Director SCM Transformation & Innovation (m/f/d)

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Purpose

An exciting growth opportunity to work closely with the newly appointed VP Global Supply Chain Management Transformation & Innovation. You will have the chance to roll-up your sleeves and help the new Head embed a vision, set structure, define priorities, as well as drive & measure key progress of our transformation into a DTC focused SCM operating model. You will work hand in glove with the Global Supply Chain Leadership Team and colleagues across the globe, be a sparring partner for key stakeholders and manage organization-wide SC workstreams and their impact.

Are you keen to connect the dots and people, continue to enable the business to win in the future and be part of an opportunity with positive impact on Supply Chain Management and our industry? Then we are looking for you to join us!

Key Accountabilities

• Works closely with the VP Global SCM Transformation & Innovation in defining and facilitating the SCM transformation process and ensuring alignment within SCM and the broader Global Operations (GOPS) strategies
• Collaborates across markets and business units to prioritize SCM transformation initiatives, improvement opportunities and ensures buy-in as well as implementation
• Remains current on industry and competitor trends, disruptive technologies, and other advances or environmental changes. Anticipates opportunities to transform SCM capabilities, processes, and tools
• Drives organizational design, co-develops the blueprint for GSCM, and implements it subsequently, establishes KPI’s & reporting standards
• Monitors international, national, and sector trends to establish future capabilities
• Proposes and initiates capability improvement activities within Supply Chain typically driven by the need to enhance performance, satisfy new business opportunities or to respond to external drivers
• Conducts impact assessments, introduces organizational design techniques, methodologies, and tools to change and improve organization structures and culture
• Outlines how the organizational structure, people development, teams and roles need to change to enable the future business processes
• Facilitates open communication and discussion between stakeholders to create and maintain commitment as well as close and gaps if need be
• Develops organizational capabilities to drive innovation and implements processes, tools, and frameworks to foster innovation
• Drives communication and the open flow of creative ideas between interested parties and supports the setup of innovation networks and communities
  

Key Relationships

• Stakeholders can relate to the following core functions:
• SCM Markets
• GOPs S&P, GSCM S&P
• SCM Global Functions
• GOPS (Product Operations, Sourcing, etc.)
  

Knowledge, Capabilities And Skills

• Business acumen and knowledge in supply chain management is an asset
• Demonstrates strategic vision, ability to anticipate future consequences and trends, and incorporate them into a plan with a relentless focus on execution
• Proven track record of managing complex transformation programs, strategic projects, understanding of business process management, agile methodologies, and principles
• Strong executive presence, an engaging personality with the ability to motivate, network and influence across all business levels
• A storyteller, able to present complex information both to technical and non-technical audiences as well as top management confidently, simply, and concisely
• Proven ability to lead x-functional teams, delegating authority down the line
• Proven track record of exceeding goals, evidence of the ability to make good decisions through a combination of analysis, experience, and judgment
• Action oriented, looks for challenges and able to act & react as necessary, even if limited information is available
• Can overcome resistance, take people along with sociable can-do attitude
• A ’doer’ – someone who likes to talk enough about what needs to happen but is itching to get the job done and that with a pinch of fun
  

Qualifications

• College or university degree with focus on Business Administration or SCM or related areas, or equivalent combination of education and experience, fluent in English
• 8-10 years of relevant work experience in global operations or supply chain environment, with proven transformation record and senior management exposure
• International experience, ideally worked abroad and gained functional/market experience