Business Process Manager- Site Procurement

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Role Definition
The Business Process Manager is responsible for managing the overall application and processes of ongoing operations by resolving transactional grief and administrative process work to ensure facility production lines run as intended. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading a team of procurement professionals who Processes requisitions and provides support for purchasing supply chain sourcing cost price analyses and contract/purchase order generation. Performs analysis and maintenance of assigned processes that produce output excellence builds expertise for the assign process area and contributing to continuous improvement efforts. Supports customers and customer proposal efforts with pricing information and supplier selection.

Responsibilities
Managing operations metrics monitoring transaction analytics identifying and executing continuous improvement opportunities standardizing and simplifying work and mitigating risks.
Building a collaborative environment based on process partners needs through compliance to standards PO management supplier on/off boarding and providing a practical technical or administrative service focusing on improve its cycle times.
Contributing to product and process vision and alignment with procurement organizations.
Leading a team responsible for collaborating with the other functions in procurement to perform operational transactional activity systems data maintenance reporting and their associated metrics monitoring.

Degree Requirement
Bachelors degree or equivalent with 8 10 years of relevant procurement experience

Six Sigma / Lean Certification / Process Automation / Power BI


Skill Descriptors
Business Process Improvement: Knowledge of business process improvement best practices and ability to use methods for identifying evaluating introducing and implementing more efficient approaches to performing business related activities.
Level Basic Understanding:
Explains the rationale for using BPI methodology.
Identifies the main steps in a BPI project such as defining the existing structure.
Describes BPI key considerations such as establishing process owners.
States the major roles involved in business process management.

Predictive Analytics: Knowledge of tools methods and processes used to make business predictions; ability to use the tools processes and practices for predicting business trends and providing forecasts that drive business decisions and business planning.
Level Basic Understanding:
Describes the type of information predictive analysis provides.
Highlights common predictive modeling techniques and associated tools.
Describes the general concept and key aspects of predictive analytics using relevant language.
Cites examples of the organizations use of predictive analytics.

Process Management: Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand monitor update control or enhance existing business or work processes.
Level Basic Understanding:
Interprets process flow diagrams.
Explains differences between a process and a project.
Identifies process management initiatives in own area.
Describes key business processes in own area.

Project Management: Knowledge of effective project management strategies and tactics; ability to plan organize monitor and control projects ensuring efficient utilization of technical and administrative resources to achieve project objectives.
Level Basic Understanding:
Identifies project management tools and requirements within own function.
Describes the key objectives phases and deliverables of a current project.
Explains the concepts of phase activity task and deliverable.
Gives examples of critical paths in projects.

Team Management: Knowledge of effective team building techniques; ability to form and manage effective teams.
Level Basic Understanding:
Differentiates characteristics of effective and dysfunctional teams.
Explains the importance of a cohesive team effort and the concept of synergy.
Compares traditional teams to virtual teams.
Identifies key factors and requisite activities for building an effective team.

Capacity Planning & Management MFG: Knowledge of tools approaches and practices for determining production demand and ability to manage resources needed to provide satisfactory levels of service.
Level Basic Understanding:
Names several capacityrelated measurements and installed tools.
Identifies common capacity constraints and seasonal trends.
Locates internal and external informative sources or proprietary materials about capacity planning & management.
Describes the roles and responsibilities of capacity planners.

EProcurement: Knowledge of online procurement systems techniques and procedures; ability to use tools processes and practices for purchasing goods and services via electronic links to suppliers and partners.
Level Basic Understanding:
Summarizes the concepts of businesstobusiness commerce.
Identifies types of goods and services currently purchased electronically.
Describes tools and techniques for eprocurement.
Describes basic terminology concepts and features of eprocurement.

Procurement Function: Knowledge of responsibilities accountabilities and organization of procurement function; ability to perform tasks and activities of the procurement functions or department.
Level Basic Understanding:
Identifies major tasks and responsibilities of a procurement function or unit.
Explains the basic role and contributions of the procurement or purchasing function.
Explains the procedures and policies in the procurement process.
Locates the basic tools and technologies used by procurement professionals.

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