Global Business Process Advisor

Function: Information Services/Technology
Country: United States
Location: Alpharetta, Georgia

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Key result areas:

• Working closely with Business Process Directors, Supply Chain and Shared Services Center teams to define sub-processes or aspects of larger processes. Facilitating group discussions and identifies new or changed processes that may cut across functional lines. Acting as lead facilitator on process discussions and in workshop environments designed to improve effectiveness, efficiency and optimization of supply chain processes.

• Conducts and/or leads analyses of process elements, including workflow, cost and use of resources, timing, consistency, and resulting output and customer satisfaction. Identifies redundancies, barriers, error-prone areas, automation and technology gaps as well as demonstrates opportunities for improvement and savings.

• Functioning as focal point for addressing requests for process changes and/or real time process issues. Evaluating impact of proposed changes, tests and simulating new process to ensure feasibility, global standardization and end to end integration.

• Working with Documentation Specialist and others in the development and on-going maintenance of process flow, illustrations, procedures, and instructions.

• Providing project management expertise in supply chain improvement projects as well guiding these improvement efforts towards the desired business benefit using continuous improvement methodology.

• Obtaining and locating metrics data and facilitating setup for systems tracking and reporting. Analyzing data in order to evaluate process efficiencies and improvements.

• Supporting internal/external audit activities. Generating reports and providing information as needed.

Critical Competencies:

• Knowledge of process improvement and total quality analysis techniques, such as flow charting, diagrams, etc. Broad knowledge of Supply Chain processes and procedures.

• Knowledge of ERP systems and interface with other process-related systems. Computer skills and use of office applications software,.Supply chain planning software and JD Edwards knowledge helpful

• Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley legislation and its impact on data and process tracking, documentation and reporting. General knowledge of auditing procedures and practices.

• Project Management and troubleshooting skills

• Communications and facilitation skills and ability to ask probing questions in order to get required information. Ability to lead meetings and discussions, provide insight and help define ideas and information.

• Ability to collect and analyze information from multiple sources, connect cause and effect in ambiguous situations and fined common ground.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or other related discipline.

• 3-6 years experience in planning, scheduling and inventory management, and with related systems (i.e. JDE-Oracle/SAP).

• An understanding of APICS, SCOR and integrated Supply Chain processes as well as Six Sigma and Kaizen techniques strongly preferred

Cabot is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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