Business Readiness Management - Business Transformation & Readiness, Senior Advisor

Southern California Edison • Pomona, CA

113d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Clean Energy Revolution as a Business Readiness Management - Business Transformation & Readiness, Senior Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll be at the forefront of driving strategic readiness activities across organizational design, field engagement, coordination of the Business Readiness Network and Super User Network, and user adoption for the NextGen ERP implementation. You'll partner closely with cross-functional teams to assess change readiness impacts, develop readiness strategies, and deliver actionable insights through dashboards and reporting. You'll bring deep expertise in business transformation and change enablement, acting as a trusted advisor to program leadership and business stakeholders. As a senior advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future? The NextGen ERP program will span the next 5 years leveraging emerging digital solutions in concert with re-imagining and transforming our current processes and organization to make dramatic improvements to operational performance, as many companies are doing across industries. We are looking at an approach that not only upgrades the systems but also transforms our business processes to enhance efficiency, improve data quality, and provide better integrated decision making across the enterprise. We are currently in the implementation phase of a major ERP transformation program, leveraging a hybrid agile approach to motivate change. This effort goes beyond a system upgrade—it's a fundamental redesign of our core financial processes. Our goal is to streamline operations, enhance data accuracy, and enable integrated, enterprise-wide decision-making. The Finance Integration track plays a critical role in delivering these outcomes.

Requirements

• Ten or more years of business operations and/or transformation experience.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Business Administration, Economics, Organizational Development, or related field.
• PROSCI - Change Management Practitioner certification.
• Project Management Certification and/or experience working with hybrid Waterfall/ Agile approach.
• Five or more years of experience with business transformation readiness, organization change readiness, or related business transformation projects.
• Five or more years of experience with business readiness tasks, such as training, technical and operational user readiness, impact and readiness assessments, and overall organizational preparedness for successful deployment and post-deployment/ hypercare phases.
• Two or more years of experience and working knowledge with SAP/ ERP applications/ modules, with deep understanding of related business processes and operating models spanning one or more business process domains.
• Experience handling activities/ projects delivered by the Service Integrator (SI) scope of work, including quality and timely acceptance of deliverables from the SI.
• Strong experience conducting and facilitating large scale projects and end-to-end project management skills.
• Experience working in cross-functional, matrixed environments.
• Experience with major business transformations, such as CSRP.
• Experience in either training program development and delivery, organizational change management, or preparing and ensuring large-scale business readiness.
• Collaborative and able to quickly build trust and engender consensus from diverse groups.
• Exceptional communication skills, written and verbal, along with negotiation and influence skills.
• Experience working with Copilot, ChatGPT, GPT-3 and/or other GenAI technologies.
• Experience and proficiency with MS Office 360 applications, including Microsoft Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive transformation strategy that aligns with the company's goals and objectives.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure the organization remains competitive and innovative.
• Analyze the current state of the organization and perform impact assessments around processes, systems, and culture, to identify areas for improvement.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and budgets to ensure successful delivery of transformation initiatives.
• Monitor and evaluate progress against targets, identifying areas of improvement and making necessary adjustments.
• Engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including senior leadership, to gain support and alignment for the transformation efforts.
• Serve as lead on implementation teams and the single point of contact for assigned technology workshops as well as oversee the development of tools, data readiness efforts, and processes needed to ensure a successful implementation of Asset Management principles and asset integration business planning.
• Provide strategic guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of learning and development.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree