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 Mgr, Direct Procurement Transformation, you will be responsible for driving improvements to processes and systems related to direct procurement, supplier management, contract management, and spend analytics across our manufacturing sites and global procurement function.
This will require you to collaborate with, and influence colleagues across our global network, drawing on both your own domain knowledge, as well as the cross-functional team you will be work with, to design, test, deploy, and drive adoption of new policies, processes, metrics, and systems.
Responsibilities Work with leaders and teams across functions and sites to develop a good understanding of current policies, processes, metrics, and systemsIdentify best practices to be adopted into current policies, processes, metrics and systemsDesign and validate proposed changes Deploy new processes, functionality and analytics, supported with appropriate communication, training, and documentationMeasure adoption and adherence, execute interventions to drive increased adoption and adherence where necessaryIdentify opportunities to automate or streamline processesMaintain a prioritized roadmap of changes to be introduced, working with both business leaders on other transformation leads to reach alignment Collaborate with stakeholders outside of Global Operations to ensure alignment with the overall enterprise, e.g., with respect to master data governance, and enterprise IT systems Qualifications 5+ years dynamic experience in consulting and/or manufacturing operations, including working knowledge of one or more specific areas (e.g., direct procurement, material management) Process discovery, design, modelling, and implementation experienceKnowledge of SAP capabilities (e.g., SAP ECC, S/4 HANA) Experience designing and deploying SAP-based processes and functionality Knowledge of Celonis Process Mining, Symbio BPM solutions or equivalents a plusKnowledge of PowerBI a plusExperience working in Agile teams based on SCRUM methodology a plusStrong project management skills, experience crafting and executing global projectsStrong influencing skills, proven ability to work across organizational boundaries driving change and harmonization across a global organizationResults oriented mindset, operates with high sense of urgency.
Consistent track record of solving problems, breaking down barriers and delivering results ahead of scheduleStrong written and verbal communication ASCM / APICS certifications a plusBS Degree in an Engineering, Science or Supply Chain discipline.
Master's Degree preferred