Business Process Manager - Condition Monitoring

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Role Definition
The Business Process Manager is responsible for procurement process improvement implementation. This includes documenting the needs and requirements of the procurement community as well as designing testing and implementing logical solutions to break fixes & enhancements in ERP to ensure P2P process is not impacted. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading a team to analyse design and implement transformative procurement processes that enhance efficiency reduce costs and improve overall procurement performance. The candidate will be responsible for metric monitoring & process optimization of current processes to ensure early process deviations are detection and resolved.

Responsibilities
Leading a group of individual contributors that deliver project associated with lean

processes global market understanding tools and systems.

Managing the overall design and development of solutions collaborates with

stakeholders and business users to collect VOB/VOC business requirements and prepares implementation plans for successful deployment.

Executing key projects such as the development of standardized best

practices offerings services and development of associated tools & training.

Driving adoption and identifying continuous improvement opportunities/projects

including standardization and simplification and mitigating risks.
Degree Requirement
Bachelors degree or equivalent with 8 10 years of relevant procure to pay experience

Six Sigma / Lean Certification

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 Extensive Experience:

Analyses business processes identifies alternative solutions to outdated

processes and assesses their feasibility.

Evaluates financial cultural technological and other factors that need to be

addressed.

Recommends new approaches that seek the use of advanced technology.

Establishes requirements for large changes in the overall mission roles

responsibilities and processes necessary to make business improvements.

Works to overcome BPI resistance from managers the labor force and other

groups.

Six Sigma Methodology: Knowledge of the concepts of six sigma DMAIC (Define Measure Analyze Improve and Control) methodology; ability to use the methodology to improve the manufacturing processes and control the improvements by eliminating root causes.
Level Working Knowledge:
Analyses business priorities for selecting potential critical metrics.
Uses tools (e.g. trend charts Pareto charts sigma conversion chart) to measure historical performance.
Researches important causes that have an impact on quality and customer satisfaction with the use of statistical tools.
Resolves routine problems in a cost effective manner.
Reports deviances from process improvements.

Business Acumen: Knowledge of business concepts tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the companys business; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
Comments on the organizations business model and financial goals.
Communicates key considerations for business decision making process.
Cites examples of types of information needed to make sound business decisions.
Participates in business task to get things done in own unit or area.
Caters to key stakeholders and their priorities.

Business Process Design: Knowledge of business process design; ability to develop appropriate techniques to reexamine key processes and focus on optimizing organizational performance.
Level Working Knowledge:
Carries out business process design tasks with some supervision and coaching.
Uses a variety of business process design tools and techniques.
Examines interprets and explains workflow materials and documentation.
Documents common obstacles and barriers for effective implementation.
Analyzes a process and associated business logic and offers recommendations based on analysis.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decisionmaking process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Working Knowledge:
Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decisionmaking process.
Identifies obtains and organizes relevant data and ideas.
Participates in documenting data ideas players stakeholders and processes.
Recognizes clarifies and prioritizes concerns.
Assists in assessing risks benefits and consideration of alternatives.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit receive and accurately interpret ideas information and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviours.
Level Extensive Experience:
Reviews others writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching.
Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience.
Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position.
Communicates well downward upward and outward.
Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement.
Maintains focus on the topic at hand.

Flexibility and Adaptability: Knowledge of successful approaches and techniques for dealing with change; ability to adapt to a changing environment and be comfortable with change.
Level Working Knowledge:
Adjusts to new or changing assignments processes and people.
Demonstrates willingness to listen to other opinions.
Provides examples of shifting from task to task.
Identifies and considers alternative approaches to situations or problems.
Accepts new or radical ideas with an open mind; avoids snap reactions.

Managing Multiple Priorities: Knowledge of effective selfmanagement practices; ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives projects groups or activities making effective judgments as to prioritizing and time allocation.
Level Extensive Experience:
Clarifies and handles multiple concurrent and diverse activities.
Shifts focus among several efforts as required by changing priorities.
Addresses potential conflicts that impact current delivery commitments.
Works with or leads others to reprioritize work and reschedule commitments as necessary.
Responds to shifting priorities while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work.
Demonstrates an expectation that there will be ongoing shifts in demands and priorities.

Data Analytics: Knowledge of techniques and processes for inspecting cleansing

transforming and modelling data; ability to discover useful information draw logical

conclusions and support decisionmaking.

Level Working Knowledge:

Collects required data through various data sources and documents them for

evaluating trends and activities.

Assists in preparing charts graphs tables and other tools to represent the

results obtained from data analysis.

Researches businessrelated data analyzes interprets and presents findings to

management.

Recognizes and assesses problems opportunities and methods for improving

existing business performance.

Utilizes designated data analysis software to analyze the data.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches tools techniques for recognizing anticipating and resolving organizational operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
Level Working Knowledge:
Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.
Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.
Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.
Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.
Uses factfinding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools methods and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit analyze and record required business functionality and nonfunctionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
Level Working Knowledge:
Follows policies practices and standards for determining functional and informational requirements.
Confirms deliverables associated with requirements analysis.
Communicates with customers and users to elicit and gather client requirements.
Participates in the preparation of detailed documentation and requirements.
Utilizes specific organizational methods tools and techniques for requirements analysis.

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