Objective of the Job
Global Supply Chains digitalize with pace and innovation. Your role at Olympus is to guide us through this revolution, by acting as a product owner and solution expert in the global Supply Chain. You work closely with internal stakeholders and IT teams to ensure, that Supply Chain 4.0 technologies are creating business value and supporting our journey to become a leading global MedTech company. With expertise, you act as a senior expert for planning technology solutions in the area of Supply Chain and provide functional leadership and operations excellence with execution of global SC operations in the SC Centre of Excellence
Main Accountabilities
- Acts as product owner for global supply chain tech applications (Digital Planning, Control Tower)
- Collects business requirements, fosters their prioritization and decisions
- Steers their execution as central interface to IT as business representative
- Works with IT solution delivery and operation teams
- Develops change requests
- Conducts critical operations tasks in business responsibility (e.G., user authorization, data accuracy checks / reports, etc.) and ensures stable operations
- Manages transitions, rollouts and lifecycle projects for specific solutions from business side
- Ensures up-to-date documentations, trainings, change management
- Manages solution-specific roadmap / feature backlog
- Leads as key contact / trainer for global (key) user community for adoption
- Acts as advisor to project teams and manages risks / mitigations
Qualification Requirements
Postgraduate degree in a relevant subject or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education and / or trainingExperience in positions in the area of Solution Management as business owner / product owner of IBP, Control Tower, WMS, ERP or similar solutionsProven know how about solution functionality, preferably SAP, o95- 10 years work experience preferredCompetencies & skill Requirements
Understanding of operations value chains and business acumenPossess understanding of key operations-related business process (e.G., PLAN, SOURCE, MAKE, DELIVER), process and performance managementConfidence in presenting to various audiences, in English, Japanese a plusExcellent levels of spoken and written English and experience preparing reportsStrong interpersonal skills and ability to build trust and productive relationshipsWell-organized, with project management skills and an ability to establish and work to prioritiesWillingness to travel domestic and international (<20-40%)