Value Stream Lead - Planning and Manufacturing
About the Role: We are looking for a Value Stream Leader to join GMC’s (Gore Medical Components) Forecast to Make (Forecast to Plan / Plan to Make) Digital Transformation team to build solutions that meet the business needs for a diverse set of manufacturing processes. In this role, you will support aspects of design, configuration, development, and operational support that can cover multiple applications. This role will also diagnose problems and determine appropriate corrective actions to bring SAP and related domain application issues to resolution.
This position will be located at our facility in Elkton, Maryland, or in Flagstaff, Arizona, with the possibility of a hybrid remote work arrangement (3 days in office, 2 days remote), depending upon the responsibilities of the role and business needs.
- Identify and resolve key design decisions within the Forecast to Make (including Forecast-to-Plan, Plan-to-Make and Quality Assurance) value stream that impact GMC’s business and manufacturing processes as well as the facilities that we work within
- Ensure functional accuracy, test the integration of the solution with other applications, and ensure interfaces can be executed in an iterative manner while documenting appropriate changes and enhancements in alignment with Gore IT Quality practices
- Support critical activities such as business-specific configuration, procedure creation, system testing that are needed to implement an SAP-based solution
- Ensure localized solution implementation is aligned with the global template and surface & resolve decisions that impact the global template in partnership with GMC’s shared SAP instance partners, GPS (Gore Performance Solutions) and GF (Gore Fabrics)
- Partner with the GMC Digital Leadership and GMC Functional Leadership to anticipate & seek resolution to the business implications of instance solution architecture decisions
- Support processes, data and documentation that may be impacted due to deployment of new or updated systems including knowledge transfer to operational teams or related application support teams
- Partner with vendors, partners, and users across functions to design, implement and test solutions and interfaces
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Supply Chain, Engineering or related field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in one or more business process areas related to Scheduling, Planning, Forecasting, Manufacturing, Quality Management
- Demonstrated functional and technical understanding of business process areas
- Demonstrated success affecting broad change in areas such as business processes, documented procedures, data flow, Associate behaviors and organizational design
- Experience partnering across diverse teams (IT, manufacturing, engineering, broad leadership) and with external partners
- Experience participating in SAP deployment and sustainment activities
- Willingness to learn new technical solutions and business processes
- Strong technical, troubleshooting, and analytical skills
- Ability and willingness to travel up to 15%
Desired Qualifications:
- Knowledge of operational support tools within SAP Solution Manager (and managed systems) and Fiori applications
- Demonstrated ability to effectively lead teams
This position requires access to export-controlled areas and information. Candidates must be "U.S. persons" as that term is defined in 8 USC §1324b(a)(3). The term "U.S. persons" includes resident aliens ("green-card" holders) as well as certain refugees, asylum-holders and residents qualifying for temporary residence under the terms of 8 USC §1255a.
Hybrid Working Arrangements are permitted for Associates in the continental United States (US) and Canada, with appropriate approval and compliance with Gore’s hybrid working policies, from the country in which they are employed.
What We Offer: Our success is based on the capability and creativity of our Associates, and we are proud to offer a comprehensive and competitive total rewards program that supports your everyday and helps you build your tomorrow.
We provide benefits that offer choice and flexibility and promote overall well-being. And in keeping with our belief that every Associate should share in the collective success of the enterprise; we provide a distinctive Associate Stock Ownership Plan in each country as well as potential opportunities for “profit-sharing”. Learn more at gore.com/careers/benefits
We believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workplace. With diverse perspectives, ideas and experiences, we uncover new possibilities and make a greater impact in the world. We are proud of Associates for building on our rich history of innovation, upholding our values and supporting an inclusive work environment where we treat each other and our external partners with fairness, dignity and respect.
Gore is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all applications irrespective of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, pregnancy status, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a covered veteran, gender identity and expression, and any other characteristic protected by applicable laws and regulations.
Gore is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug and background screening. Gore will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, e.g., arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.
Gore requires all applicants to be eligible to work within the U.S. Gore generally will not sponsor visas unless otherwise noted on the position description.
Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes your questions at gore.com/careers/contact
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