Supply Chain Manager

Role: Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Applications
Location: LA- Must be on site or willing to relocate on own
Type: Long term contract, potential to convert

MAIN JOB RESPONSIBILITIES / COMPETENCIES

The incumbent will be crucial in optimizing company SCM systems and processes using their expertise in Oracle Fusion SCM applications. Responsibilities will include collaborating with the supply chain teams (Procurement, Sales, and Manufacturing) to design, implement, and support technical solutions that align with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities Business Requirement Analysis
Partners with business stakeholders to analyze, define and document business requirements, within and across functional areas
Drives best practices during requirements gathering and modeling
Has a strong focus on gathering core requirements, beyond stated requirements and correctly places these within a broader context
Understands business environment and helps to connect/align relevant business stakeholders
Process Modeling and Design
Partners with business stakeholders to analyze, define and document business processes within and across functional areas
Drives best practices during requirements gathering and modeling
Understands business environment and helps to connect/align relevant business stakeholders
Manages stakeholder expectations and communications within and beyond functional track
Solution Design
Responsible to design and document cross-functional and global solutions, drawing on functional expertise of functional and technical team members or vendors, as appropriate
Advises on solutions prepared by peers or supporting team, and champions good design practices
Documentation
Documents and reviews broader team documentation
Supports team in identifying and defining relevant documentation templates pertaining to solution delivery
Is a champion for knowledge transfer to enable/empower other team members
Functional Design
Develops functional designs for applications and integrations.
Ability to work on multiple functional areas and integrations with third party products
Keeps up to date with industry trends and vendor capabilities to produce robust functional designs
Reviews functional designs and obtains sign-offs with the cross functional business and IT teams
Provides inputs into business processes based on design capabilities
Champions sustainable, forward-looking functional designs
Testing & Test Design
Coordinates integration testing, validates test cases with stakeholders for user acceptance testing and training, and obtains sign-offs
Coordinates defects clarification, triage and coordinate resolution with engineering teams
Project Management
Manages multiple application releases and projects
Manages stakeholder expectations
Designs release scope and schedule in line with business goal, prioritization and IT capacity
System Configurations
Configures applications in line with business goals
Designs forward looking configurations by recognizing future needs aligned with the business roadmap
Develops configuration standards
Day to Day Support (Production Support)
Supports and trains junior resources and oversees quality in triage and troubleshooting practices
Leads troubleshooting efforts on critical issues with cross functional teams through resolution
Identifies improvements to address repeat issues
Training and Change Management
Works with functional leadership teams to set expectations and conduct planning and execution of SME training activities
Defines, communicates, and implements support and engagement plans

REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION & TRAINING
Undergraduate degree in IT, Industrial Manufacturing or a related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

EXPERIENCE

5+ years of relevant experience
Extensive experience in Oracle ERP within SCM space
Extensive experience in a couple of Oracle Cloud SCM Modules such as OM, PO, INV, Manufacturing (Discrete), Planning, Warehouse Management, Fulfillment etc.
Must have worked in life sciences, preferably a larger international company
Experience on Planning (Demand Planning, MRP, MPS)
Worked as Sr Systems Analyst or Support Analyst for Oracle ERP application modules in the past.
Hands-on experience in designing and configuring ERP application implementation and maintenance.
Worked in extending Oracle Fusion applications with integrations to third-party systems or homegrown systems will be preferable.

SKILLS

Have in-depth functional knowledge of Supply Chain to understand business requirements and convert them into functional and configurable solutions.
Solid understanding in Rest APIs, integrations, and familiarity with Fusion's schema and subject areas will be highly desired.
Strong written and oral communication skills
Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities
Willingness to travel occasionally if needed