Supply Chain Solutions Manager, Product Management - Niagara Bottling

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:   

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.   
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.   
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Supply Chain Solutions Manager, Product Management

The Manager of Supply Chain Product Management will lead a product team responsible for supporting process improvement within the Supply Chain Planning organization. The team’s main goal is to improve processes by deploying state-of-the-art technology which includes Advanced Planning Systems, Data Science and AI tools. The team builds business cases and requirements for improvement projects and manages them through completion. This is a hands-on role that requires providing concrete guidance to the team of talented but less experienced product managers and partnering closely with frontline Planning managers. A critical responsibility of this role is to generate buy-in on technology implementation roadmap by acting as their trusted advisor. As such, we are looking for a leader that can provide thought leadership on the evolution of Planning by drawing on deep expertise in the subject and associated technology, sound knowledge of optimization and machine learning techniques, and excellent data analysis skills.

Essential Functions

• Collaborates with Supply Chain leadership and develops technology roadmaps for all Supply Chain functions.
• Facilitates meetings with key stakeholders to align on the priority of technology projects and determine monthly project goals.
• Collaborates with Information Technology team to implement Technology projects and conducts periodic meetings to review project status.
• Publishes periodic updates on status of various initiatives to all Supply Chain team members and key stakeholders in other departments.
• Guides team members supporting technology projects on system design/configuration, development of test cases and business requirements documents, and training.
• Researches capabilities of various enterprise system vendors and advises management on technologies suitable to evolve and mature supply chain processes.
• Grooms team members to advise Supply Chain leadership on methods and technologies that can support end to end optimization of the supply chain and sustain high performance.
• Collaborates with Business Intelligence team to design dashboards and reports to facilitate adoption of new processes.
• Supports change management by developing necessary standard operating procedures, business process documents, user acceptance test scripts.
• Collaborates with Training team and Supply Chain leaders to administer appropriate trainings necessary to standardize technology usage.

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • 6 Years  – Experience in Technology Consulting or Software Product Management
  • 6 Years  – Experience building or implementing Supply Chain Planning systems
  • 2 Years  – Experience managing people/projects

             *experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 10+ Years– Experience in Technology Consulting or Software Product Management
  • 10+ Years – Experience building or implementing Supply Chain Planning systems
  • 4 Years  – Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Self-motivated with a proven record of taking the initiative
• Ability to adjust and execute in a very dynamic and ever-changing environment
• Ability to excel and deliver results working cross-functionally in a matrix environment
• Ability to analyze data using Microsoft Excel; SQL a plus
• Data Science acumen – Good understanding of mathematical techniques used in Supply Chain Planning such as Network Optimization, Statistical and Machine learning techniques
• Software skills – Subject Matter Expert level knowledge/experience in Advanced Planning Systems such as Oracle ASCP, JDA, Logility, o9, Kinaxis, OMP
• Leadership – Displays passion and optimism; inspires and motivates others to perform well; Influences actions and opinions of others
• People Management and Development – Fosters a quality focus in others; Builds upon areas of strength; Designs and executes plan to improve areas of weakness
• Change Management – Communicates changes, builds commitment, and overcomes resistance
• Oral Communication – Speaks clearly and persuasively in both positive and negative situations; Demonstrates ability to communicate well with other team members and with non-technical end users; Demonstrates refined and comprehensive presentation skills
• Written Communication – Writes clearly and informatively; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret intricate written information and data

Education

• Minimum Required: 
  • Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain/Information Technology/Business Analytics/Systems Engineering or other related field

• Preferred: 
  • Master's Degree in Supply Chain/Information Technology/Business Analytics/Systems Engineering  or other related field

Certification/License:

• Required:           N/A
• Preferred:          APICS CPIM, MIT Supply Chain Micromasters

Foreign Language

• Required:           None Required
• Preferred:          None Required

Typical Compensation Range

$130,380.85 - $189,052.24 / Yearly

Bonus Target: 10% Annual

Benefits

https://careers.niagarawater.com/us/en/benefits

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