Manager, S&OP Dashboard, Finance Planning Systems

Role Summary

Manager, S&OP Dashboard, Finance Planning Systems is responsible for leading continuous improvement of the S&OP dashboarding process, including demand planning, forecasting, and long-range planning. The role partners with Global Operations and Commercial finance planning teams and IT to gather requirements, validate technical design and development, conduct user acceptance testing, and oversee cutover of an enterprise planning solution. The role also serves as a SAC planning and analytics subject matter expert and drives automation, documentation, and end-user training to enable data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Global operations and Commercial finance planning teams to facilitate continuous improvement efforts towards the S&OP dashboarding including demand planning, forecasting and long-range plan.
• Partner with project team with Global Operations and Commercial to gather requirements validate technical design and development, User acceptance testing, and cutover of an enterprise planning solution.
• Take responsibility of root cause analysis and process improvement. Requires strong understanding of the demand planning.
• Troubleshoot load rules, Business Rules, and Data Actions.
• Continuously and proactively improve the environment to enrich experience by contributing to training documentation and support for end users.
• Develop, maintain, and improve documentation on key business processes and procedures in compliance with Internal control policies
• Promote and develop automation of processes with current and future application flows.
• Facilitate integration of SAP BPC planning, SAC Planning and JDA including sourcing actuals, reconciling and data analytics with visualization tool.
• Validate Quarterly SAP technical patches, upgrades, and system/application migrations.
• Act as SAC planning and Analytics subject matter expert for the entire organization

Qualifications

• Preferred: Bachelor's degree in computer science, Finance, or Accounting.
• Required: Strong expertise in operations finance for a large pharmaceutical company.
• Required: Located in Lake County, Illinois area with ability to work in office 3-5 days a week depending on deadlines.
• Required: Experience in architecting, building and supporting financial planning applications.
• Required: Experience with administration and/or implementation of SAP BPC.
• Required: Strong Analytical and technical skills to continuously improve processes.
• Required: Understanding /Acumen of Finance with strong knowledge in planning, forecasting, accounting close process.
• Required: Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Required: Ability to communicate and collaborate with all levels.
• Required: Ability to understand the needs of the various business teams to appropriately plan for growth and change.
• Required: Excellent problem-solving skills, including innovative and creative solutions.
• Required: Ability to work independently and be goal oriented, as well as work as part of a team.
• Required: Ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Required: Team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.