Job Description The Functional Engineer will partner with business leaders to create and implement technical and business process solutions enabling frictionless digital analytics. 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.
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. Performs leading:edge work and develops new approaches/solutions to answer business questions.
This role is viewed as an expert in complex analytical reporting solutions and digital platforms, encompassing both business process understanding and technical expertise.
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.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Understand business priorities (product and services), business operations, culture and policies. Collaborate with stakeholders to establish requirements for the implementation of descriptive, diagnostic, predictive and prescriptive analytics.
Translate the strategic direction and business objectives established by customers into holistic digital, technology, change management and organization strategies for analytics adoption.
Diagnose business processes or organizational problems, and leverage analytics to determine how customers can seize new opportunities.
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.
Guide external vendor partners on the review and resolution of operations and break fix incidents.
Functional leader of large and extra:large projects for one or more business capabilities (eCommerce, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance,etc...).
Maintain detailed understanding of Kimberly:Clark business processes for capability area including global standards and regional variations.
Thought leader with strong connection to industry and technology user groups and networks.
Influence and move the K:C culture to one that values and uses cross:business and functional data and analytics to power business performance
Minimum Requirements:
Education required/ preferred:
Bachelors degree
Experience:
7:10 years of professional experience with a minimum of 5 years of Information Technology experience.
Experience leading IT projects and/or programs with strong SDLC experience including Agile / Waterfall methodologies.
Act as Scrum Master for a team, following all standard work practices
Exposure to Agile fundamentals and able to lead key ceremonies
Experience with outcome:based metrics, deploying/driving execution via performance measurement, and benchmarking.
Strong leadership, mentorship and service delivery skills.
Experience cultivating networks within the organization.
Broad range of business and IT experiences; has achieved technical and/or business certification(s).
Experience with SAP software solutions (HANA Enterprise, ECC, BW, BI), Tableau and Hadoop desired.
Basic knowledge of API:based design for business applications and can differentiate between scenarios where API:based design is appropriate, and those for which it is not.
Functional knowledge in key CPG capabilities (Sales, eCommerce, Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, etc...).
Ability to work in a virtual team which may work across distance (remote), cultures and time zones, in a matrix with multiple
