Hitachi Global Air Power (HGAP) is seeking a Director of Global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to develop and implement a business capability roadmap for their Global PLM Processes and Technologies. The goal is to optimize systems and processes to improve HGAP's ability to innovate with new product delivery and on-market product updates.
Requirements
- Experience with document and material change, and configuration activities within a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system, SAP ECTR and/or Siemens Teamcenter preferred
- Experience with downstream ERP processes
- Excellent technical problem-solving skills
- Experience in configuration management and master data management within a regulated environment required
- Extensive experience in a technical role, such as Engineering or IT
- Successful implementation of complex technical projects
- Experience with “release to manufacturing” process, documentation, and training
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with various global functional leaders, including Information Technology (IT) to define and maintain a multi-year business capability roadmap for the HGAP Global PLM system.
- Facilitate the delivery of PLM system enhancements per the roadmap
- Oversee successful delivery of new capabilities, organize user acceptance testing, gather feedback across the organization and work with cross-functional resources to ensure organizational readiness.
- Work with IT, cross functional, and cross site leadership to ensure organizational change management (OCM) practices are integrated into the delivery plan and effective at identifying and prioritizing opportunities to improve solution adoption.
- Lead workshops, and business process design sessions in support of continuous improvement and optimization
- Ensure work instructions, web-based training, quick reference guides, and other job aids are available and effective at supporting the global userbase
- Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and monitor process health
Other
- This is a techno-functional leadership role requiring expert level experience in PLM requirements and a proven ability to collaborate with functional leads, global process owners, and subject matter experts across all sites.
- Demonstrate the ability to balance long-term strategic thinking with tactical shorter-term execution.
- Develop and coach employees across functions and sites.
- Lead by example and display HGAP Leadership Values.
- Embrace and thrive in a fast paced, complex, often ambiguous environment
