Upstream Flow Supply Chain Analyst

Aviation (Industry Research) - Analyst/Senior Analyst

Sales Manager – HCV

IT Operations Analyst

Procurement Manager

SAP SD Functional Consultant

Supply Chain Manager

Java Backend Engineer

Technical Support Engineer

MGR II Finance - Plant Operations

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Lead Suppliers Audit of Supply Chain domain, support suppliers in diagnosing issues, analyzing data/process/system, drive action plans on continuous improvement</li><li>Governance actions progress with suppliers, make sure all open actions to be implemented and closed on time. Lead and document Supplier audit reports, create guidance book and strategy plans for long run.</li><li>Collaborating with procurement, suppliers, and vendors to align their processes with the transformation goals.</li><li>Establishing strong partnerships to drive mutual success.</li><li>Strategy Development: Developing a clear and comprehensive ‘Upstream Planning Blueprint’ for global network of BU Outside Group Vendor.&nbsp;</li><li>Involves identifying opportunities for improvement, setting objectives (long term and short term), and outlining the roadmap to achieve the desired changes.</li></ul> Vendor Delivery Performance Management:&nbsp; <ul><li>Monitor, Track and Orchestrate the Vendor Operations Performance with Organization on regular basis against established KPI (MOQ, Lead Times, Shipment Reliability, Forecast Reliability).</li><li>Analyze historical performance data to identify patterns, trends, and opportunities for improvement. Use data-driven insights to make informed decisions regarding vendor relationships and drive supplier accountability.</li><li>Lead Regular cross-functional reviews to share insights on Trends, Deviations, Root Cause Analysis and Action Plan Progress. Address Issues and drive Decision Making with stake holders to mitigate risks.</li><li>Digitalize to help in animation. Heatmaps to drive focus and prioritization.</li><li>Qualify and Guarantee Vendor Master Data Health</li></ul> Process Optimization:&nbsp; <ul><li>Evaluating existing upstream supply chain processes, identifying areas for optimization and efficiency improvement.</li><li>Implementing best practices and ensuring that processes are standardized and streamlined across factories.</li><li>Establish supply network operational excellence (SNOE) reviews with Key Vendor at regular frequency, with clear agenda and agreed action plan to improve performance.</li><li>Partner with Global Logistics to enable Raw Material Central Planning Hub&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Drive IBP adoption towards forecast propagation and capacity commit backs.</li></ul> Upstream Vendor Portal: <ul><li>Be key user of BU Pilot of new external Vendor Portal solution. Drive successful Pilot, Broader roll out and adoption.</li><li>Establish current work process state, and journey map to Ideal End-Stage.</li><li>Articulation and maximization of value creation.</li><li>Skill Network and Cross-Functional Collaboration: Developing cross-BU network of Subject Matter Experts.</li><li>Sharing Best Practices, Documentation, and development of BU Upstream Playbook, including Make-Buy Decision Making, New Product Introduction (NPI), vendor changes, industrial transfers, and business acquisition.</li></ul> Risk Management:&nbsp; <ul><li>Identifying potential risks and vulnerabilities in the upstream supply chain and developing strategies to mitigate them.</li><li>Ensuring supply chain resilience and contingency planning to handle disruptions effectively.</li></ul> Continuous Improvement: <ul><li>Encouraging a culture of continuous improvement within the supply chain organization.</li><li>Seeking feedback from stakeholders and leveraging lessons learned to refine strategies, establishing volution of in-process KPIs and achieve better results.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>A bachelors degree in supply chain management, business administration, industrial engineering, or a related field</li><li>Minimum of 5-10 years’ experience in a multinational and complex global environment.</li><li>Progressively more responsibility and experience in Procurement and Factory Supply Chain Management leadership roles.</li><li>High proficiency in Vendor Management, Procurement and Material Management.</li><li>Must be a recognized leader for continuous improvement.</li><li>Abilities to drive and oversees multiple Projects End-to-End, with track record of achieving results and abilities to drive effective change management.</li><li>Competent with supply chain management software (SAP Must, IBP is a plus) and analytics tools.</li><li>Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to lead and inspire diverse teams across different locations.</li><li>Understand business drivers and able to balance between short- and long-term objectives.</li><li>Excellent ‘English’ communication skills to articulate and engage stakeholders at all levels.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Responsibilities:&nbsp; <ul><li>Tracking the Aviation and related sectors on a continuous basis and publish periodic updates, articles and presentations&nbsp;</li><li>Regularly update the online delivery platform, ‘CuttingEdge’ with short term and longterm views on industry factors like investments, regulations, demand supply, competitive landscape and profitability, etc.</li><li>Timely update and enhance the underlying parameters/database by liaison with key stakeholders&nbsp;</li><li>Analyse the impact of key developments in the sector that affect industry performance such as a change in government policy, acquisition impact, etc.</li><li>Publish thematic research pieces and articles on these sectors</li><li>Regularly update the industry risk scores&nbsp;</li><li>Review and forecast the quarterly financial performance of companies in the sector&nbsp;</li><li>Making presentations on their sectors to clients and at seminars/conferences, etc.&nbsp;</li><li>Process Compliance and adherence to the research calendar</li><li>Client Management/Stakeholder Management&nbsp;</li></ul> Requirements: Address the client queries on their sectors and support clients with the data and information that they may require Desirable Skills:&nbsp; <ul><li>Good to have: Desire/keen inkling for the aviation sector&nbsp;</li><li>Strong analytical skills&nbsp;</li><li>Good understanding of financial concepts and business analysis&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent communication and presentation skills</li><li>Positive attitude&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to think out-of-the box&nbsp;</li><li>Strong process and knowledge management orientation</li><li>Ability to work across teams and within tight deadlines Years Of Experience 1 to 5 Years</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Responsible for Sales Volumes and Market Share of Heavy Commercial vehicles through local dealers in respective territory.</li><li>To identify and engage with strategic customers / Fleet owners.</li><li>To conduct activities of this segment customers like transporters, influencers and to materialize deals by working out group deals.</li><li>To map sub territories segment wise, application wise and working on conversion plan.</li><li>Should be able to do sales forecasting for existing range of models / products.</li><li>To guide channel partners to develop secondary sales network.</li><li>To act as an interface between the Product development / PMG team and the end customers.</li><li>To gauge and give inputs regarding the customer expectations through timely reports to product development / PMG team.</li><li>To know competitors’ activities, new product plans and prepare strategy to counter the same.</li><li>To train, motivate and develop the channel partners and their sales team.</li><li>To develop the market through host of BTL activities most suited for that market and segment</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Education Qualification: MBA; Bachelor of Engineering</li><li>General Experience:&nbsp;3-12 Years of experience</li></ul> Skills <ul><li>Channel Sales Management&nbsp;</li><li>1st Pref Heavy Commercial Vehicle only</li><li>2nd Pref CE Industry – Haulage &amp; Tipper, also HCV segment</li><li>Channel Manpower Management – Dealer&nbsp;</li><li>Financial Management</li><li>Sales Planning</li><li>Capability Building</li><li>Consumer Focus</li><li>Market Intelligence</li><li>Territory Coverage Optimization</li></ul>

