Manager Supply Chain Applications

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Job Description:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The associate is responsible for the functions below, in addition to other duties as assigned:

• Responsible for Supply Chain project and application portfolio.
• Work with relevant stakeholders to create, maintain, and execute the Workday roadmap.
• Builds high performing team of managers, analysts, and contractors by managing workload, delegating projects, training, and developing the organization through hiring and coaching.
• Partners with Supply Chain business partners to understand business needs, ensures system requirements are met, gains alignments and shapes influence.
• Possess high level of organizational agility and be able to adapt and course correct as situations change.
• Creates and actively manages the Capital and Operating budgets for the Supply Chain IT operations.
• Establish and maintain a rapport with vendor partners in the Supply Chain area to actively manage SLAs, delivery expectations and contract lifecycles Effectively manage competing priorities.
• Oversee the collection and prioritization of all Supply Chain application demand from applicable business areas.
• Ensures that projects are managed throughout the entire IT Project Delivery lifecycle (SDLC), ensuring that:
  • Detailed project plans are created, covering the entire systems development life cycle, and associated project budgets.
  • Requirements are defined accurately.
  • Systems are purchased, or designed/coded that meet the defined requirements, and that execute efficiently.
  • Test plans and training plans are designed and executed successfully.
  • Implementation plan, approach and cutover plan are built and executed to coordinate and roll out solutions across business units.
  • All required system and user documentation are created accurately.

• Delivers projects on time, within budget and ensures that anticipated business benefits are achieved.
• Maintains Supply Chain applications stability with focus on Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, Procurement and Store Inventory Replenishment while partnering with internal and external support teams.
• Maintains current technical, functional, and operational knowledge of Supply Chain applications.
• Takes a leadership role in analyzing the use of new and existing technology to meet current and future business needs. Investigate new tools, applications, and technologies and determine how these can be used to solve business problems. Understands business trends and the need for competitive advantage.
• Directs daily IT operations for the assigned area and provides leadership and management support for production issues.
• Collaborates with other peers in the IT to help shaping directions and gaining alignment.
• Directs execution of system releases and deployment plans with all stakeholders.
• Builds and maintains key vendor relationships, budgets, and schedule.
• Review systems and practices to ensure compliance in procedures, regulations and standards and continual improvement.
• Supervises and mentors direct reports and administers goals and reviews.
• Provide leadership for continually improving department processes.
   

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position directly supervises a team of technology professionals and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Weis Markets policies and applicable laws.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, the associate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required:

Education and/or Experience

• 4- year degree or equivalent experience required; advanced degree preferred.
• 8-10 years of experience as an applications programmer, project manager, consultant and/or business analyst with an information technology background.

Weis Markets is an Equal Opportunity Employer:  Weis Markets is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of actual or perceived age, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, familial status, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Applicants with a disability may be entitled to a reasonable accommodation under terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the ways things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Weis Markets.