Asia IT DC COE Trade Manager
Job Location: Pune
Company description
Ferrero is a family-owned company with a truly progressive and global outlook and iconic brands such as Nutella®, Tic Tac®, Ferrero Rocher®, Raffaello®, Kinder Bueno® and Kinder Surprise®. As the love for our brands continues to grow, so too does our global reach. Represented in more than 50 countries, with products sold in more than 170, the Ferrero Group is loved by generations around the world. The secret to our global success? 40,000 dedicated employees who celebrate care and quality to craft a business, careers and brands we are proud of. Join us, and you could be one of them.
Diversity Statement
Ferrero is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at Ferrero. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.
About the Role:
This is a new role created as a part of Asia IT Delivery Center expansion plan and the role is based in Pune (Ferrero India Head Office).
Purpose of this role is to : Align application landscape to business requirements. Define and maintain the application strategy and architecture for assigned capabilities. Identify the applications and infrastructure components that are needed to support the business operations and manage related lifecycle and enhancements. Design major aspects of the architecture of an application or infrastructure technology. Provide technical leadership to the application development or infrastructure implementation team. Perform design and code reviews. Ensure that uniform enterprise-wide design standards are maintained.
Main Responsibilities:
APPLICATION & INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY
• Leads architecture for assigned capabilities, identifies improvements or consolidation opportunities
• Proactively provides recommendations to support IT strategy
APPLICATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
• Defines major aspects of application or infrastructure architecture
• Provides technical leadership to the application development or infrastructure implementation team, acting as a subject matter expert on his / her own assigned area
• Performs design and code reviews.
• Ensures design (including enhancements) complies with the enterprise architecture and meet business needs
• Support the implementation of application, interface and infrastructure enhancements that have been requested by business
VENDOR MANAGEMENT
• Maintains constructive relationships with suppliers
• Contributes to suppliers evaluation and selection exercise
Who we are looking for:
EDUCATION
• Qualification required: Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s degree an advantage)
• Minimum 7 to 15 years of experience in Trade Promotion area
• Domain expert in the Trade Promotion area preferably in Consumer Goods Industry with International experience
• Project management skills in an IT environment / discipline.
• Experience with customer planning / forecasting applications (SAP CRM-TPM CRM-TMA ,TPPM, CBP and ATMA).
• Experience with multi-application environment for planning & execution.
• Proficient in Excel skills.
• Excellent Analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
BUSINESS UNDERSTANDING
• Experience with FMCG industry.
• Commercial awareness.
• Strong business processes understanding.
• Team player, flexible and result-oriented, multi-tasking.
• Experience of multi-level helpdesk environment.
Job Referral Code: B
How to be successful in the role and at Ferrero:
Consumers, quality and care are at the heart of everything we do. So, to be successful at Ferrero, you’ll need to be just as consumer and product centric as we are - dedicated to crafting brilliant results for consumers around the world.