Campari group today is a major player in the global branded spirits industry, with a portfolio of over 50 premium and super premium brands, marketed and distributed in over 190 markets around the world, with leading positions in europe and the americas.headquartered in milan, italy, campari group owns 22 plants worldwide and has its own distribution network in 22 countries, and employs approximately 4,000 people.shares of the parent company davide campari - milano n.v. are listed on the italian stock exchange since 2001. Campari group is today the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry.company: campari mexicojob title: regional it business partner supply chain americasjob location: mexicoreports to: regional it director americas (us based)organizational layer: regionalthe campari group americas it team strives to achieve measurable value from our relationship with our regional business stakeholders. We understand their demand and support them in realizing their goals. We promote it in the business, and we prepare for the future by bringing relevant innovative solutions to achieve our joint strategic goals.general description of the roletechnology is transforming the way our supply chain operates internally and externally with our partners, constantly aiming to improve efficiency and improve service delivery. The need to be agile and react to this changing environment is essential for companies. Campari it will play a key role to grasp those opportunities.the regional it business partner supply chain is a member of the americas it team dedicated to the supply chain area. This role works closely with the business to identify, design, implement and drive the adoption of technology solutions across the internal and external environments of our americas supply chain. The role works both across key global solutions as well as drive innovation locally in areas of new opportunity. The role is a key component of the campari group oneit organization, cooperating daily with global, regional and local it team members. This role reports to the regional it director americas and dotted line to the global supply chain centre of expertise it director in a matrix global it organization.mission/objectivesthe role is focused on managing a portfolio of technology capabilities to support the business objectives for the global supply chain, ensuring that this portfolio drives business value, is delivered in through project excellence and brings innovative best practices and new technologies.business partnership with key regional and market supply chain stakeholders to deliver technology solutions supporting the supply chain objective.management of the regional/ local supply chain technology product portfolio and roadmap.supports the business value realisation from technology implementation and adoption.supports process design and promotes best-practice adoption.identities opportunities for technology investment through the adoption of existing global solutions or the piloting of local innovative solutions in new areas.represents and communicates the world of innovation as it relates to technology across the supply chain organisation.key responsibilities and activitiesbusiness value realizationacts as it business partner for supply chain, contributing, prioritizing, and supporting in the definition of functional and technical solutions coming from new requirements.proactively engages key stakeholders at regional and local level to gather business and functional needs and to provide support and new ideas on business process design and enhancements; works with global it to involve and engage global stakeholders.develops and maintains an in-depth knowledge of functional business processes.represents the single point of contact for any questions concerning the supply chain technical solutions, maintaining effective communication channels and positive working relationships.contributes to business cases definition, in collaboration with business stakeholders, identifying new solutions to support the business capabilities and – once approved – builds a globally deployable platform.leads fit-gap analysis between application global framework and business capabilities to evaluate solutions improvements or platforms, providing feedback to the business and facilitating understanding of technical choicesensures that the solution blueprint is aligned to functional requirements, as well as to the overall technology framework and quality.ensures continuous improvement of live applications, constantly evaluating the current solutions vs the business needs to deploy a major level of effectiveness and efficiency.guarantees the evaluation of the impact of the initiatives, tracking business benefits and lessons learnt.proactively brings external innovation into campari group on a regular basis.application roadmap managementcontribute to the definition of the application roadmap for supply chain, application portfolio standardization and simplification across all regional plants, with the support of enterprise architect team and in line with eat procedures and guidelines.support and monitor the adoption of the application portfolio (cloud and on premise), constantly delivering new capabilities and keep actual the supply chain application portfolio asset.project managementdefines detailed project plan in coherence within the program framework of the global supply chain team.adopts and enforces standard project management methodologies for all projects.manages and ensures project execution and coordinates project teams for action plan, following the agreed timelines and budget.ensures close collaboration with the global service delivery organization to guarantee smooth transition from build to run operations.updates the steering committee on progress and results, decisions to take, issues and propose next stepsbest practicesidentifies best practices in the marketplace to inject new capabilities in campari group as benchmarkingselects internal best practices to facilitate the cross fertilization among different markets and it functional teamsother responsibilitiesmanages regular and relevant communication to all key global and local stakeholders.supports the global & regional service delivery organization to solve application and technology issues when required.manages and coordinates vendor partnerskey relationshipsinternal:key business stakeholders regional supply chain director americas (regional supply chain team and other regional functions stakeholders, based on project scope, plant directors, regional manufacturing, quality, health & safety, r&d teams in alignment with global regional & local it):proactively engages them at regional level to gather functional requirements and to provide supports and new ideas on business process design and enhancementsupdates them at regional level about the it portfolio of their business initiativessupports and drives the prioritization of the business needs in full respect of the governance processessupports them in controlling and realising the value (roi) from the implementation of global solutionsglobal it (functional it teams, business intelligence and advanced analytics team, enterprise architecture & technology team, global service delivery team):collects and shares best practicesworks with other global it business partners, business analysts and solution architects to establish and practice common design principles, as well as sharing best practices and building innovation and improvement processesmanages cross-functional alignment with other global it business partners, business analysts and solution architects to guarantee end-to-end solutions implementation in respect of global processes and architectureregional it (business partners, business analysts):ensures country it managers engagement and alignment on regional project lifecycleexternal:external vendors (consultancy firms, it system integrators) in terms of:timing and quality of the performance and budgetprojects selection and roadmaptenders and innovation opportunitiesexperience & education8 + years of experience in similar roles working in it in consultancy or multinational complex organization (preferable spirit or fmcg industry), working across multiple countriesinternational experience and mindset are a mustproven experience in working cross-functionallyin-depth knowledge of supply chain processes, planning, sourcing, manufacturing, quality, health & safety, warehousing & logistics.proven experience in the implementation of one or more sap supply chain modules.project management/coordination experience is a mustexperience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processesbachelor’s degree in relevant disciplines (business administration, management, engineering, information technology, computer science)relevant technologies qualifications a plus - itil v4, agile, six sigma,fluent english and spanish is a must, knowledge of portuguese is a plus, as a third regional languagerequired skills & traitsexcellent communication skills and interpersonal skills, “can do” attitude and ability to cooperate and build consensusdemonstrates leadership skills and a strong commercial and business awarenessproven change management attitude and ability to positively influence the stakeholdersstrategic thinking (support to business decision making and long-term view)ability to interact clearly with business users with empathy to ensure that solutions deliver business valueability to formulate clear recommendations on issueswillingness and ability to work with multifunctional teams both in the country and across the worldgood presentation, verbal and written communication skills at multiple levels of business (strategic to operational) for efficient and timely communicationproven track record of project deliveryability to work in a fast-paced environment and in a matrix organizationadditional requirementsavailability to travel in the region up to 40% of timeour commitment to diversity & inclusion:at campari group we believe in building more value together, thus we see diversity in all forms as a source of enrichment. 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