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Owens Corning lists this Solutions Architect - Scheduling opportunity in toledo, Ohio. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Solutions Architect - Scheduling
Location(s)
Toledo, OH, US,
Function
Information Technology
Audience
Experienced Professional
Work Arrangement
On Site
Requisition ID
70520
Purpose of the Job
The Owens Corning Global Information Services (GIS) Solutions Architect - Scheduling is responsible for providing consultation to the GIS organization and business partners on the relevance and appropriate application of scheduling technology. This role will understand the design of solutions and business processes that fulfill the business requirements. This position is accountable for ensuring that the implementation and integration of Scheduling and other interfacing and execution technologies are done in a manner consistent with the Owens Corning enterprise architecture and GIS standards. This position is responsible for collaborating with and educating others across the organization and supporting technology for Scheduling and related interfacing technologies.
The successful candidate for this role is a student of technology, maintains market awareness, and is networked into supply chain planning and technology disciplines internally and externally. They are accountable for keeping up to date on new and emerging developments in IT solutions and are expected to gain a working level understanding of these technologies by pursuing opportunities to gain practical knowledge through professional events, peer networks, or formal training.
Reports to: GIS Enterprise Manufacturing Team Leader
Span of control: Indirect Contributor; indirect leadership of external partners / project resources as needed
Job Responsibilities
Knowing Our Businesses and Their Strategies
Build relationships within the organization, cross-functionally, and with key stakeholders; ensure effective contact to remain aligned with functional objectives
Understand the strategic direction of the company's businesses and execute functional strategies to support and enhance business results; be knowledgeable of the project work that supports this direction and implications to the business.
Leverage the values and practices that align customer needs to create enterprise customer solutions
Generates Diverse Ideas to Solve Customer Problems; Actively seeks and appreciates diverse perspectives.
Bring together multiple information sources and critical thinking to solve complex problems
Executing Strategy
Collaborate with Domain Architects, Product leader, peers, and other IS leaders in the development and ongoing sustainment of the Scheduling IT Roadmap for the Owens Corning technology environment.
Work with process leaders, and project teams to identify and define integration opportunities for the appropriate technologies.
Ensure technology that is being delivered is contemporary and aligned with the IT Roadmap.
Ensure the performance, support, sustainability, and life cycle management of scheduling solutions are engineered in the design stage.
Design and drive the implementation of seamless and efficient scheduling platforms.
Leads execution technology assessments & POCs within scheduling function.
Manage external providers of development capacity as needed.
Collaborate with others to address the feasibility of technology solutions.
Identify technical and implementation risks associated with a technology solution.
Consult with project planners to develop statements of work for proposed solutions including assumption-based estimates, resources, integration points, and risks for scheduling solutions.
Competitively Drives Results: Prioritize work assignments in alignment with team portfolio.
IT Project Control & Reporting: Ability to monitor the vital signs of project to manage progress and delivery schedule
Project Management: Ability to identify, own, and prioritize tasks to meet project milestones.
Evaluate Effectiveness of Products & Initiatives: Improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness with participating stakeholders.
Analytics Integration: Integrate analytics to optimize cross-business collaboration and competitive positioning.
Influencing in the Function
Aligns and updates OC Enterprise Reference Model for business processes within the domain.
Maintain the functional specification architecture documentation including the OC Enterprise Reference Model for all scheduling process areas.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the department and cross-functionally; encourage others to identify areas of waste (process, time, etc.); ideate and execute action plans to create productivity.
Summarize complex information so that it is easy to interpret and understand.
Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness, value, and perception of the organization
Inventive Flexibility - seeks out ways to leverage investments by integrating new requirements into existing solutions.
Developing Talent
Provide impactful peer-to-peer leadership to others on the team
Assist in building the talent pipeline, mentoring, and developing other team members.
Invest in personal growth and development, clearly focused on self-learning.
Develops and introduces new ideas and approaches to others
Driven to understand how and why things operate, finds root causes through analysis and questioning
Job Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or information technology; equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
Minimum of 7 years of experience within Information Technology industry
Minimum of 3 years of experience with scheduling technologies
Prior SAP S4/ECC.6.0 and greater deployment experience in all phases of the SAP project methodology
Prior experience integrating 3rd party applications into SAP S4 or similar platform
Prior experience in SAP production scheduling tools (PP, PP-DS, MRP)
Experience, Knowledge & Abilities
Experience in database design and use
Basic knowledge/understanding of SAP master data and modules (Materials Management-MM, Production Planning-PP)
Ability to partner effectively with team members, business partners, and 3rd party partners
Ability to identify and prioritize tasks to meet project milestones
Ability to adapt and show flexibility as priorities change
Designed all or key modules of a custom business application, including technical design, data relationships, UIs, and system interfaces
Experience working in a highly matrixed structure across functional, business, geographic and cultural boundaries
Strong written and oral communication skills to convey relevant information clearly with confidence; understanding others through active listening; successfully sets and manages expectations
Demonstrated ability to communicate and translate business requirements and technical solutions cross-functionally
Organized and executed IT process development /solution design review with external suppliers
Being innovative - develops and introduces new ideas and approaches to others
Demonstrating curiosity and drive to understand how and why things operate, finds root causes through analysis and questioning
Collaborate and challenge users in support of global solutions.
Willingness to travel periodically as needed in support of larger projects and optimizations (10-20%)
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About Owens Corning
Owens Corning is a branded building products leader with three complementary market-leading businesses providing roofing, insulation, and doors primarily for residential markets in North America and Europe. The company operates with an integrated go-to-market strategy and a unique set of OC Advantages - including its iconic brand, unparalleled commercial strength, leading technology, and winning cost position - to help customers win and grow in the market. Owens Corning is committed to helping build better and achieve more through winning partnerships, leading performance, and engaging people. Founded in 1938 and headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, Owens Corning is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: OC). For more information, visit
Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.
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Worksite address
toledo, OH, 43614, US
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