Job Context & Major Challenges

1. As the D⁢ Leader for Finance & Supply Chain, participates in all aspects of operational, tactical and strategic initiatives of the respective functions; ensures optimal balance between tactical and strategic effort; actively promotes and implements best in class & differentiating technologies; positions and drives technology implementations as an enabler and driver of the respective business imperatives
2. Responsible for setting the strategy and leading the organization; drive internal process rigor, actively adopt and promote project management, agile and develops practices; strive for flawless execution and drive on time/ within budget deliverables; proactively manage budget and drive continuous cost out and higher ROI through strategies including in/out sourced teams, shift-left practices, etc.; responsible for internal talent development and organizational talent strategy
3. As part of the D⁢ Leadership team, is involved in formulating and driving the strategic direction of the function

Principal Accountabilities

1.Develop D⁢ strategy for Finance & Supply Chain organizations; Provide effective leadership to the organization; develop high impact and motivated teams; promote talent development and growth - 30%

- Effectively manage the SAP ERP ecosystem, drive incremental penetration and digitalization across the SAP and SFDC ecosystem. As the technology leader for enterprise ERP, own and drive upgrades and ERP technology transformation initiatives. Work with respective functional leaders & teams and develop an executable D⁢ roadmap to drive relevant business outcomes

- Understand business problems, business objectives, and identify best in class and differentiate technology solutions to them- 20%

- Leadership in SAP ERP and SFDC ecosystem and relevant trends
- Through understanding of S&OP; and supply chain optimization solutions




- Partner with Group IT and GDNA teams to bring forth differentiating technologies for the business

3.Implement prioritized and approved projects within budget and on time; Drive business adoption of the solution and business advantages realization - 20%

- Establish and drive project management rigor
- Collaborate with business to drive adoption and business benefit realization
- Partner with vendor partner leadership for influence
- Partner with business teams for benefits realization

4.Ensure delivered projects are sustained; Continuously increase penetration and adoption of implemented technologies; Govern, measure and continuously improve IT operations and business value realization - 15 %

- Work internally and with vendor partners to establish YoY improvement in IT operations and business value realization of implemented technologies; Ensure service uptime, change management and service delivery from outsourced partners

5.Identify digital and analytics opportunities for predictability and differentiating business models - 15%

- Deliberate and drive master data strategy and data standardization as part of technology implementations
- Partner with business, Group IT, GDNA, internal and vendor partner teams to continuously identify these opportunities
- Establish a forum for sharing the strength and promoting best practices

Knowledge Skills and Ability:

- SAP, Supply Chain and Finance technologies
- SAP ECC and S4 HANA; deep domain expertise in FICO
- Business Process Transformation
- IT processes and methodologies
- Data and Analytics
- IT & OT environments and security
- Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities.

Experience in budget planning, cost optimization, and vendor negotiations

Education and Experience

- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in engineering or IT
- MBA degree is preferred

Over 15 years of demonstrated Leadership and execution experience in IT, Sales, Finance and Supply Chain domains

📌 Head Digital & IT, Business solutions – ERP, Sales, Supply Chain (Worli)
🏢 Birla Carbon
📍 Worli