Responsibilities : <ul><li>Install, configure and deploy applications, hardware &amp; operating systems&nbsp;</li><li>Ongoing maintenance and support of Desktop/Laptop devices</li><li>Basic troubleshooting of hardware &amp; software</li><li>Follow diagrams and written instructions to repair a fault or set up a system</li><li>Work with and support team members on various projects</li><li>Provide timely resolution of issues</li><li>Work in collaboration with our 3rd party support contractor</li><li>Develop documents and implement standard operating procedures</li><li>Periodically provide 1st level support to users for all issues raised by phone, email, self-service or face to face</li><li>Any other duties as required</li></ul> Requirements : <ul><li>Associate Degree or equivalent work experience. Minimum 2 years’ experience in a related field﻿</li><li>Proficiency in Windows desktop OS&nbsp;</li><li>Working knowledge O365 environment essential. Specifically, MS-Outlook &amp; TEAMs</li><li>Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices and procedures within particular field</li><li>Experienced knowledge of Networks and IT infrastructure.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to drive &amp; solve technical issues through to completion</li><li>Excellent team player</li><li>Resourceful, self-educating and self-motivating</li><li>Excellent team player with strong communication and customer-facing skills</li><li>You must have strong organisation and time management skills</li><li>You may be required to travel to and / or support other sites</li><li>Motivated self-starter with a “can-do” attitude who works well to tight and varied deadline.</li></ul>

