Head of IT - Planning & Manufacturing Systems
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- Providing overall team leadership to the Planning & Manufacturing Systems team - a team of diverse technology professionals with skills spanning Technical Product Ownership, Program and Project Management, Business Analysis, Plant IT Operations, and indirectly, Solution Architecture.
- Ensure appropriate focus to career and development planning, succession planning, recruitment and onboarding and general culture shaping within the Dyson IT organization.
- Working with business leaders, product owners, solution architects, strategic partners, and 3rd parties to define, implement and manage Planning & Manufacturing Systems strategy and roadmap.
- Influence SAP Product Management for systems used by the Planning & Manufacturing stakeholders in order to deliver operational enhancements and projects.
- Providing guidance to IT leadership, key stakeholders, and other colleagues as required to maximize value of the platform architecture.
- Work with Global IT Director - Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Retail to build and maintain a portfolio plan to deliver all committed projects and programmes with up to a three-year horizon.
- Together with Indirect Procurement and relevant business leaders, provide overall IT ownership in the management of vendor relationships to negotiate, contract and manage software, software integrator and other 3rd parties to deliver upon the domain roadmap.
- Working with strategic partners and third parties to understand future trends, innovation, and opportunities for the Planning & Manufacturing Systems application landscape.
- Working within defined methodologies relevant to your domain for successful delivery of all committed programmes and projects to time, spec, cost, and quality.
- Provide direction for all project risks and issues ensuring effective mitigations and resolutions are in place.
- Act as the platform authority with IT and Business stakeholders to ensure compliance with technical principles, design governance and delivery ways of working.
- Identify gaps in platform capabilities and work proactively to influence IT/Business budget owners and decision makers on appropriate actions to resolve.
- Oversee a technical debt register for the Dyson Planning Systems estate and working with technical delivery teams to prioritize activities for reduction of technical debt.
- Together with supporting team, provide day-to-day IT operational oversight for Dyson [internal] Advanced Manufacturing facilities teams (primarily within APAC)
- Manage 24/7 or 24/5 (depending on platform and with support from Operation & Support partners) follow the sun global application support processes to provide support within predefined SLAs to the global Dyson business operations teams.
- Cover Senior Management escalations for major incidents within Dyson's Global Planning & Manufacturing space.
- Self-motivated, dynamic, and results-driven with a strong sense of accountability
- Adaptable with natural ability to thrive in complex and ambiguous situations
- Ability to form strong relationships and with a natural collaborative nature
- Experience of developing and delivering IT roadmaps and programme plans to meet business needs
- Excellent communication skills and customer facing skills, with an ability to communicate complex ideas simply at all levels of the organization
- Familiarity with the ecosystem of Supply Chain Planning & Manufacturing Technologies (e.g., ERP, Supply & Demand Planning, MES, OT-related systems, etc) and Partners (e.g. SAP, Kinaxis RapidResponse, SAP IBP, BlueYonder, o9 Solutions, Anaplan, E2Open, etc)
- Dynamic and enthusiastic personality, combining flexibility and creativity. Ability to offer solutions to various I.T. related problems, at times when under pressure.
- Strong business acumen within Supply Chain Planning & Manufacturing Systems processes
- Proven track record managing third-party vendor relationships
- Strong sense of curiosity and desire to stay abreast of changes and innovations in the market of Planning Systems technologies
- Some travel may be required
- Providing overall team leadership to the Planning & Manufacturing Systems team - a team of diverse technology professionals with skills spanning Technical Product Ownership, Program and Project Management, Business Analysis, Plant IT Operations, and indirectly, Solution Architecture.
- Ensure appropriate focus to career and development planning, succession planning, recruitment and onboarding and general culture shaping within the Dyson IT organization.
- Working with business leaders, product owners, solution architects, strategic partners, and 3rd parties to define, implement and manage Planning & Manufacturing Systems strategy and roadmap.
- Influence SAP Product Management for systems used by the Planning & Manufacturing stakeholders in order to deliver operational enhancements and projects.
- Providing guidance to IT leadership, key stakeholders, and other colleagues as required to maximize value of the platform architecture.
- Work with Global IT Director - Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Retail to build and maintain a portfolio plan to deliver all committed projects and programmes with up to a three-year horizon.
- Together with Indirect Procurement and relevant business leaders, provide overall IT ownership in the management of vendor relationships to negotiate, contract and manage software, software integrator and other 3rd parties to deliver upon the domain roadmap.
- Working with strategic partners and third parties to understand future trends, innovation, and opportunities for the Planning & Manufacturing Systems application landscape.
- Working within defined methodologies relevant to your domain for successful delivery of all committed programmes and projects to time, spec, cost, and quality.
- Provide direction for all project risks and issues ensuring effective mitigations and resolutions are in place.
- Act as the platform authority with IT and Business stakeholders to ensure compliance with technical principles, design governance and delivery ways of working.
- Identify gaps in platform capabilities and work proactively to influence IT/Business budget owners and decision makers on appropriate actions to resolve.
- Oversee a technical debt register for the Dyson Planning Systems estate and working with technical delivery teams to prioritize activities for reduction of technical debt.
- Together with supporting team, provide day-to-day IT operational oversight for Dyson [internal] Advanced Manufacturing facilities teams (primarily within APAC)
- Manage 24/7 or 24/5 (depending on platform and with support from Operation & Support partners) follow the sun global application support processes to provide support within predefined SLAs to the global Dyson business operations teams.
- Cover Senior Management escalations for major incidents within Dyson's Global Planning & Manufacturing space.
- Self-motivated, dynamic, and results-driven with a strong sense of accountability
- Adaptable with natural ability to thrive in complex and ambiguous situations
- Ability to form strong relationships and with a natural collaborative nature
- Experience of developing and delivering IT roadmaps and programme plans to meet business needs
- Excellent communication skills and customer facing skills, with an ability to communicate complex ideas simply at all levels of the organization
- Familiarity with the ecosystem of Supply Chain Planning & Manufacturing Technologies (e.g., ERP, Supply & Demand Planning, MES, OT-related systems, etc) and Partners (e.g. SAP, Kinaxis RapidResponse, SAP IBP, BlueYonder, o9 Solutions, Anaplan, E2Open, etc)
- Dynamic and enthusiastic personality, combining flexibility and creativity. Ability to offer solutions to various I.T. related problems, at times when under pressure.
- Strong business acumen within Supply Chain Planning & Manufacturing Systems processes
- Proven track record managing third-party vendor relationships
- Strong sense of curiosity and desire to stay abreast of changes and innovations in the market of Planning Systems technologies
- Some travel may be required