Manager Deployment (Analytics)

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization

The Deployment team ensures that the right products are available at the right place and time across the European distribution network. As a Deployment Manager, you will own the end-to-end governance, execution, and continuous improvement of the Stock Transfer Requisition (STR) to Stock Transfer Order (STO) process across the European supply chain network.

You will lead intra-network inventory deployments, balancing customer demand, inventory availability, capacity constraints, and transportation costs while aligning decisions with business priorities and long-term supply chain strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• STR/STO Process Ownership & Governance: Own the end-to-end STR to STO process for Europe, define governance standards and KPIs, drive continuous improvement, and lead cross-functional alignment on inventory balancing and stock movement priorities.
• S/4HANA Process Leadership: Serve as business process owner for STR/STO in S/4HANA, leading requirements definition, solution reviews, testing, UAT, defect prioritization, go-live readiness, stabilization, and continuous improvement.
• Deployment Planning & Execution: Govern the deployment orderbook and inventory transfer pipeline, lead daily and weekly planning, optimize Multi-Node Replenishment, oversee STR creation and STO conversion, and manage exceptions and disruptions.
• Performance & Financial Management: Monitor service, inventory productivity, fulfillment, lead time, and cost KPIs; track STO costs; provide reporting and insights; and lead corrective actions.
• Stakeholder Leadership & Collaboration: Partner with Demand Planning, Product Supply, Distribution Centers, Fulfillment, Finance, Digital, and IT teams, facilitate governance forums, and support team capability development.
• Strategic Planning & Continuous Improvement: Develop network inventory and deployment strategies and lead projects involving process simplification, automation, cost optimization, service improvement, analytics, reporting, and system capabilities.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong knowledge of supply chain management and inventory deployment processes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders.
• Project management and change management experience.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable process and system solutions.
• Advanced proficiency in SAP, Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and supply chain analytics tools.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Minimum Qualifications

• University degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in Supply Chain, Deployment, Inventory Management, Planning, or Logistics.
• Experience owning or leading cross-functional business processes.
• Experience managing complex stakeholder environments and driving process improvements.
• Experience with SAP and S/4HANA, project leadership, change management, and system implementations is preferred.

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