Sr Associate Is Organizational Effectiveness Plan to Stock (PTS)
On-siteHyderabad, Telangana, India
Job Summary
Lead all Agile ceremonies (Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Retrospectives) across supply chain-focused product teams while acting as a servant leader and coach. Manage backlogs, track progress, and resolve blockers using Jira, Azure DevOps, or ServiceNow to ensure alignment with strategic goals like demand forecasting and inventory optimization. Collaborate with Product Owners to prioritize enabler work, triage production issues in real-time systems, and drive continuous improvement through Agile maturity assessments. Ensure compliance with GxP, SOX, and FDA regulations while mentoring team members on Scrum best practices.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 5-8 years of experience in Supply Chain Technology, Supply Chain Business, Engineering, IT or related field
- Deep understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar tools
- Strong facilitation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills
- Effective communication and organizational skills
- Understanding of the solution development life cycle, including business requirements definition, review of functional specifications, development of test plans, testing, user training, and deployment
- Ability to develop and maintain System Architecture models (e.g. System Interaction diagrams) and reference implementations within systems of record (e.g. Portfolio Management and Enterprise Architecture tools)
- Knowledge of sprint-based planning and estimations required for implementation
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), SAFe Scrum Master (SSM), or equivalent certification
- PMP or ITIL Foundation certification
Desired Qualifications
- Familiarity with CI/CD, DevOps, and cloud-based product environments
- Prior experience with any supply chain technology like SAP, Kinaxis, Anaplan, Blue yonder etc
- Extensive experience in software development lifecycle
- Experience using and adoption of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Established business partnerships and IS governance practices involving senior business stakeholders
- Broad working knowledge of key IS domains and layers
- Understanding of FDA regulations governing computer system validation and operation
- Familiarity with security requirements and best practices for data at rest and in transit
- Success in mentoring and developing strong product analysts, business analysts, and developers
- Experience in FMCG/CPG/Retail/Manufacturing industry
- Strong transformation and change management experience
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills
- High degree of initiative and self-motivation
- Ability to manage multiple priorities successfully
- Team-oriented with a focus on achieving team goals
- Strong presentation and public speaking skills
- Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with global, virtual teams
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