Oracle EBS/Cloud MFG Lead

Ideal candidate will either live in Atlanta or be willing to relocate to Atlanta. Secondarily will consider folks outside of Atl who are willing to travel on a hybrid model into Atlanta on an as needed basis. Client is not looking to sponsor H1's at this time. Someone with EBS or Cloud will suffice.

CLIENT IS WILLING TO CONSIDER SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA THAT WILL TRAVEL IN BASED ON PROJECT NEEDS

Position Summary

The primary purpose of this role is to provide professional and quality functional consultancy for Oracle E-Business Suite R12/Fusion Cloud ERP focusing on Manufacturing Execution, Quality and Warehousing areas. The role is to lead demand and prioritization meetings with both end users and IT. This individual will partner with business and technical team-members to improve current processes and implement new capabilities to ensure technology is leveraged to the fullest. In addition to also provide day to day support and on the job training and knowledge sharing to the existing team-members and end users.

Principal Accountabilities

• Business Consultancy & Demand Management
• Act as Oracle subject matter expert to assist business users and other IT team-members in Oracle E-Business Suite/Oracle Fusion.
• Understand business problems, processes, and opportunities in the context of requirements and recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.
• Primary focus on Manufacturing, Quality & Warehousing with secondary focus on mobile applications.
• Interact effortlessly with business user community to determine and document new functional or technical requirements, to work with other IT professionals to implement solutions.
• Implementation services to Oracle applications along with its satellite applications ensuring project, enhancement and changes are designed and performed in the most optimum way resulting in a smooth post implementation.
• Implement new functionality, enhance system capabilities, and improve existing solutions.
• Create test plans, test cases, test scripts and perform functional testing working with end-users and Development team.

• Operations Support
• Provide level 3 operations support working closely with Application Managed Service provider.
• Provide technical assistance to AMS team-members to ensure issues are completed in the most optimum and timely manner resulting in smooth business operations.
• Ensure various integrations are supported, monitored and maintained by working closely with AMS team members.
• Review and maintain existing configurations/setups and make corrections and changes as needed with adequate documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Project management, independently plan, organize, and oversee resources to achieve the goals and objectives of small or large projects, influence all aspects of project execution.
• Work with the Manufacturing, Quality & Warehouse operations teams to identify and prioritize process improvements and system opportunities that are not currently being utilized.
• Act as the liaison between business and technology teams to review business processes, understand requirements, perform fit/gap analysis, evaluate options, and make recommendations.
• Research and identify emerging technologies or trends to create value for the manufacturing and operations teams.
• Define, develop and document proposed high-level solutions, and facilitate the deployment of business-enhancing projects.
• Analyze technical risks and advise on risk mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrate how digitization and emerging technologies/techniques can create value to HEM.

Education, Certifications, & Experience

• Minimum of 5 years hands-on experience in implementing/supporting Oracle process manufacturing, costing, quality, and inventory modules.
• Having >=75% functional skills and <= 25 technical skills.
• Participation in multiple end-to-end Oracle implementations with primary focus on manufacturing, inventory and Quality modules in Oracle Fusion ERP applications.
• Possess core skills in the following areas: Plan to Manufacture Life Cycle in industrial manufacturing or similar industries.
• Possess strong consultancy and analytical thinking.
• Good understanding and cross-stream knowledge of Supply Planning, Procurement, Order Management and Finance.
• Proven skills in leadership, relationship building, collaboration, advocacy, governance, and consensus building.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (facilitation, negotiation, conflict resolution) at all levels.
• Ability to translate technical ideas/designs to multiple audiences, including Executives.
• Team player. Proven ability to work effectively within a large organization that operates using a matrix organization.
• Proven project management experience.
• Experience in business process analysis, gap identification and system configuration to meet business needs.
• Experience in preparing functional requirements, test case documents and planning and execution of project milestone sessions (CRP, SIT, UAT).
• Work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Proficient in Agile and/or Scrum methodology.
• Ability to multi-task and efficiently prioritize tasks assigned.
• Must be a self-starter, motivated and a forward thinker.
• Fluent English language skills.
• German language skills beneficial.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.