Functional leader of medium to large projects for PLM and QM business capability. Accountabilities across multiple functional and technical areas with wide range of complexity.
Proactive analysis of business processes and identification of innovative ways to address near term business needs which includes identifying these opportunities, reviewing and obtaining a disposition decision from the appropriate business client, assessing the fit of these opportunities into current initiatives, or including the opportunity in future demand.
Map the Customer Journey and partner with the business in the co-creation of solutions that add value to K-C.
Drives the evaluation of the factors which must be addressed in the change program.
Influences policy formation; contributes to User Groups; significant contribution to strategic direction.
Leads Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives; consults and shares knowledge across org; full awareness of industry and technology trends that can bring K-C a competitive advantage.
REQUIREMENTS:
Education required:
Bachelor\'s degree
Experience:
8+ years of professional experience with minimum 5+ years of solid, proven and continuous experience in SAP PLM and QM as Senior Functional Consultant with S4 Hana
Experience in SAP Enginerring Record, Recipe Development, Specification management, SAP Material Master, SAP Quality Management required
Experience in Enginerring Records Workflows with BRF+, Idocs, APIs and knowledge in SAP PI required
Experience in Dangerous Goods management and Substance Volume Tracking required
Experience in SAP Fiori, WWI (Windows Wordprocessor Integration), SAP S/4 HANA preferred
Experience in SAP EHS, REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals) preferred
Knowledge of Digital Technologies (Robotic Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, etc) preferred
Skills/Competencies:
Has a leader mindset, which can enable an optimal TCO for solutions delivered by Engineering & Applications.
Experience with deploying and driving execution via performance measurement, benchmarking, and related visual management.
Experience working with blended teams consisting of employees, vendors, and consultants with both onshore and offshore resources
Held prior accountabilities that required influencing leaders outside of administrative authority.
Extensive experience collaborating with business stakeholders and IT to identify, design, and implement highly complex, end-to-end solutions
Cultivates networking opportunities within the organization
Broad range of business and IT experiences; Has achieved technical and/or business certification(s) is a plus.
Verbal and written fluency in English is mandatory
Ability to work in a virtual team which may work across distance (remote), cultures and time zones, in a matrix with multiple reporting lines
LOCATION: Bangalore, India
WORKING CONDITIONS: Travel may include approximately 10% of work time.