CORPORATE PURCHASING SYSTEMS MANAGER

Berry Global - Evansville, IN

Full-time - Mid Level

Evansville, IN

Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing

About the position

The Corporate Purchasing Systems Manager at Berry Global, Inc. is a pivotal role responsible for the development, streamlining, and support of key departmental systems to ensure that applications meet departmental expectations. This position plays a crucial part in aligning departmental activities with corporate strategic plans and objectives. The manager will be tasked with translating department digitization and technology strategies into actionable solutions, guiding implementation teams, and ensuring that justification metrics are achieved. This involves a comprehensive understanding of the purchasing perspective, particularly in relation to business systems such as JD Edwards (JDE), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and Microsoft Power Apps. In addition to supporting business systems, the manager will also be responsible for enhancing business intelligence (BI) initiatives and implementing improvements to various departmental reports, including Purchase Analysis (PA) reports. This includes report design, setup, validation, and publication to facilitate improved ordering decisions. The role requires triaging, troubleshooting, and resolving system issues promptly, as well as managing the raw material item request database. The manager will review and approve access requests for multiple applications to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) regulations and data security protocols. A deep understanding of departmental goals and objectives is essential, as the manager will define and implement appropriate sourcing metrics, measurements, and reporting. Ensuring full utilization of system capabilities and reporting tools is a key responsibility, along with providing guidance to direct reports to ensure that departmental and company objectives are prioritized in decision-making processes.

Responsibilities

• Translating department digitization/technology strategies into actionable solutions.
• Guiding implementation teams and ensuring justification metrics are achieved.
• Supporting business systems from a purchasing perspective, including JDE, EDI, RPA, and Microsoft Power Apps.
• Implementing application improvements and identifying time savings programs/process improvements.
• Supporting BI initiatives and implementing improvements to various department reports, including PA reports.
• Designing, setting up, validating, and publishing reports to facilitate improved ordering decisions.
• Triage, troubleshoot, and fix system issues to ensure quick resolution.
• Managing the raw material item request database.
• Reviewing and approving access requests for multiple applications to ensure SOX compliance and data security.
• Understanding department goals and objectives in relation to potential new applications.
• Defining and implementing appropriate sourcing metrics, measurements, and reporting.
• Ensuring full utilization of system capabilities and reporting tools.
• Providing guidance to direct reports to align with department and company objectives.

Requirements

• College degree in business or IMS preferred or equivalent experience required.
• Extensive knowledge of using JDE, EDI, BI applications (Cognos, Tableau, Power BI), RPA, and Microsoft Excel preferred.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Strong project management skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Strong leadership qualities and team-minded approach.
• Driven to complete projects effectively and efficiently.
• Strong analytical skills required.
• Ability to communicate effectively at multiple levels within the organization.
• Willingness to travel when required.