Buenos Aires, Buenos AiresThe Data and Analytics team is organized around world:class data, advanced data science and automation to drive business value for the K:C organization. We are a group of curious people and critical thinkers focused on solving the problems of the day and opportunities of the future through applied intelligence and data science. The Functional Engineer will partner with business leaders to create and implement technical and business process solutions enabling frictionless digital analytics. This role is viewed as an expert in complex analytical reporting solutions and digital analytics platforms, encompassing both business process understanding and technical expertise.
Scope/Categories:
Role will report to a Manager in the IT Digital Supply Chain team. Role will not have any direct reports.
Key Interfaces: Business Partners, Business Customers, Functional Engineers, Solution Engineers, Enterprise Data Management teams, Analytics Designers, Project Managers, Enterprise Architects.
External Interfaces: Consultants, Vendors, Managed Services Providers (onshore/offshore). Travel may include approximately 10 of work time.
Key Accountabilities:
Understand business priorities (product and services), business operations, culture and policies. Translate the strategic direction and business objectives established by customers into holistic digital, technology, change management and organization strategies for analytics adoption.
Functional leader of large and extra:large projects for one or more Supply Chain capabilities (Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Safety and Sustainability, Quality, etc.).
Leads and delivers the analysis, design, configuration, customization, testing, deployment and support for analytical solutions within a specified business capability area and in some cases across capability areas.
Collaborate with stakeholders to establish requirements for the implementation of descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive analytics.
Maintain detailed understanding of Kimberly:Clark business processes for capability area including global standards and regional variations.
Diagnose business processes or organizational problems, and leverage analytics to determine how customers can seize new opportunities.
Guide external vendor partners on the review and resolution of operations and break fix incidents.
Influence and move the K:C culture to one that values and uses cross:business and functional data and analytics to power business performance.
Act as a technical and business thought leader in the IT organization responsible for coordinating the optimal delivery of IT tools and systems to enable new business capabilities, growth, and technology stewardship.
Drive a rigorous approach leveraging data science including Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to solve problems in the context of growing Kimberly Clark brands, increasing sales, and enabling operational excellence. Performs leading:edge work and develops new approaches/solutions to answer business questions.
The role collaborates with IT application Functional Engineers and business/functional subject matter experts as well as Solution Engineers, Enterprise Architects and Analytics Designers. Demonstrates functional leadership in design, development and testing of complex analytical reporting solutions. Will provide work direction/general guidance to other team members as a functional leader.
Key Qualifications and Experiences :
B.A or B.S. : Advanced degree preferred; Minimum 10+ years of professional experience with a minimum of 5 years of Information Technology experience.
Broad range of business and IT experiences; has achieved technical and/or business certification(s).
Experience with SAP Analytics and Application software solutions (HANA Enterprise, ECC, BW, BI), and other visualization and data warehouse solutions (Tableau, PowerBI, Azure, Hadoop) desired.
Functional knowledge in key CPG Supply Chain Area capabilitie
