Manager I - Business Finance

Job Description:  

Role Scope / Deliverables:  

• Strategic Alignment: Collaborate with supply chain leaders to resolve their strategic goals and ensure IT initiatives rigorously support these objectives.

Project Management: Lead and handle IT projects related to the supply chain, ensuring detailed and timely delivery aligned with business requirements.

Collaborator Engagement: Champion and nurture positive relationships with crucial collaborators in the supply chain and IT departments.

Solution Delivery: Coordinate the implementation of IT solutions, ensuring they meet the needs of the supply chain function and drive business value.

Continuous Improvement: Find opportunities for process improvements and technology enhancements within the supply chain.

Data Analysis: Apply data analytics to provide insights and support decision-making within the supply chain.

Vendor Management: Be a great partner with external vendors and service providers to ensure the delivery of high-quality IT services.

Training and Support: Offer training and support to supply chain staff in the use of new IT systems and tools.

Finance Liaison: Be the main point of contact between Finance and the Digital and Data Team.

Thought Leadership: Engage as an integral member of the Digital and Data Team, supplying proactively to the leadership of the IT group.

Finding Opportunities for Innovation: Gain a deep understanding of the strategic business direction in order to find opportunities for technology innovation.

Technology Roadmaps: Identify business technology needs and growth strategies, maintaining evergreen 3-year technology roadmaps.

Annual Operating Plan: Actively participate in the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process, ensuring alignment between business and IT initiatives.

Demand Prioritization: Prioritize demand for assigned business areas, collaborating with architecture teams and resource managers.

Quality Consistency: Ensure that teams adhere to and support quality procedures and policies.

User Needs Anticipation: Work with business groups to anticipate user needs and coordinate with the broader IT organization.

Evaluation of Portfolio: Continuously assess the progress of the portfolio to ensure value delivery to collaborators.

Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks and dependencies in the portfolio.

Business Process Insight: Apply knowledge of current business processes for creative business process redesign and technology improvement.

Key Skills: 

Self-Motivation: Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.

Interpersonal Skills: Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.

Supply Chain Experience: Experience in a supply chain department of a manufacturing organization, preferably in biopharma or med device.

SAP Knowledge: Strong knowledge of SAP, smartsheets, SAC, IDQ and MDG.

Global Integration: Good knowledge of company functions globally and process integration among departments.

Leadership Styles: Ability to use a range of influencing and leadership styles effectively.

Communication Skills: Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and thoroughly.

Influencing Skills: Ability to influence internal and external contacts on various services.

Project Management:

Deep understanding of Project Management principles is preferred.

Technical Navigation:

Experience navigating a large IT department with multiple technologies.

Innovation Facilitation: Capable of facilitating innovation in business process and technical solution delivery.

Leadership Experience:

Experience leading a matrix team of professionals and communicating with various management levels.

Industry Experience: More than 10 years of experience developing and supporting finance applications and more than 5 years in the Pharmaceuticals or Life Sciences industry (preferred).

Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in information technology, e