Regional Process Manager

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Date: Apr 27, 2024

Location: Barcelona, ES

Company: AkzoNobel

We supply the sustainable and innovative paints and coatings that our customers, communities – and the environment – are increasingly relying on. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and have set our sights on becoming the global industry leader. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering paints company that’s committed to science-based targets and is taking genuine action to address globally relevant challenges and protect future generations.

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com.

Job Purpose

The Regional BPO role is a key role in the deployment of the Advanced Planning Transformation aiming to improve our supply planning processes (DRP, PP, MP & DS) to enabled optimized results in Service Level, Inventory position and Costs in our Supply Chain.

As key objective the Regional BPO is to drive maturity in the supply planning teams as a pre-condition to APT. Maturity is expressed in Master Data quality, process adherence and building capability in working with the new processes and system. Moreover, the Regional BPO ensures the integration of key Inventory management process and tools as well as the improvement of IBP Supply & S&OE processes. High-quality stakeholder management (many and highly diverse stakeholders) is essential.

Key Activities

Deployment of processes, governance, systems (SAP, APS and big data analytics), Production & Planning Master data and capability building in Planning.
Drive supply planning/Scheduling maturity program linked to the Advance Planning Transformation Program within the region.
Acts as touchpoint for senior users and (senior) management to build capability and ensure innovation ideas are embedded appropriately.
Drives touchless planning through correct Master data and their further automation.
Enable key inventory and IBP Supply/S&OE processes.
Develops and deploys materials to build capability in the planning community, including effective embedding in the Knowledge Management System (KMS) as our one source of capability truth.

Job Requirements

Qualifications: MSc in Planning/Supply Chain, Engineering, Data Science, Econometrics or Business Administration.
10-15 years of experience in Supply Chain.
Previous experience in: Demand planning, Supply Planning and S&OP / IBP; demonstrated hands-on impact in operations, planning and hands-on exposure to IT/ERP related projects
Certification in supply chain expertise (such as APICS CPIM / CSCP) and improvement (such as CI Lead Practitioner, Agile). Experience in project and program management.
Strong experience in end-to-end performance measurement, identification & application of error metrics, root-cause analysis, etc.
Commercial understanding and business acumen. Experience to facilitate the overall company optimum. Detailed and in depth understanding of ERP system set up (SAP), planning & production master data fields.
Background in Advanced Planning Systems (APS) or demonstrated basic skills set to quickly learn and master APS.
Background in big data analytics and platforms or demonstrated basic skills set to quickly learn and master this.

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 37723

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