Responsibilities :&nbsp;<ul><li>Pressure-test and approve all regional strategies for the category.</li><li>Monitor strategy implementation, measure and track internal performance (KPIs) within each spend category.</li><li>Drive annual productivity improvements in each spend category.</li><li>Develop expertise in spend categories.</li><li>Serve as an escalation point for cross-functional issues.</li><li>Work with regional strategic sourcing managers to develop long-term strategies for their groups of categories.</li><li>Responsible for delivery of budget and financial targets</li><li>Direct the sustainability and responsible sourcing strategy for indirect spend.</li><li>Activating CAPA process together with Quality and follow up the non-conformity resolution with suppliers.</li><li>Comply with the process flow for Supplier Verification Prerequisite program, effectively support the initial approval and annual evaluation processes.</li><li>Meet the requirements of the approved supplier program for chemicals PRP program and to ensure the completion of quality &amp; ISG approvals for new chemicals.</li><li>Manage contract and approval processes with suppliers for the Waste Management program.</li><li>Ensuring compliance with legal requirements. </li><li>Ensure R&amp;D and Quality required changes are communicated and implemented with relevant suppliers.</li><li>Supporting actions that will affect QFS parameters and ensuring that the actions are carried out on time.</li><li>Ensuring team prioritizes and monitors actions on urgent matters due to OHS and QFS requirements and ensuring that this culture is transferred to the team.</li><li>Work with KWS Lead for cost optimization projects and be a member at LDS COE, QFS COE.</li><li>Attract, develop and retain talent.</li></ul>&nbsp;Requirements: &nbsp;<ul><li>University graduate with minimum 7 years track record within Procurement, with min 2 years people management experience</li><li>Advanced sourcing toolkit and proven supply base management</li><li>Strong analytical skills</li><li>Strong negotiating skills</li><li>World class supplier relationship skills</li><li>Visionary leader and critical thinker</li><li>Strong people leadership</li><li>Strong relationship building skills</li><li>High level English knowledge (reading, writing, speaking)</li><li>Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)</li><li>Knowledge in SAP is preferable</li></ul>

