Lead, Commercial Improvements (NA)

JOB DESCRIPTIONS

RESPONSIBILITIES

•    Deploy Global business improvement initiatives ensuring alignment with global and region specific Commercial (Supply Chain and Sales & Marketing) requirements
•    Provide Region team members with services and support including course curriculum development and global training, global and regional specific policy, process, and procedure documentation, and organizational change management
•    Develop, implement, and maintain best practices, process controls, RACI’s, process documentation, reporting, and analytics in coordination with the Center-of-Excellence and Business Improvements teams.
•    Deliver and execute change champion duties as required by the Center-of-Excellence and Business Improvement team for specific initiatives, processes, technology, and data changes
•    Provide specialized advice to cross-functional teams evaluating technology solutions for optimizing end-to-end processes to address prioritized business problems in alignment with the Commercial roadmap.
•    Act as the Regional Subject Matter Expert for end-to-end Commercial practices, data, and systems utilization.
•    Collaborate closely with team members to ensure processes are sustainable and maturing, deliver input into on-boarding processes to confirm the site and local user knowledge base is not only retained in number but also in system knowledge and business process knowledge
•    Apply analytical tools and techniques to assess data, diagnose trends, and deliver insights to improve supply chain performance
•    Provide functional leadership to regional Supply Chain analysts and indirect project team members, managing, coaching, and mentoring to ensure compliance with Commercial strategy and standards, and delivering value-adding improvements and change services.
•    Lead all approved Commercial projects for the region, ensuring timelines, budgets, and deliverables are achieved with minimal risks and maximum quality, using the global Center-of-Excellence and Business Improvement framework.
•    Fosters a climate that is inclusive and where team members feel safe to contribute, collaborate, receive feedback and coaching.
•    Understands their role as a team member and team leader (where applicable) and can translate into their day-to-day interactions.
Understands the behavior of individuals and the effects on the team, resolving conflicts.

Your training, skills, and experience checklist

•    Undergraduate degree in supply chain management, IT, engineering, or business administration.
•    MBA is preferred.
Experience:
•    Mining, construction, oil, gas or other heavy asset intensive industry experience is required.
•    Experience in process and data governance, combination of project/process/technology, and training delivery, expertise in change management and ability to communicate at all levels.
•    Additional knowledge required to be successful in this role includes a deep understanding of and experience gained through hands on work with business process governance, process improvement, project management, change management, training materials development and delivery, cross-functional collaboration, data analysis, technology evaluation, ERP systems, e-platforms, and analytical tools, and commercial technology evaluation.
•    Proficient in SAP and Ariba and MS Office Tools: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Skills and Abilities:
•    Advanced levels of skills in: Business process improvement.
•    Best practices identification and implementation Cross-functional collaboration.
•    Change Management
•    Analytical capabilities
•    Process optimization and data analysis ERP systems-platforms.
•    Project/Program documentation.
•    Ability to identify and analyze business improvements and organizational needs.
•    Ability to contribute to a high-performance culture by developing and collaborating with IT, cross-functional teams (e.g., Finance, HR, Enterprise Asset Management, Legal, Risk, etc.), and other key stakeholders.
•    Ability to motivate and lead cross-functional teams to achieve common goals, foster collaboration, and drive a culture of continuous improvement. 
•    Communication skills and presentation confidence to present and develop business cases at all levels including C Level/Executives. 
•    Ability to manage organizational change effectively, including resistance to change, by communicating vision, providing support, and fostering a culture of adaptability. 
•    Effective communication and influence of stakeholders at all levels.

Working conditions and location

•    The position is located in the Denver Corporate office. 
•    The location is flexible