Supplies Program manager

Responsibilities:

• Communicates strategic process decisions and plans, program status, issues, and workarounds to achieve alignment with the top level of the business, function, or region.
• Leads internal or external programs with significant complexity and risk, provides feedback on programs, and conducts post-project evaluations.
• Represents the needs of the business, function, or region on an ongoing basis to drive process improvements.
• Collaborates with operational teams and business stakeholders to gather business requirements, support the design of new or improved processes of significant complexity, and understand business/customer impact.
• Leads efforts to utilize standard project management and quality improvement methodologies in process improvement approaches. Identifies the need for new processes as well as significant improvements to major processes and drives their development and implementation.
• engage with external vendors as required

Education and Experience Required:

• First-level university degree or equivalent experience; advanced university degree preferred.
• Typically 10+ years of related experience in IT/business operations.
• Typically 8+ years of project management experience.
• Quality improvement training is required and certification is preferred.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Advanced knowledge and subject matter expertise for HP operational processes, industry trends, and customer/partner requirements.
• Advanced understanding of core HP businesses and the revenue cycle.
• Superior communication skills (i.e. written, verbal, presentation), leadership, consulting, influence, and negotiation skills. Mastery in English and local language as well as other languages as required.
• Ability to lead complex process improvements using industry-standard quality improvement tools and concepts, and has a thorough understanding of change management processes and procedures.
• Excellent program management, problem-solving, and analytical skills, and the ability to execute a program within the scope of overall strategies.
• Strong financial and business acumen.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Superior communication skills (e.g. written, verbal, presentation). Mastery in English and local language as well as other languages as required.
• Mastery of knowledge and skills with business applications (e.g., Excel and Compass).
• Ability to lead multiple teams.
• Superior understanding of internal business processes and policies.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of accounting concepts.