentation and implementation with key stakeholders. The role works closely with the global team supporting Articulated trucks, effective communication and leadership skills are key.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing the inbound, value add and outbound value chains to identify opportunities for improvement.

• Developing business cases and capability studies, recommending improvements to stakeholders.

• Implementing new and enhanced processes and tools and governing changes through collaboration across multiple workstreams to ensure alignment.

• Identifying process inefficiencies and wastes of time, money, materials, and energy.

Degree Requirement
Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors
Business Process Design: Knowledge of business process design; ability to develop appropriate techniques to re-examine key processes and focus on optimizing organizational performance.
Level Working Knowledge: 

• Carries out business process design tasks with some supervision and coaching.

• Uses a variety of business process design tools and techniques.

• Examines, interprets, and explains work-flow materials and documentation.

• Documents common obstacles and barriers for effective implementation.

• Analyzes a process and associated business logic and offers recommendations based on analysis.

Business Process Improvement: Knowledge of business process improvement best practices and ability to use methods for identifying, evaluating, introducing and implementing more efficient approaches to performing business related activities.
Level Working Knowledge: 

• Gathers data for use in the analysis of business processes.

• Illustrates problems, opportunities and methods for improving existing business processes.

• Suggests ways to reduce variation and/or waste in processes.

• Helps evaluate what factors should be addressed in the change program.

• Participates in requirements analysis for process changes.

Process Management: Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, 
monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes.
Level Working Knowledge: 

• Employs process flows, cycle time, process time and waste concepts as appropriate.

• Walks through steps, decisions, measurements, dependencies and hand-offs for a specific process.

• Creates process flow or work flow diagrams.

• Documents types of process decisions and potential impact of each decision.

• Identifies and monitors common process bottlenecks.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Working Knowledge: 

• Approaches a situation or problem by defining the problem or issue and determining its significance.

• Makes a systematic comparison of two or more alternative solutions.

• Uses flow charts, Pareto charts, fish diagrams, etc. to disclose meaningful data patterns.

• Identifies the major forces, events and people impacting and impacted by the situation at hand.

• Uses logic and intuition to make inferences about the meaning of the data and arrive at conclusions.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Working Knowledge: 

• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Working Knowledge: 

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.

• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.

• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.

• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.

• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems
 

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