Operation Excellence and Service Delivery Lead (REMOTE)_
Arxada is a global specialty chemicals business that's committed to solving the world's toughest preservation challenges through better science. (With a proud history of innovation dating back more than a century), we aim to help our customers develop more sustainable solutions that protect and maintain the health and wellbeing of people and extend the life of vital infrastructure while working to reduce our and our customers' ecological footprint.
Sustainable preservation is one of our top priorities. We are making significant strategic investments that will not only decrease our own environmental footprint, but also help customers adapt to long-term environmental and social change through the development of cleaner, greener solutions. As an
_Operation Excellence and Service Delivery Lead_
- (Remote), you will drive process simplification, automation_ and innovation in alignment with Global Functions and the business, ensuring successful implementation
Essential Job Functions:
- Create strong business partnering with Global Procurement and the Business in general
- SAP Procurement processes (MM Module - PR to PO)
- Global Procurement policy design and implementation
- GBS initiatives (e.g. process innovation, technology assessments),
- Corporate projects (e.g. S/4 Hana)
- Business requests (e.g. set-up of new entities)
- Manage and drive key performance indicators and retained organization, perform benchmarking with industry (KPIs, innovation)
- Support P2P operational matters, working closely with BPO partner and country organizations with complex issue resolution in S2P area
- Act as a key member for global and high impact strategic projects driven by Global Process Owner organization
- Identify and support process re-engineering and continuous improvement initiatives in P2P processes to support high quality service delivery from BPO partner
- Drive culture of continuous improvement through best practice sharing and visible hands-on leadership
- Provide structured trainings to ensure new processes and tools are implemented globally
- Develop and provide right metrics to measure process quality and productivity for key initiatives; provide meaningful feedback to key stakeholders
Qualifications & Experience:
- 2-5 years working with SAP or ERP with 5-7 years of related business experience required
- Must be fluent in English
- Global procurement experience highly preferred
- Ability to do project based work as needed
Arxada has world class offering in three distinct areas:
Consumer Microbial Control (CMC) focuses on the threat posed by microorganisms to people, with products spanning the food and drink, professional hygiene, home and personal care, crop protection and wood protection areas.
Industrial Microbial Control (IMC) supplies antimicrobials and performance additives for the plastics, energy, têxtile and other industries, as well as dry-film and wet-state preservatives for the paints and coatings that provide protection and improve efficiency in the construction and marine sectors.
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