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Supply/Demand Planning – Lead Business Systems Analyst
The Lead Business Systems Analyst supports the comprehensive high-level architecture, functionality, and architecture compliance of solution options for the applications portfolio supporting business processes for Supply/Demand Planning within Supply chain. In this role, you will develop solution architecture at an initiative level in collaboration with other architects, global and regional teams, and subject matter experts from business units. You will bring your understanding of both technical and functional design and perspective from all architecture domains and current best practices into the solution design to support the business capabilities.
- Develop strategies and operations for discovering, articulating, and demonstrating solutions to deliver on specific service requirements and desired business outcomes.
- Identify and lead initiatives and programs to scale the organization and its operations for future growth.
- Provide governance, strategic consultation and recommendations for business process design, business intelligence design, software development architecture, application frameworks or interfaces during the design and ongoing care of solutions.
- Develop processes and metrics and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) to improve effectiveness and efficiency of technical evaluations, workshops, demos, and proof-of-concept engagements.
- Partner with Business teams to align on overall strategy and priorities and provide support for specific POCs (proof of concept), initiatives and programs.
- Develop and foster relationships for key business leaders at the program sponsor and executive level.
- Partner with business and IT leadership to align with and deliver plans, strategies, and annual goals.
- Mentor and develop an exceptional team of Solution Architect & functional domain Architects
- Collaborate with Service & Delivery leads and Project Management teams to improve engagement models and ensure the appropriate coverage of service area.
- Partner with other Service areas to ensure efficient and ongoing enablement and development of the team.
- Maintain knowledge of industry trends and utilize this knowledge to educate both information technology and the business on opportunities to build better target architectures that support and drive business decisions.
- Be a role model for Ciena’s values and culture.
Qualifications & Skills
- 10-15 years of experience in implementing Supply Planning/Demand Planning solutions in the areas of Supply chain.
- Should have exposure to Forecast tuning, Demand Sensing, Constraint Planning, Supplier Collaboration and Global Order Promising.
- Modeling Hitech businesses for Supply Planning is strongly preferred, with a strong understanding of Forecast to Plan/Plan to Schedule / Deliver to schedule systems/process.
- Hands-on experience with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) implementations in cloud or on-premises with integrations to planning is required.
- Expertise with at least one of Planning tool such as Kinaxis , O9, Oracle , SAP, E2Open etc. is a must.
- Knowledge of Supply Strategies based on segmentation/profiles to drive improvement is desired.
- APICS CPIM or CSCP certification(s) a plus
- Implementation experience with Cloud supply chain planning environment is preferred.
- Experience of collaborating with multiple cross-cultural teams spread across geographies to gather requirements, make design decisions, and support testing and delivery of initiatives.
- Good time management and organizational skills; ability to multi-task and adhere to tight deadlines
- Excellent stakeholder management & excellent communication skills
- Ability to prepare, train and deliver presentations for user, management, and executive – level audiences
At Ciena, we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected, valued, and heard. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.
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