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Read more below….\nCONTEXT &THE TEAM\nIn this rapidly changing world, an agile supply chain (SC) makes the difference for our customer and consumers. Mars believes that a human centric and digitally connected planning team is key to unlock this as it is the glue for ONE end to end SC team. With “enterprise planning” Mars is initiating a whole new organisational structure, future fit planning capabilities & processes and underlying best in class systems. It transforms the way Mars SC works: more connected, transparent, faster, agile, customer focused and digital. In short an exciting human centric, digital transformation journey for the whole Mars SC.\nThe (Planning) Center of Excellence -CoE- sits at the heart of this transformation. It can be seen as a digital catalyst to speed up and strengthen the planning transformation. The team services the European sourcing circle. It will operate by the principals of: full transparency of processes and data, planning by exception and continuous improvement of people processes and systems. In practice this means a build-measure-learn approach that is implemented through:\nmonitor (adopted) planning ways of working,\nprovide action driven insights to the business\nidentify best practices internal and external,\nbuild new capabilities, processes, tools and dashboards,\ncreate a machine driven forecast as a common point of reference\nstore and retrieve the right data with appropriate quality checks\nprovide training for tools and ways of working\nAs this transforms the way of working in Mars the CoE is looking to create a strong dynamic team of digital savvy and content heavy change agents. We will share the common passion to bring the benefits of a digital way of working to the people in the (planning) operation all around Europe for their own benefit and that of customers / consumers.\nTHE ROLE\nWithin the CoE team the Process Steward report to the Operational Excellence lead. The Process Steward is responsible to ensure process standardization and process adherence for their area of scope within the chocolate and gum business in Mars Europe.\nThere are 2 key principles behind the role:\nFirst is that the business teams are driving the daily operations and are owning the process, the process stewards are inducing a continuous improvement mindset in the business teams driven by his expertise.\nSecond processes should become over time digitally traceable (i.e. democratise the process status so everyone can see what is going on not just the planners directly involved) this will make it easier to coordinate efforts across teams and allow continuous benchmark across categories and market by the users themselves.\nIn the OPEX team we have multiple process stewards, split by demand & supply focus. This job vacancies is around supply chain, specified on the inbound process at Mars (Supply R&P). You will be responsible to lead improvement project(s) to increase ways of working between the raws & pack suppliers and Mars to ensure better availability of the raws & packs in the Mars European network.\nFollowing these principles the process will: assessing adherence to process, collect learnings, facilitate knowledge exchange and developing corrective action plans, discussing and aligning with management, but also align & discuss with Planners to understand the issues & root cause to improve the processes.\nKey Responsibilities\nMaintain practical implication of strategic SC design.\nbenchmarking performance and compare against target operating model & best practice\ncreate dashboards to provide insights on performance and progress for teams and senior decision takers\nIdentify gaps in the current understanding, alignment and collaboration\nInitiate and also lead key project to drive continuous improvement - starting to use SCRUM for that is a bonus to Mars\nFacilitate discussion among experts and decision takers to foster innovation (establish community of practice)\nDrive the digital agenda to enhance collaboration (tool selection , implementation and enhancement)\nEngage and extend in X-regional best practice network\nEducate leaders, team managers and planners on digital connected ways of working\nSupport the (digital) collection of business knowledge on process applied, data used, people involved and logic needed.\nCreate the groundwork for user guided process automation (BPM & BPA)\nExperience / Background\nEducation and Professional\nBSc or BA in supply chain management, science and/or engineering. 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