Manager, North America Supply Chain Manufacturing Systems

Colgate•Piscataway, NJ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

As part of the Global Supply Chain Manufacturing Systems team, you will manage the Manufacturing Systems portion of the digital roadmap within the geographical region, coordinating the efforts of local Plant Systems teams to ensure successful delivery. Your responsibilities will include leading the implementation and management of all digital initiatives in the region, enforcing standards to ensure global consistency of manufacturing systems and providing training and coaching to build system competencies at plant sites. Additionally, you will identify and communicate best practices, and collaborate closely with plant directors and regional quality, engineering, FP&R, and GIT teams to define new, more efficient processes and system capabilities for the plants Other key responsibilities also include managing and elevating technical issues within the region, enforcing cybersecurity policies and ensuring that all necessary remediation activities are properly planned and implemented.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or other related degree
8+ years experience in Engineering, Automation, Supply Chain Operations, and/or IT Supply Chain
Experience in manufacturing operations and core processes with the ability to configure and maintain manufacturing software products such as HMI
Experience with Structured Query Language (SQL) and SAP
Knowledge of Production Planning and Scheduling, Inventory Management, Planned Maintenance Concepts, Statistical Process Control (SPC) Concepts, Plant Floor Control System Concepts, or Operational Excellence Standards and Metrics

Nice To Haves

Experience with leading regional projects in a matrix organization
Basic knowledge of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and industrial instrumentation, SAP MII software
Basic knowledge of analytics and reporting tools such as Tableau, Domo, SQL Reporting Services
AVEVA (Wonderware) product knowledge is preferred.
Knowledge of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), ISA-88 Batching software and historian software
Experience using Microsoft SQL Server
Experience with SAP Transactions: Production Orders, Production Confirmations, Material Movements (Goods Receipts and Goods Issues), SAP Quality Management

Responsibilities

Manage the Manufacturing Systems portion of the digital roadmap within the geographical region.
Lead the implementation and management of all digital initiatives in the region to ensure successful delivery of the site/regional roadmaps.
Collaborate closely with plant directors and regional quality teams to define new, more efficient processes and system capabilities for the plants.
Coordinate technical training sessions to address training gaps.
Mentor, train, and foster a global mindset within local plant systems teams.
Enforce global systems and cybersecurity standards within the region.
Identify and communicate systems related best practices within the region or from other regions.