overview: <ul><li>We are seeking for an experienced SAP SD Functional Analyst who has been through at least a FULL life-cycle implementation for S/4HANA.&nbsp;</li><li>Candidate must possess thorough understanding of SD-related Simplification items in S/4HANA and has played a key SD functional role in Testing, Data Migration and Cutover during their previous S/4HANA implementation.</li><li>Candidate should process strong SD business background, has hands-on with the related configurations and able to perform deep analysis to develop high quality work including functional and technical specifications.</li><li>Candidate will need to be detail oriented, a good team player and has excellent communication skills to work with cross-functional teams and business. This is key for supporting the various S/4HANA implementation phases including Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing and Mock/Actual Cutovers.</li></ul> Responsibilities: <ul><li>Hands on role in Test scope definition and Test scripting. Unit Test and String Test execution after code remediation. Perform end-to-end Integration Testing and supporting User Acceptance Test.</li><li>Perform Data Validation using Clients selected tools during each data migration cycle.</li><li>Coordination across multiple tracks and functions for Cutover discussion and activities.</li><li>Deep-dive analysis of issues identified throughout Testing, Business Data Validation and Cutover cycles. </li><li>Work across teams for triaging issues and resolution under time pressure.</li><li>Execute projects, setting project deliverables priorities, monitoring, reporting on the process, progress, risk, and result. Effectively communicate project status to the project stakeholder on a regular basis.</li><li>Partner with business to ensure their expectations are met and managed. Ensures consistent delivery of quality projects and adhere to Clients Project Life Cycle.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelors Degree from accredited university in Computer Science/Information Technology/Engineering.</li><li>5-8 years of experience.</li><li>At least one FULL life-cycle implementation of SAP S/4HANA.</li><li>At least 6+ years of SAP SD working experience in high tech manufacturing/OEM or consumer product environment.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Analyze forecast signals from the Demand Planning team to generate an optimized build plan while ensuring effective communication across extended supply chain.</li><li>Lead the MPS function to optimize the production plan with the aim to support customer demand, optimize production utilization and balancing inventory in a targeted manner.</li><li>Lead the Material Planning team ensuring implementation of production plan of work centers, machines, or processes to meet customer requests.</li><li>Monitor MRP system setup, identify capacity constraints and proactively expand drive capacity to avoid supply and demand gaps.</li><li>Ensure appropriate parameter settings, system settings and system usage.</li><li>Lead the Materials Analyst team ensuring the right amount of material is procured within the appropriate timing.</li><li>Develop standards for materials management including appropriate levels of safety stock, in-process inventory, and finished goods.</li><li>Handles the disposition of obsolete inventories according to the company’s policy.&nbsp;</li><li>Oversee and supervise physical inventories.</li><li>Active participation in monthly Supply Review Meeting, identifying risks and opportunities and ensuring necessary proactive measures are taken to close gaps to meet budgets.</li><li>Develop new and existing relationships with suppliers.</li><li>Coordinate information flow between planning, warehouse, and production teams.</li><li>Lead, manage, motivate, and develop Supply chain team.</li><li>Proactively approach other functions within Demand Planning, Customer Service and Supply Chain for end-to end optimization.</li><li>Accountable for the timely and accurately execution at the shipping and receiving areas.</li><li>Track and control supply chain KPIs including corrective measure to management on regularly base.</li><li>Improve the overall supply chain performance and look for any possible innovations to the process.</li></ul> Requirements: What your background should look like: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years’ Supply Chain / Materials Planning experience, including 3+ years in a leadership role.</li><li>People with no degree, but equivalent level of qualification in relevant disciplines, will also be considered.</li><li>Experience in working with ERP systems and other IT systems at customer interface, e.g. SAP,&nbsp;&nbsp;EDI.</li><li>Experience with high mix, low volume manufacturing.</li><li>Good communication skills, able to build customer relations and win customers for own ideas.</li><li>Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.</li><li>Process Improvement.</li></ul> Competencies: <ul><li>Motivating Others.</li><li>Building Effective Teams.</li><li>Managing and Measuring Work.</li><li>Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork.</li><li>SET: Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers).</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Collaborate with team, high availability, concurrent and fault tolerant software systems.</li><li>Significantly contribute to development of Aladdin’s global, multi-asset trading platform.</li><li>Work with product management and business users to define the roadmap for the product.</li><li>Design and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, identifying issues and roadblocks.</li><li>Apply validated quality software engineering practices through all phases of development.</li><li>Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, dev ops and level two production support.</li><li>Be a leader with vision and a partner in brainstorming solutions for team productivity, efficiency, guiding and motivating others.</li><li>Drive a strong culture by bringing principles of inclusion and diversity to the team and setting the tone through specific recruiting, management actions and employee engagement.</li><li>For VP Level: In addition to above, a VP level candidate should be able to lead individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables using AGILE methodologies.</li></ul> Requirements: Qualifications: <ul><li>B.S. / M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject area</li><li>For VP Level: 8+ years of proven experience</li><li>For Associate Level: 4+ years of experience</li></ul> Skills and Experience: <ul><li>A proven foundation in core Java and related technologies, with OO skills and design patterns</li><li>Track record building high quality software with design-focused and test-driven approaches</li><li>Good hands-on object-oriented programming knowledge in Java, Spring, TypeScript, JavaScript, Microservices, Angular (2.0+), React.</li><li>Strong knowledge of Open-Source technology stack (Spring, Hibernate, Maven, JUnit, etc.).</li><li>Experience with relational database and/or NoSQL Database (e.g., Apache Cassandra)</li><li>Great analytical, problem-solving and communication skills</li><li>Some experience or a real interest in finance, investment processes, and/or an ability to translate business problems into technical solutions.</li><li>For VP Level: In addition to the above, a VP level candidate should have experience leading development teams, projects or being responsible for the design and technical quality of a significant application, system, or component. Ability to form positive relationships with partnering teams, sponsors, and user groups.</li></ul> Nice to have and opportunities to learn: <ul><li>Exposure to building microservices and APIs ideally with REST, Kafka or gRPC.</li><li>Experience working in an agile development team or on open-source development projects.</li><li>Experience with optimization, algorithms or related quantitative processes.</li><li>Exposure to high scale distributed technology like Kafka, Mongo, Ignite, Redis</li><li>Experience with Cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud</li><li>Experience with DevOps and tools like Azure DevOps</li><li>Experience with AI-related projects/products or experience working in an AI research environment.</li><li>A degree, certifications or opensource track record that shows you have a mastery of software engineering principles.</li></ul>

Overview:&nbsp; <ul><li>You shall be a part of the Technical Support Center (based out in Pune, India).</li><li>The Technical Support Center is a team of highly responsive technology specialists whose #1 focus is to</li><li>support/resolve the customers for Presales and Post Sales Technical issues while delivering the best</li><li>possible customer experience.&nbsp;</li><li>You can measure your success through excellent financial results, growing</li><li>customer happiness metrics, industry recognition, on time resolution and employee happiness scores.</li><li>You shall be the first point of contact for customers and partners all over Americas, EMEA &amp; APAC.</li><li>Youll have insight on the detailed functionality of products and partner with all distributed</li><li>elements of the service chain.</li></ul> Responsibilities: <ul><li>You will be responsible for creating and driving support tickets within the required SLA parameters.</li><li>will depend on you to provide the highest standard of customer support for Switching, routing</li><li>,security , Wireless, Cables &amp; Connectivity.</li><li>Remotely provide Presales as well as Post sales support making sure the customer is satisfied with the level of service provided. Manage the tech support day-to-day operations to achieve qualitative and quantitative targets at team/staff level and to maintain overall quality standards.</li><li>You shall be responsible for achieving all metrics for the respective customer/partner, as defined by the management with particular focus on customer satisfaction. </li><li>Gather the required information necessary to best handle customer software and technical inquiries.</li><li>Resolving the issues through Phone, chat and ticketing tool - communication channels.&nbsp;</li><li>Collaborate with Technical Support team members to properly manage customer queries and escalate when appropriate.</li><li>Document solutions for knowledgebase.</li><li>Work to support customer technical issues encompassing hardware, software, and networking.&nbsp;</li><li>Create knowledge base articles on products.</li><li>Connect with wide range of people and teams to find these solutions such as Solution Consultants,Product Line Managers, and the various plants.</li><li>Provide technical service for products and solutions in India and deliver professionally and</li><li>disciplinarily.</li><li>Deliver end to end solution as per customer demand.</li><li>Assist customers with Support Requests and engaging with other Teams ensuring follow up on each request and solution is provided.</li><li>Continuous improvement of their professional certification level.</li></ul> Requirements : <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Telecom, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering/Electronics/ IT.</li><li>CCNA Certified. Hirschmann switches, router and security devices knowledge would be added</li><li>advantage.</li><li>Minimum 3-10 years working experience.</li><li>2~3 year’s implementation experience in Managed and unmanaged switches, Internet wireless LAN,</li><li>Industrial Security Systems, Embedded Ethernet modules, Fiber optic field bus repeaters, Secure</li><li>remote access, Network Management Software, Industrial Connectors, industrial network security</li><li>products for process control, SCADA manufacturing and automation sectors.</li><li>Experience in customer support, service or after sales in networking system will be added advantage.</li><li>Understanding of networking protocols.</li><li>Knowledge of transmission technology, OTN and Network Access control would be a plus.</li><li>Hands-on experience with monitoring, network diagnostic and network analytics tools/network</li><li>configuration experience with Cisco etc.</li><li>Ability to quickly learn new or unfamiliar technology and products using documentation and internetresources.</li><li>Basic Level of understanding of Routing and Switching, Basic Data networking, including DHCP, RSTP, VLAN, QoS, IGMP, network redundancy, IP routing protocols and standard VPN technology.</li><li>Industrial networking and IIoT/IoT digitalization knowledge would be added advantage.</li><li>Good English in reading and written, and good oral English is a must.</li><li>Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.</li></ul>

