Senior Associate Operations Transformation

POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge Preferred
Candidates should demonstrate substantial experience and / or knowledge in any sector in any of the following
areas
Supply Chain Broad supply chain experience, including supply chain diagnostics and assessments, supply chain cost and performance benchmarking, process design, reverse supply chain, service operations (including
parts management, warehousing, distributor / retailer management)
Sourcing and Procurement Spend Analysis, Category savings assessment, Procurement Diagnostics, Operating Model Design, Procurement Process Design, endtoend Procurement Transformation & Modernization, Design and execution of Strategic Sourcing initiatives including RFI / RFP (Request for
Information / Request for Proposal) design, development and analysis, Negotiation strategy, Supplier Management, Third Party Lifecycle Management, Supplier Risk Management, Contract Management, M&A Procurement Synergy Assessments, SourcetoPay Assessment, Design & Implementation, Category
management with knowledge of various Direct & Indirect Categories
Source to Pay Transformations Experience with ProcuretoPay (P2P) platforms such as Coupa as an implementer and administrator; Additional experience with SAP Ariba or SRM platforms would be a plus.

Active Coupa platform certification; Additional specialization certifications within Coupa would be a bonus.

Understanding of fundamental principles of P2P including spend and commodity taxonomies, requisitioning, PO generation, receiving and invoice processing.

Experience with AP automation including eInvoicing, scanning
and workflow, online tracking, reporting capabilities, electronic invoice user interfaces, supplier networks.

Knowledge of eInvoicing submittals including EDI, CSV, XML, PDF files and online invoice templates.


Merchandising Category / Vendor Strategy & Management (Assortment lifecycle management, channel management, merchandise financial planning, assortment & space planning, price & promo planning), Merchandising Operations and Execution (Product information management, Perpetual inventory & inventory ledger, PO creation and management, price execution, hierarchy creation), Inventory Strategy, Planning & Management (Forecasting, Replenishment, Allocation, Demand Planning, Strategic initiatives execution
Logistics / Warehousing Logistics strategy development, Assessments / improvement / cost reduction opportunity identification for Logistics / Transportation / Warehouse operations, logistics network design and
optimization, inbound and outbound logistics / warehouse functional experience including knowledge of processes, metrics and systems (Transportation Management Systems, Warehouse Management Systems)
Capital Projects / Infrastructure Project and Program management, schedule development and analysis (PERT, CPM), cost modelling and scenario analysis, risk analysis, project controls implementation, contractor selection and contract management for largescale capital intensive projects and infrastructure
Product Innovation Product Development, Product Lifecycle Management, Portfolio Design & Management, R&D Operations Strategy, R&D Location Assessment, Agile Practices, Process Design & Mapping, Market/Trend Assessments, Insource vs Outsource analyses, Spans & Layers, R&D Organization Design
Planning Sales forecasting, demand planning, sales & operations planning, inventory planning, supply planning, capacity planning, production planning and material requirements planning
Manufacturing & Digital Operations Manufacturing footprint analysis, makebuy analysis, production scheduling, application of lean / six sigma / kaizen methodologies for manufacturing process optimization, Smart Factory / Connected Supply Chain / Industry

0 / Digital Product Development concepts, technologies & use cases

Skills Preferred
Delivering significant business results that utilize strategic and creative thinking, problem solving, and taking individual initiative
Managing delivery of project work streams and working autonomously with minimal direction
Emphasizing the ability to build solid and collaborative relationships with team members
Communicating effectively (written and verbal) to various situations and audiences
Managing and conducting quantitative and qualitative benchmarking and primary and secondary analyses of large and complex data