Digital & Technology Team (D&T) is an integral division of HEINEKEN Global Shared Services Center. We are committed to making Heineken the most connected brewery. That includes digitalizing and integrating our processes, ensuring best-in-class technology, and embedding a data-driven culture. By joining us you will work in one of the most dynamic and innovative teams and have a direct impact on building the future of Heineken!
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This role is part of the Digital & Technology department of HEINEKEN International and is located in the Heineken Global Shared Service hub. D&T is proud to bring cutting-edge innovation, strong technology and advanced analytics to HEINEKEN. With speed and agility, we ensure HEINEKEN has the technological competitive advantages it needs to deliver on its ambitions.
The D&T Lead – Connected Supply Chain is part of the D&T Connected Supply Chain Team. This role reports into the Head of Connected Supply Chain and ensures that all IT services & capabilities related to an integrated, connected supply chain, is enabled.
The D&T Lead needs an agile mindset. For Heineken the agile mindset is centered on four principles; focus on customer value, give power to the teams, start quick and smart, and learn relentlessly. As a D&T Lead you need to follow these principles and apply them in your daily life. No one knows everything. But with self-reflection, adaptability, collaboration, and resilience you will thrive in Heineken’s agile environment.
Your responsibilities would include:
• Leading, coaching and developing capabilities within the team to deliver the strategic agenda of Connected Supply Chain as a key foundational capability
• Ensuring a proper understanding of relevant supply chain requirements and processes to deliver seamless operations and implementation of technologies
• Ensuring the Solution design and implementation adheres to functional and non-functional requirements/specifications as per defined data and architectural standards
• Ensuring identified gaps between business / technical and data requirements are addressed with appropriate recommendations / solutions, leveraging & optimizing out-of-box and standard product specifications
• Ensuring quality and appropriate technical standards are met / delivered for system configuration and integrations
• Collaborates with relevant D&T and Business teams on the solution design and data foundations to ensure it conforms to overall architectural vision and technical roadmap
• Support all related activities to build the right data foundations/structures to optimize automated & innovated reporting for Connected Supply Chain
• Lead with innovation, participating in selection and introduction of new technologies to enable and support business application improvements and digitalization
• Monitoring and improving the quality of IT services according to technical standards and guidelines; reducing technical debt and overall cost-to-achieve
• Helping the teams to create the discipline & governance, including roadmaps and improved WoW across teams, delivering projects within budget and OTIF
• Help teams build structural improvements, extensions/automation/integration to improve overall performance & stability of the AMS models and integrated portfolio
• Close collaboration with system integrators and other suppliers, providing recommendations for consolidation and opportunities to improve overall operating model for maintenance of relevant technologies
• Maintaining awareness of emerging technologies, industry trends, and architecture best practices; and evaluating them for applicability.
You are a good candidate if you have:
• Bachelor/Master’s degree, preferably in Supply Chain Management or Information Technology
• Experience in a similar role within a complex international environment with specific certification/experience in AMS model development and deployment as a digital capability to enable transformation
• Minimum of 8-10 years’ experience in a similar role within FMCG industry
• Solid experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Power BI, combined with a strong understanding of Cloud & Hosting models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Ability to drive decisions and recommendations on technologies needed to mature the SC ecosystem
• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and in writing): ability to communicate well with technical and non-technical people
• You are a team player and you are able to work effectively across teams with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus
• Ability to be analytically and quantitatively strong, highly structured, a fast learner
• Ability to take ownership and lead when/where asked and needed.