IT Applications Manager - Supply Chain Planning

At Niagara, we’re looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water. Consider applying here, if you want to: Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact. Develop lasting relationships with great people. Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career. We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members. IT Applications Manager - Supply Chain Planning The IT Manager – Applications is a key member of the IT management team. The IT Manager oversees the implementation of business software applications and key responsibilities include the development, delivery and maintenance of technology-based business solutions that satisfy both functional and non-functional requirements. The IT Manager is a key contributor on the Technology Team and assists in the on-going development/evolution of Niagara applications and infrastructure. Qualified candidates are expected to have 6-10 years of experience with Oracle Financial/ERP/Transportation applications, demand/supply planning, manufacturing execution, distribution and warehousing, HRMS and Business Intelligence applications. He/she will have led at least one major implementation project and/or software systems upgrade. Essential Functions Grow and develop team members; prepare functional team to support all business applications. Lead functional and development teams and actively participate in all phases of system implementation including requirements gathering, functional and technical design, system design and development, testing and roll-out and production support. Assume a strategic role in the evolution of Niagara’s application portfolio, including designing and developing process improvements for roll-out in a multi-plant, 24/7 environment. Manage full life cycle implementation of major new technologies, potentially including WMS, BI, and CRM. Utilize disciplined development methodology for continuous evolution and optimization for the applications solution. Teach and mentor direct reports in Project Management Principles. Manage and oversee support of the Oracle EBS, Manhattan, Transportation, Logility and E80 applications. Troubleshoot transaction issues. Fully document all configurations, customizations, and interfaces to other systems. Develop and streamline IT applications support strategy and manage end user expectations. Ability to identify and address root cause of production problems, and a strong background in resolving application support issues. Responsible for issue, problem and change management functions to ensure application availability, uptime and service levels to business users. Ability to formulate and document requirements, design specifications, and test plans for extensions to Supply Chain, Distributions, Manufacturing and Finance applications which include, reports, interfaces, conversions, and enhancements. Utilize disciplined custom software development methodology or COTS package implementation process for continuous evolution and optimization of applications/business solutions. Develop, generate and deliver steering committee meeting presentations to communicate project status, seek guidance and drive decisions. Follow industry standards related to software development lifecycle (SDLC) and software quality assurance (SQA) practices and methodologies to ensure quality of project deliverables and technical solutions. Enforce and manage project deadlines and schedules. Commit to quality deliverables while ensuring technical solutions are on-scope, on-time and on-budget. Accurately prepare written business correspondence that is coherent, grammatically correct, effective, professional, and engaging. Follow through with commitments and assume additional responsibilities without being asked. Provide weekly status reports. Partner with internal, external and business partners to suppor…

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