The Business Process Owner (BPO) will ensure the digital products & solutions intended to support our global production & manufacturing processes deliver the expected business value and a continuous improvement plan is defined. He/She is accountable for the data, dataflow design, implementation and measure of effectiveness in achieving the desired business benefit.

The BPO will promote a manufacturing process excellence culture by identifying, developing and implementing program initiatives focused on manufacturing process improvement solutions within the highly integrated platform of SAP S4/HANA, SAP-ME, & LIMS. The individual will lead and direct the activities of Process Experts, Super Users, Specialists and Trainers (where they exist) and directly manage DTS process experts and master data stewards. The DTS-BPO will work cross functionally with other business and Process Excellence Leaders to ensure a fully integrated, productive and efficient solution across ALAM.

This role is responsible for the management & integrity of the master data required for successful execution of the process and the improvement of productivity and effectiveness of ALAM’s manufacturing digital core solution requiring a sound understanding of SAP, manufacturing execution principles as well as various manufacturing processes with the ability to work cross functionally in a matrixed organization. This individual will participate in developing the Digital Strategy & Road Map for manufacturing and be the primary catalyst to lead implementation, upgrades and develop necessary training packages.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: (in addition to what is described above)

● Successful deployment of digital solution to drive process standardization and adoption of industry best practice standards across all ALAM facilities

● Partner and influence to set strategy for key process and system improvements to better enable ALAM manufacturing to achieve strategic business goals. Leverage multiple tools and analytic resources to gain insight into areas for improvement and efficiencies.

● Solves & optimizes complex process problems. Positions and influences stakeholders to gain buy-in and alignment for proposed changes and modifications. Provides a clear communication strategy and change management for upcoming changes prior to and during the change process.

● Lead all phases of the manufacturing process improvement project life cycle including: project initiation, project development, project implementation and testing, end-user training, following accepted project management best practices for controlling project costs and deliverables.

● Conducts internal process benchmarking in partnership with process stakeholders to identify best-in-class solutions as well as areas to enhance performance, efficiency and productivity

Ensure sustainability of all improvements post-implementation by partnering with cross-functional team leaders and process owners to define the optimal performance measurements to track and measure success over time.

● Identifies opportunities to better align business processes with overall business strategy and evaluates cost/benefit of changes/modifications.

● Manage a team of data stewards & ERP specialists in support of DTS process execution & performance

● Develop & implement Master Data Management (MDM) strategies and ensure effective data governance exists to maintain accuracy and integrity of master data.

● Establish a methodology and measurement to quantify data quality while defining and driving a program of continuous data quality improvement.

● Train, coach and mentor select employees in manufacturing process best practices & principles to help drive transformational change and the development of Subject Matter Experts.