* Serve as the primary business relationship link between senior business leaders and IT, ensuring strategic alignment and partnership.
* Provide high-value strategic consulting and advisory support to drive key IT / business initiatives and digital transformation efforts.
* Develop and maintain a deep understanding of business strategies, operational models, market trends, and key partner relationships across business units.
* Partner with all business stakeholders within their portfolio to ensure a clear understanding of the business architecture changes required to deliver business outcomes.
* Identify and assess future business capabilities, evaluating potential technology solutions and facilitating decision-making on IT investments.
* Facilitate strategic conversations and planning with key business stakeholders to ensure strategies are informed by both current and future state enterprise architecture.
* Serve as the key liaison for business engagement, stakeholder management, and enterprise architecture alignment, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration.
* Serve as the primary point of contact relating to business unit engagement, stakeholder management and IT Enterprise Architecture Team.
* Communicate decisions, priorities, and relevant project information to appropriate levels of staff regarding branch requests and projects and initiatives.
* Work with stakeholders to ensure the impact of proposed information investment is clearly understood by decision makers, and will support informed investment prioritization and sequencing decisions with the IT Governance Team
* Champion the IT strategy both in the business units and IT and oversee the effective communication of all EA artefacts to business units.
Strategy, Design, and Solutions
* Provide strategic thought leadership with regards to the role IT plays in executing the business strategy
* Develop the IT strategic roadmap for the business units with a clear link to the business strategy and to ensure successful introductions with stakeholders.
* Lead the translation of strategy into the development of business architecture deliverables to ensure alignment with business strategies and business architecture frameworks.
* Work with integration and supplier architects to design solutions that support the business processes and assist with the alignment of supporting technology roadmaps.
* Oversee the launch of solutions and help to maximize the positive impact on the Department
* Actively contribute to EA implementation and ongoing refinement activities.
* Own the business unit IT project portfolio and manage budget.
Practice Development
* Recommend and participate in the design and implementation of standards, tools, and methodologies.
* Share best practice, lessons learned and constantly update the architecture requirements based on changing technologies, practice, and knowledge.
* Responsible of end-to-end business Logistics, warehouse, and supply chain processes.
* Educate the company in new trend technologies
* Empower the business users to be successful via technology and new services
Stakeholder and Relationship Management
* Build and sustain strong, collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, to support achievement of Department outcomes.
* Serve as a trusted advisor and act as the primary IT key contact for key
* Lead stakeholder engagement efforts, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration between IT and business units.
* Serve as the primary business liaison for IT, advocating for IT services and capabilities.
Qualifications
* Demonstrated expertise in strategic and business planning, with a strong ability to translate high-level strategies into actionable and effective business change initiatives.
* Deep expertise in Materials management and logistics business processes, supply chain management, and manufacturing operations.
* 5-10 years of experience in SAP MMleading end-to-end IT solutions
* Expertise in SAP WM is a plus.
* Expertise in SAP S / 4HANA, including emerging trends and market solutions.
* Knowledge of business re-engineering principles and processes.
* Broad knowledge of various technologies and their applications in supporting business requirements.
* Strong understanding of strategic and business planning processes, and how they translate into technology-driven change.
* Proven ability to deliver high quality strategic technology planning artefacts that integrate business demand with IT roadmaps.
* Experience in business architecture, particularly within the manufacturing sector (preferred).
* Demonstrated experience withinSAP environments, building end to end solutions in the areas of MM, additional experience is a plus.
* Vendor EDI is a plus.
* SAP Certification is a plus.
* International experience in managing IT solutions across diverse legal and business environments.
* Proficiency in English (professional level)
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Additional Information
The location of the successful candidate will determine the Oetiker facility where this position will be based.
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