Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Effectively execute the GPS system and process strategy within allocated area of responsibility, Reporting, Process or System. Execute responsibilities to deliver accurate systems and process performance.  Collaborate with stakeholders to reactively and proactively to enhance performance.  Support system and process testing to ensure end to end system integrity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Adapt to changes coming from internally and externally driven projects ensuring processes and systems are in sync.  Execute testing scrips and sign off on testing
• Support allocated processes as process agent ensuring processes are documented, mapped and up to date
• Manage execution, set up of systems and process to achieve a high level of performance and accuracy.  Support and escalate identified issues and inconsistencies
• Execute system updates directed by internal GPS teams and stakeholders to ensure system set up is following predefined rules and timelines
• Execute end to end release testing and identify impacts coming from internal or external changes
• Collaborate with operational teams and GPS stakeholders with in-depth analysis and system insight to resolve unforeseen issues or to provide a bases for systematic or process change
• Develop and sustain superior level of system and process insight to support operational teams
• Identify and assess problems and provide potential solutions 
• Ensure data quality and integrity across various systems and tools and perform quality check on the work output of the team    
• Perform or ensure day-to-day and period end processing responsibilities are completed in accordance with internal standards  
• Monitor of work requests and allocation (ticketing and e-mails)   
• During transitions: Ensure the necessary preparation and organization to receive and include new tasks or new work   

Key Relationships: 

• Global Product Supply Operational Teams
• Market SCM (BPM)
• GOPS/GSCM Strategy & Programs
• IT KSR
• IT Product teams

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to prioritize, manage and complete projects/initiatives under a deadline
• Demonstrate initiative and result orientation
• Coordination and follow up skills
• Service-minded and consumer/customer oriented
• Analytical thinking and ability to solve problems
• Team player and effective collaborator
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Good knowledge of MS Office (advanced MS Excel skills)
• Strong SAP AFS know-how in ERP and demand planning systems (SAP SCM SNP, AFS, GPS) is preferred
• Fluent in English, additional language is a plus

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in supply chain management or in the areas of business administration, logistics, planning, information systems. Master's degree is a plus.
• 4 years of experience in supply chain management, operations or planning, preferably in the Accessories, Apparel or Footwear industries  
• Experience with BI dataset tools and MicroStrategy reporting tools