Chief of Staff and Business Operations Lead integrating corporate strategy and operations at Nokia. Driving execution and alignment across corporate development initiatives and leadership.
About the role
- Lead BPR team to reengineer transportation and financial business processes for DoD initiative. Provide SAP expertise for implementing Joint Transportation Management System (JTMS) and coordinate with stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead a BPR team in the reengineering of transportation and financial business processes to support the implementation of the Joint Transportation Management System (JTMS), a DoD initiative aimed at integrating end-to-end transportation and financial operations.
- Provide SAP subject matter expertise in the development of requirements for JTMS, ensuring the system's functionality meets the operational needs of all stakeholders
- Participate in collaboration sessions with stakeholders to understand and validate AS-IS processes, identify and address capability gaps, ensuring alignment with JTMS objectives of auditability, transparency, and optimized resource allocation
- Conduct BPR related activity required as part of the systems engineering process to support use case development, end-to-end process modeling, and detailed functional and system requirements decomposition as part of specified and approved IT system design, development, and modernization activities
- Perform analysis on business or systems process to identify opportunities for process automation, improvement, and increased efficiency and auditability and provide advice and recommendations
- Leverage Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) to capture business rules, decision logic, exception handling, and end-to-end process flows
- Produce TO-BE models for the material solution to streamline operations across 86 lines of business within the Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise (JDDE)
- Collaborate with program teams to translate requirements into features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios
- Collaborate with policy, audit readiness, and data governance teams to ensure future-state processes incorporate requirements for traceability, internal controls, and enterprise visibility
- Maintain a structured BPR framework that aligns with DoD and USTRANSCOM objectives for standardized, scalable, and interoperable transportation operations.
- Identify upstream and downstream process impacts, working with functional teams to resolve overlaps and handoffs between organizational boundaries
- Participate in user experience reviews, testing, training, and change management efforts to promote adoption of standardized processes and tools, enhancing interoperability among joint service components.
- Monitor and report on the progress of BPR initiatives, utilizing metrics to assess effectiveness, cost savings, and inform continuous improvement efforts.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics , Statistics, Business, Law, Computer Science, Engineering, Physical/Applied Sciences or Management discipline such as business administration, accounting, finance, economics or management information technology
- 8+ years SAP experience with extensive experience with SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM)
- Knowledge of integration between SAP TM and other SAP modules (e.g., SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA) , transportation-specific processes like route planning, carrier selection , and shipment tracking , transportation-related financial processes such as freight cost calculation, invoicing, and settlement
- Understanding of regulatory requirements related to transportation and logistics (e.g., customs regulations, international trade compliance)
- Certification in SAP Transportation Management
- Strong leadership and team management skills with ability to work as a team member in a diverse group to include government and military personnel
- Strong analytical, communication (oral and written) , and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
- High attention to detail, particularly with documentation and reporting
- Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and methodologies
- Must possess the ability to influence others outside of own job area regarding policies and practices
- US Citizen with ability to successfully pass Tier 1 investigation.
Benefits
- healthcare
- wellness
- financial
- retirement
- family support
- continuing education
- time off benefits
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