Enterprise Digital & IT Lead - Supply Chain Technical Lead

Position Summary

Supports the development and management of Information Technology systems or services. Assists business unit implementation of such systems and services.

About the Role

The Digital & IT Business Systems Team is seeking a dynamic team member to lead the Supply Chain Technical Team. Directs the development, technical, and data aspects of Parker’s Global Supply Chain team including Supplier Facing Technologies (PHconnect, Supplier Portal, Supply Chain Management Portal, Ariba), Logistics & Global Trade (Precision, PTM, Loftware), and Planning (eCapacity/eProcurement, Logility).

Responsibilities

• Implements and maintains I/T systems and services.
• Maintains these systems and services to be efficient and effective.
• Creates standards for I/T systems and services to provide flexibility and maintainability.
• Provides training materials and education to users of these systems.
• Provides information to be used to promote the understanding and benefit of technology systems.
• Directs the planning and scheduling of development and implementation of I/T capabilities.
• Identifies deficiencies in I/T systems and recommends solutions/improvements.
• Trains and develops staff to support I/T systems.
• Provides guidance to employees on personal development needs and opportunities.
• Maintains operational relationships with vendors, division leadership and corporate resources.
• Delivers the Supply Chain roadmap.
• Knowledge of agile development methodology.
• Leads product planning and requirements gathering for new features and improvements.
• Works directly with leadership to develop and implement productivity and process improvements using Digital IT tools.
• Responsible for working with division, group, and corporate resources to implement best practices.
• Leads Digital & IT High-Performance Teams and develop metrics to track digital automation initiatives and improvements.
• Provides consultation to locations in the understanding and evaluation of technology and its application to the business supply chain needs.
• Identifies and recommends to senior management improvements that can be made to enterprise systems and services.
• Recruits, trains, and develops staff to deploy these services as required.
• Affords assistance with the development of yearly budgets.

  Qualifications

  • University Degree (or international equivalent)
  • Managerial experience and significant Project Leader experience
  • 8+ Years Experience in IT
  • 4+ Years Experience with SQL, SQL Server Management Studio, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric and Databricks
  • Experienced in designing, developing, and deploying SSIS packages, including ETL processes, control/data flow, error handling, and performance tuning
  • Supply Chain experience is a plus
  • Professionalism: Excellence, timeliness and completeness of work, responsible, team attitude, quality of presentation
  • Managerial skills: Supervision and coaching, customer service, planning, organization, oral /written communication
  • Strong interpersonal skills, relates well with all levels of the organization
  • APICS certification is a plus