Head of Applications- Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Atlas Copco
- Brno, Jihomoravský Burgess Hill, West Sussex
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Acts as a senior IS interface into Business leadership, partnering with senior stakeholders to shape high-level Business needs and their implications on Manufacturing & Supply Chain technologies.
- Accountable for defining a Manufacturing & Supply Chain Product Stream technology strategy and roadmap to align with wider Business goals and priorities; steering individual Product roadmaps as required.
- Oversees the performance of the Manufacturing & Supply Chain Product organisation (encompassing Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, Quality, Procurement, Logistics, Warehouse Management, etc.); ensuring the timely delivery of Product roadmaps and the launch of valuable, robust, and secure solutions into the Business.
- Accountable for the Product Stream interface into the Portfolio function, ensuring new Portfolio items are qualified and delivered according to broader IS strategies and Business ambitions.
- Oversees the Product Managers in interlocking with Business Application Owners, aligning their application roadmaps against the overall vision and direction of the Product Stream.
- Accountable for effective security, compliance, and risk management across the Manufacturing & Supply Chain Product Stream, in line with enterprise guardrails and standards.
- Acts as a senior escalation point for Product Managers, Product Owners, and other Business/IS stakeholders in relation to Product Stream performance.
- Oversees a community of Solution Architects in shaping cross-Product solutions, ensuring major inter-Product dependencies to deliver larger, integration solutions.
- Comprehensive experience in managing IT delivery, from requirements elicitation to code deployment and ideally able to demonstrate industry IS experience
- Proven people leader, with track record of successfully improving the performance of an IT department, cultivating talent, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Evidenced ability to develop and maintain strong partnerships with senior Business stakeholders (C-suite), translating their high-level needs into practical technology solutions.
- Deep expertise across Engineering, Manufacturing, Planning, Logistics, and Procurement functional domains, preferably within an industrial manufacturing / high-tech industry context.
- Expertise in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and other related technologies (e.g., CAD/CAM, SAP ECC Materials Mgmt., SAP ECC Logistics, SAP ECC Inventory Mgmt., Kinaxis, PowerBI).
- Proven track record in shaping valuable, integrated Product strategies and roadmaps, realising tangible benefits for the Business.
- Very strong understanding of managing Product performance measures and metrics, with evidenced ability to improve the performance of multiple Products (e.g., defect rate, downtime, team productivity).
- History of practically applying Agile methodologies and frameworks (e.g., Scrum) within a Product context, with demonstrable experience of upskilling teams in Agile.
- What we can offer you:
- The opportunity to lead the establishment and evolution of the Product team across Manufacturing & Supply Chain team across a global organisation.
- Working for a fast-growing technology market leader, as part of the wider Atlas Copco Group.
- Independent work with a motivated global team and experienced management colleagues.
- Competitive employee incentives through corporate benefits.
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