Sr Analyst, IT - Supply Chain Planning Capabilities

Job Description

About the Position

Owners Only!

If you are looking for a company where you constantly challenge yourself, where achievement and talent are what count, check out this position. This is a role for someone who craves a global challenge balanced by the desire to be accountable for delivering against the model in the largest business unit for Kraft Heinz. It is both a strategic and a tactical position

This role owns and is responsible for the day-to-day activities related to specifying, configuring, testing and deploying OMP and SAP Product Supply solutions to headquarters and factory-based functions of the Kraft Heinz Company. This person will be a capable experienced IT project team member accustomed to supporting Product Supply. Day-to-day activities include working with KHC IT partners to determine the correct model to use for the scenarios, configuring the OMP/SAP tools, testing the solution from unit testing, through system integration testing to acceptance testing and training HQ or factory-based users in both the KHC process and the OMP/SAP system to be used. As the configurator of the process, the role also includes ensuring all documentation, process flows, training guides, and materials are maintained and current. This person will interact with IT, the Data Management Organization and KHC Operations in order to deliver their goals.

Main Responsibilities

Manage the configuration, customization, optimization of OMP modules and integrate with SAP (R/3 or S/4HANA) for all business units globally.

OMP functionality in scope for Kraft Heinz includes:

Distribution Requirement Planning

Master Production Scheduling

Detailed Scheduling

Material Requirement Planning

Product Deployment

Mult Echelon Inventory Optimization

Aggregate & Scenario Planning

· System Development: Lead in phases of design, validation, and deployment of OMP and Integration with SAP and other systems.

· Develop & Test: Ensure functionality of modifications, reports, and system interfaces- testing for integration with other systems.

· Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with teams to ensure successful data and process flow across the project lifecycle.

· Data Integrity Management: Ensure data integrity across systems, ensuring compliance with business processes.

Support change management activities by assisting with development of training materials and documentation.

Perform go-live cutover tasks such as loading the new system with data extracted from the legacy system.

Potential Domestic and International Travel up to 30%

Qualifications

Proven experience in OMP OPR module (DRP, MPS, DS, MRP, MEIO) and experience with Solvers, Multi-Users, and Dispatchers.

Demonstrate time management skills.

Ability to transform requirements into appropriate functional specifications to solve gaps.

Ability to communicate at all levels with clarity and precision both written and verbally.

Ability to train and explain complex processes.

Ability to work well under pressure and comfortable with change and complexity in dynamic environments.

Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with a “customer first” focus

Ability to trouble shoot and identify root cause of system issues and software defects and remediate issues.

Reporting Lines:

Primary: Group Lead Supply Chain Planning Capabilities

Number or direct and indirect reports: Direct Reports = 0, Indirect & Third Party = 6

Internal Relationships (within IT):

Analyst Finite Scheduling

Analyst Operational Planning

Engineer Specialist

Sr Mgr Project Office

External and Business Relationships (customers within the business and/ or externally e.g. vendors):

Business

Global Capabilities Team

Global DRP Team

Global Deployment Team

Global Plant Schedulers

Global Material Planners

External

Consulting analyst

Software vendor analyst

Change Management analyst

Work Experience

Professional industry experience gained industries, such as Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)

3+ years of program or service delivery experience in IT roles.

2+ years Firsthand OMP implementation focused on Supply, Deployment and Material Planning

2+ with SAP ECC preferably, S/4 Hana

3+ years of program or service delivery experience in IT roles.

Experience working with culturally diverse global teams across time-zones

Experience in working with 3rd party service providers of multiple types (functional, strategic, operations, BPO)

Customer focused individual

Desirable

FMCG experience

Strong analytical and data interpretation ability

Ability to perform root cause analysis

Data mining with the ability to sanitize and rationalize data

Snowflake Data Modeling

SQL Scripting

Competences

Ability to work under pressure to short deadlines

Ability to observe the need for changes/improvements in the processes

Deductive reasoning, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Must work with the highest level of trust, integrity, honesty and confidentiality

Understands the end-to-end process

Logical, analytical and pragmatic (with the ability to decide on the optimal process design – ensuring it is fit for purpose)

Location(s)

Qingdao - Sales Office

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes .