Sr Principal Program Manager, Supply Chain Transformation - Waters Corporation

Overview

The Strategy & Operational Excellence team is on a mission to improve both our customer and employee experience by transforming how we plan, buy, make, and distribute products in Waters Global Operations. Our four pillars of focus include: Strategy, Processes and Systems, Continuous Improvement, and Insights.

As a Sr Principal Program Manager, Supply Chain Transformation, you will be a critical interface between the global Capability Transformation Teams, responsible for delivering ground-breaking change (in, e.g., Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Direct Procurement, and Production Planning) and local Site Transformation Teams, responsible for implementation at the site. This will require you to collaborate with, and influence colleagues across our global network, drawing on both your own Supply Chain and SAP domain knowledge, as well as the cross-functional team you will be work with, to craft, test, deploy, and drive adoption of new policies, processes, metrics, and systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely and successful delivery of capability improvements by ensuring alignment on priorities and execution across the global Capability Teams and Site Transformation Teams
• Collaborate with Capability Team leaders to understand their objectives and roadmaps for motivating changes in processes, metrics, and supporting tools (e.g., SAP ECC, SAP APO, S/4 Hana)
• Collaborate with Site Leadership Teams to understand their objectives for driving improvements within the site / plant in relation to prioritized capabilities
• Support both Capability Teams and Site Transformation Teams by developing / maintaining aligned roadmaps, objectives, metrics/targets, and execution plans
• Establish and implement program management practices and tools to continuously improve project execution, tracking, and reporting across the portfolio
• Present outcomes, roadmaps, progress, etc. regularly to stakeholders at all levels
• Identify, address, and report risks and critical issues to relevant leaders and steering committees

Qualifications

• 7+ years progressive experience in managing large-scale, global supply chain / manufacturing operations programs and projects
• Experience driving Supply Chain process transformations
• Experience implementing / improving ERP systems (SAP ECC/APO, S/4 HANA)
• Experience working with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Strong influencing skills, proven ability to work across organizational boundaries driving change and harmonization across a global organization
• Results oriented mindset, operates with high sense of urgency. Proven track record of solving problems, breaking down barriers and delivering results ahead of schedule
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Experience leading complex programs in Jira
• Knowledge of business process management approaches a plus
• ASCM / APICS certifications a plus
• Master’s Degree in an Engineering, Science or Supply Chain discipline                                    #LI-Hybrid

Company Description

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.   

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status. 

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