Enterprise Digital & IT Lead - Supply Chain Technical Lead

Position Summary

Supports the development and management of Information Technology systems or services. Assists business unit implementation of such systems and services.

• The Digital & IT Business Systems Team is seeking a dynamic team member to lead the Supply Chain Technical Team.
• Directs the development, technical, and data aspects of Parker's Global Supply Chain team including Supplier Facing Technologies (PHconnect, Supplier Portal, Supply Chain Management Portal, Ariba), Logistics & Global Trade (Precision, PTM, Loftware), and Planning (eCapacity/eProcurement, Logility).
• Works with Supply Chain Leadership, Division staff, and other Corporate leaders to deliver world class supply chain systems to our suppliers and supply chain leaders.
• Manages a team of full-time Parker resources and a large offshore development team. Maintains operational relationships with vendors, division leadership and corporate resources.
• Seeking a thought leader and change agent. Candidate must be a high energy, process driven individual with great influencing skills.

Has Direct Reports

• Implements and maintains I/T systems and services.
• Maintains these systems and services to be efficient and effective.
• Creates standards for I/T systems and services to provide flexibility and maintainability.
• Provides training materials and education to users of these systems.
• Provides information to be used to promote the understanding and benefit of technology systems.
• Directs the planning and scheduling of development and implementation of I/T capabilities.
• Identifies deficiencies in I/T systems and recommends solutions/improvements.
• Train and develop staff to support I/T systems.
• Provide guidance to employees on personal development needs and opportunities.
• Provides information to management identifying personnel, hardware and software needs to provide appropriate levels of systems and services within the corporation.
• Identifies organizational issues and recommends modifications/improvements.

This position may be assigned (but is not limited to) one of the following key information technology disciplines and/or services:

• Directs the development, technical, data, and management aspects of Parker's Global Supply Chain team including Supplier Facing Technologies (PHconnect, Supplier Portal, Supply Chain Management Portal, Ariba), Logistics & Global Trade (Precision, PTM, Loftware), and Planning (eCapacity/eProcurement, Logility).
• Lead offshore project management team to ensure development is timely and successful.
• Lead team to develop and revise release notes, product literature and technical bulletins.
• Demonstrate expertise as digital counsel in evaluations and recommendations of new product opportunities.
• Develop technical requirements and product specifications as required.
• Identify organizational issues and recommend modifications/improvements.
• Interact with functional team leaders to provide input into product design and quality enhancement.
• Manage prioritization of key projects.
• Provide guidance to team members on personal development needs and opportunities.
• Responsible for the delivery of the Supply Chain roadmap.
• Knowledge of agile development methodology.
• Leads product planning and requirements gathering for new features and improvements.
• Work directly with leadership to develop and implement productivity and process improvements using Digital IT tools.
• Responsible for working with division, group, and corporate resources to implement best practices.
• Lead Digital & IT High-Performance Teams and develop metrics to track digital automation initiatives and improvements.
• Provide consultation to locations in the understanding and evaluation of technology and its application to the business supply chain needs.
• Identify and recommend to senior management improvements that can be made to enterprise systems and services.
• Recruit, train, and develop staff to deploy these services as required.
• Assist with the development of yearly budgets.

• University Degree (or international equivalent)
• Managerial experience and significant Project Leader experience
• 8+ Years Experience in IT
• 4+ Years Experience with SQL, SQL Server Management Studio, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric and Databricks
• Experienced in designing, developing, and deploying SSIS packages, including ETL processes, control/data flow, error handling, and performance tuning
• Supply Chain experience is a plus
• Professionalism:
  Excellence, timeliness and completeness of work, responsible, team attitude, quality of presentation.
• Managerial skills:
  Supervision and coaching, customer service, planning, organization, oral /written communication
• Strong interpersonal skills, relates well with all levels of the organization
• APICS certification is a plus

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