PURPOSE & OVERALL RELEVANCE FOR THE ORGANIZATION

An exciting growth opportunity to work in the Global Supply Chain Strategy & Transformation team. This role offers the chance to actively drive our supply chain priorities, land and measure key progress of our transformations. You will collaborate with colleagues across the globe, be a key contact for senior stakeholders, and lead organization-wide supply chain changes and their impact.

Are you eager to connect the dots and people, continue to enable the business to succeed in the future, and be part of an opportunity with a positive impact on Supply Chain Management and our industry? Then we are looking for you to join us!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Be a key member of the SC Strategy & Transformation leadership team, reporting directly to the Sr Director, and working closely with your peers in Market & Functional teams
• Work closely and collaborate with the executive leadership team on key projects and transformations
• Effectively deploy transformation and project managers to deliver on our transformation programs, in alignment with long-term direction
• Drive and land high-profile projects, transformation, and work streams deliverables (e.g., planning, milestones execution, monitoring, financials) in alignment with strategic direction. This could include projects like supply chain big bets (process & system), organizational transformation, supply chain sustainability etc.
• Perform in-depth reviews to support business decision-making, oversee transformation results, and translate outcomes into insights to steer the changes successfully
• Make data-driven recommendations, leveraging insights of our Supply Chain Business Intelligence tea
• Manage effective and timely communication on project progress and results to sponsors and senior management (e.g., Steering Committees), influence decision makin
• Lead end-to-end change and communication efforts, leveraging different communication channels and continuing to build our SCM community
• Effectively deploy a transformation/change management toolkit across work streams to ensure high quality and consistency of deliverables
• Role model adoption of transformation standards and contribute to the establishment of best-in-class standards; continue elevating our transformation standards and practices across the organization
• Build, lead, and coach your team, fostering a collaborative, safe environment, where team members grow & continuously learn
• Represent Supply Chain Strategy & Transformation team within/beyond function / market area

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Stakeholders can relate to the following core functions: 
• Markets (SCM and Sales functions)  
• SCM Global Functions (Product Supply, Global Distribution, etc.)
• Corporate Functions (Global TECH, Data & Analytics, Global Demand Planning etc.)
• Corporate ESG & Sustainability 
• Global Sales 
• Sourcing & Product Operations 
• Global Brands 
• Partner Functions: HR, Finance, GBS, etc.
  
  
  
  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Leadership: People manager. Builds freedom in a framework, able to trust & empower team members, takes decisions, has teams back
• Personal & Team Resilience: Celebrates successes, builds a culture where failure is an opportunity to learn, helps team members bounce back and come back stronger. You own your development and believe in lifelong learning
• Strategic sighted & buy-in: Inspires others with a vision where else the company needs to look. A natural connector, who builds relationships & takes everyone on a journey with no one left behind
• Storyteller: Spends at ease a lot of time on communication, fluency in English.
• Connector: Brings people together, builds bridges, facilitates communication and interaction. Ability to collaborate and influence successfully
• Business case oriented: The why and working with limited info should not be a problem. Ability to work with a brief list of assumptions, then deep dive, use scenario planning, to eventually build meaningful business cases
• Problem Solving: Know the value of quality questions to define the problem statements. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Anticipate: Ability to build business simulations, to understand perspectives, gauge reactions
• Curious and Optimistic: Eager to find new information. Someone that wants to deep dive into new domains and sees opportunities everywhere. Obstacles are just a trigger for change
• Influence: Ability to create space for teams to learn new methodologies, moving out of comfort zone. Equips colleagues and their ideas, to elevate their game and influence senior players
• Cultural Sensitivity: Capability to navigate and work effectively across diverse cultures within a multinational context
• Done is better than perfect: Someone who likes to talk enough about what needs to happen but is itching to get the job done and that with a pinch of fun
  
  
  
  

REQUISITE EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 8-10 years of relevant work experience in a Multinational Corporation (MNC) environment (e.g., transformation, strategy, business development, consulting, apparel/fashion, or supply chain management background)
• Within which 2-3 years of relevant transformation experience and project leadership in a global setting
• Strong understanding of operations and opportunities
• College or university degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience