Global SC Solutions Product Owner

Objective of the Job

Global Supply Chains digitalize with pace and innovation. Your role at Olympus is to guide us through this revolution, by acting as a product owner and solution expert in the global Supply Chain. You work closely with internal stakeholders and IT teams to ensure, that Supply Chain 4.0 technologies are creating business value and supporting our journey to become a leading global MedTech company. With expertise, you act as a senior expert for planning technology solutions in the area of Supply Chain and provide functional leadership and operations excellence with execution of global SC operations in the SC Centre of Excellence

Main Accountabilities

• Acts as product owner for global supply chain tech applications (Digital Planning, Control Tower)
• Collects business requirements, fosters their prioritization and decisions
• Steers their execution as central interface to IT as business representative
• Works with IT solution delivery and operation teams
• Develops change requests
• Conducts critical operations tasks in business responsibility (e.g., user authorization, data accuracy checks/ reports, etc.) and ensures stable operations
• Manages transitions, rollouts and lifecycle projects for specific solutions from business side
• Ensures up-to-date documentations, trainings, change management
• Manages solution-specific roadmap/ feature backlog
• Leads as key contact/ trainer for global (key) user community for adoption
• Acts as advisor to project teams and manages risks/ mitigations

Qualification Requirements

• Postgraduate degree in a relevant subject or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education and/ or training
• Experience in positions in the area of Solution Management as business owner/ product owner of IBP, Control Tower, WMS, ERP or similar solutions
• Proven know how about solution functionality, preferably SAP, o9
• 5- 10 years work experience preferred

Competencies & skill Requirements

• Understanding of operations value chains and business acumen
• Possess understanding of key operations-related business process (e.g., PLAN, SOURCE, MAKE, DELIVER), process and performance management
• Confidence in presenting to various audiences, in English, Japanese a plus
• Excellent levels of spoken and written English and experience preparing reports
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trust and productive relationships
• Well-organized, with project management skills and an ability to establish and work to priorities
• Willingness to travel domestic and international (< 20-40%)