Overview:&nbsp; <ul><li>The Aerospace, Defense &amp; Marine (AD&amp;M) Business Unit is currently seeking a plant controller to support its Mansfield OH, and Hauppauge, NY locations. The Plant Controller must be an exceptional Business Partner to the plant manager and his/her teams.&nbsp;</li><li>This position is responsible for pulling together all plant financials, analyzing and bridging between details at the entity level, and up-leveling results for review by global management.&nbsp;</li><li>The role reports directly to the Sr. Mgr. Controller, with a strong dotted line to the Plant Manager.</li></ul> Responsibilities:&nbsp; <ul><li>This position may involve working with technical data, technology, software/source code, hardware, or other items (collectively “items) subject to U.S. and non-U.S.&nbsp;</li><li>export control laws and regulations. </li><li>Under these regulations, it may be necessary to verify a candidate’s national origin and/or citizenship status to determine whether a U.S. or other government export license is required before releasing its technologies to the candidate.&nbsp;</li><li>If determined that client will require a license or will be prohibited by applicable laws from providing the candidate with items necessary for the performance of this position, then client will expressly reserves the right to either&nbsp;</li><li>a) make an offer of employment contingent upon receiving required export licenses from the appropriate government agency,&nbsp;</li><li>b) consider the candidate for a different position that is not subject to such restrictions, on whatever terms and conditions shall establish in its sole discretion or c) decline to move forward with the candidate’s application.</li></ul> Requirements: Experience: <ul><li>Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting&nbsp;</li><li>Fluent in English, and Spanish would be a plus.</li><li>5 - 10 years of Finance experience in a manufacturing environment - Required</li><li>Accomplished knowledge in standard costing, variance analysis, cost accounting, cost analysis, and reporting matters.&nbsp;</li><li>Strong background in Financial Analysis and Forecasting Modelling.&nbsp;</li><li>Prior finance experience in general accounting principles and processes.</li><li>Understanding of financial drivers and their impact within a manufacturing environment&nbsp;</li><li>Familiar with Lean Manufacturing and Operational Excellence concepts.</li><li>Proficient in understanding of manufacturing, procurement, and other Supply Chain matters&nbsp;</li><li>Familiarity with SAP, Excel, and BI tools.&nbsp;</li></ul>

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Upstream Flow Supply Chain Analyst

Aviation (Industry Research) - Analyst/Senior Analyst

Sales Manager – HCV

IT Operations Analyst

Procurement Manager

SAP SD Functional Consultant

Supply Chain Manager

Java Backend Engineer

Technical Support Engineer

MGR II Finance - Plant Operations

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Supply Chain Manager

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MGR II Finance - Plant Operations

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