JD Innovation

This role has direct responsibility for supporting design, development, and implementation of an SCM portfolio of systems and provide guidance to Digital on the set up our Snowflake Data pipeline and overall SCM data strategy. This includes to drive advanced analytics by provide recommendations and guidance on ways to translate data into actionable information and insights in order to make better business decisions and supporting SCM product owners, stakeholders, and external partners/vendors through the discovery process of defining the strategic objectives related to organizational use of system implementation solutions, and facilitating the translation and execution of said objectives into a vision and project roadmap that supports synergies across ’s SCM organization.

Job functions Include but are not limited to:

Project Management – Leading X functional teams and multi-levels.

Management on budget, resources and team activities to comply timelines.

Collaborates with SCM Business Stakeholders and Digital SCM Team to evaluate current disparate data sources (i.e. Access, Excel, etc) and determine longer term, sustainable solutions utilizing the Digital Tool Stack

Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets using a variety of techniques to meet SCM business needs and make recommendations to SCM business stakeholders based on the analysis

Collaborates closely with SCM team members to develop a world class reporting and analytics culture – including defining/building best practices, processes, training, and team culture focused around data analytics

Coordinates with SCM Team on the SCM medium and long term data strategy roadmap

Support to define system specification together with business function

Supports system implementation projects that aim to optimize resources by proposing, initiating, planning and implementing KPI’s improvement activities

Ensures “all hands on deck” mentality and urgency for effective 4M changes,



implementation and stabilization of system to meet business needs

Supports the system integration of new applications through the IS department, involving all the relevant stakeholders

Proposes and leads new technology acquisition and implementation to improve and streamline operations

Build relationships with peers and other teams to achieve objectives, maintain objectivity and give and welcome feedback on technology, design and implementation decisions

Fully comprehend warehouse / yard / transportation / packaging activities and dependencies to facilitate discussions processes and workflows

Minimum Qualifications

Education: BS in a Business/Engineering discipline from an accredited University required (BS Supply Chain/Operations Management/Industrial Engineering preferred)

Experience: 2-3+ Years in Supply Chain Management, technical consulting, or project management.

Project management experience

Knowledge on SCM issue (Transportations, distribution, production control, planning, packaging, etc)

Demonstrated ability to plan organization-wide strategies and effectively communicate to executives, supply chain managers, and analysts.

Demonstrated strong SQL knowledge and all around data know-how

Experience with cloud environments, AWS preferred

Knowledge and understanding of big data tools: Hadoop, Kafka, Snowflake, Informatica, AWS: Amazon Redshift, Amazon EMR, Amazon Athena, and Amazon S3

Familiarity with Tableau

Ability to manage and track multiple projects across various supply chain teams.

Ability to create and manage relationships with outside vendors and internal teams.





Work as a member of a team while also being a self-motivator with ability to work independently.

Interest in technology, and comfort interacting with Digital Team members on tools and services/products available through the Digital Tool Stack.

Knowledge and understanding of analytics concepts and how they may be applied to supply chain.

Travel up to 25%: Dependent on project launch timing

Preferred Qualifications

Education: MBA or MS in Business Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research or Supply Chain

Knowledge and understanding of Agile project framework (experience as a Scrum Master or Product Owner is a plus) and working with project management tools (Jira).

Demonstrated scoping and sourcing of systems.

People leadership experience.

Strong ability to interact, communicate, present, and influence within multiple levels of the organization.

Experience leading cross-functional teams on projects with multiple work streams & deliverables.

Strong problem-solving, analytical, and technical skills with a passion to improve user experience.

Robust conceptual, as well as quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.

is committed to a drug-free workplace. All employment is contingent upon successful completion of a drug screen for roles based in the United States and background screening for all positions.

All of us at – regardless of functional area or expertise – share a passion to design, manufacture, and sell high-performance vehicles. It is ’s policy to provide Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, gender, military status, disability, or any other status protected by law. Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility at the time of hire; uses E-Verify to validate employment eligibility. Visa sponsorship for this position is not available at this time.

📌 Innovation Lead (Chennai)
🏢 Capgemini
📍 Chennai