PNE Digital Core Director

he following areas: ERP, Integrated Planning, Smart factories, Logistics Automation.

• Progressing skills in Business Analysis, Business Knowledge, Testing, Architecture Knowledge, Application Landscape, Technical Solution Design and Vendor Management

• Change Management and Process Improvement experience / certification required (PROSCI / Six Sigma)

• Experience working across the delivery landscape which includes and not limited to Agile Applications Development, Support and Deployment.

• Demonstrated experience in a Digital leadership role, ideally driving strategic business change through digital products and programmes

• Demonstrated experience in delivering digital transformation programmes, ideally with significant new system implementations

• Great at developing new relationships, driving positive change, and matching business challenges to digital opportunities

• In-depth knowledge of designing scalable and robust technical architectures that support product requirements.

• Mastery of Agile and DevOps practices to enhance product development efficiency and collaboration to lead the OE Acceleration Team

• Experience working in a globally matrixed organisation that emphasizes collaboration, efficiency and team-work

• Connect and Collaborate effectively across Pet Nutrition EU and Global teams to ensure the Digital Transformation delivers value globally and locally

• Truly inspired by, and want to live, our purpose of creating a better world for pets.

Personal traits:

• Comfortable with ambiguity, with a passion for collaboration to achieve objectives

• Quick learner, ability to understand and simplify highly complex scenarios.

• Value focused with high energy and drive

• People leadership experience required

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Strategic Oversight and Vision: Drive the long-term digital transformation strategy, aligning digital core initiatives with the PNE's overarching business objectives, and ensuring seamless integration across all digital platforms at an enterprise level.

• Own holistic Digital Core agenda and roadmaps for PNE

  • Integrated across global transformation and local priorities to drive execution excellence and avoid duplication
  • Integrated with local priorities and capabilities to ensure lasting capability uplift

• Lead digital transformation for Digital Core (Supply, R&D, Sustainability, Commercial and Finance) in PNE

  • Lead deployment of Digital Core transformation initiatives for PNE
  • Change management to drive lasting change from digital initiatives

• Responsible for the initiation and overseeing implementation of the Shepherd program (S/4 HANA re-implementation) for PNE

• Partner with PNE Technical Leadership Team ("TLT") to drive lasting digital capability uplift in PNE

• Own identification and prioritisation of new Digital Core demand and priorities

  • Integration into global transformation programmes; or
  • Integration into local development priorities

• Lead the PNE Digital Core team

  • Directly managing minimum 6 team members and up to 20 partners

• Executive Leadership and Influence to shape and influence critical decisions regarding digital investments, ensuring that digital core initiatives are prioritized and funded appropriately

• Mentor and develop the team bringing expertise as a leader and a Digital Supply SME

• Jointly own the tracking and delivery of benefits from global and local Core initiatives with the PNE TLT

• Own PNE relationship with global Digital Core Director and MFS

• Responsible for service management of Digital Core products

• Govern and lead Risk Management to establish and enforce robust digital governance frameworks, mitigating enterprise-level risks associated with digital operations, and ensuring compliance Europe regulations

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.

• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.

• A strong focus on learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.

• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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