Navistar International - Lisle, IL

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Lisle, IL
10,001+ employees
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

Navistar is seeking a Sr Technical Product Manager (ERP Applications) to play a pivotal role in our Digital Transformation Journey. This position is crucial for supporting the Logistics and Supply Chain functions within the Production & Logistics department, ensuring the timely delivery of materials to our manufacturing plants. As a leader in this role, you will be responsible for guiding the Logistics Center of Excellence (COE) and enhancing material planning and delivery capabilities. Your leadership will be essential in driving the product team towards achieving our strategic objectives. In the context of a rapidly evolving commercial vehicle industry, Navistar is committed to redefining transportation. We are not just building trucks; we are pioneering a future of sustainable mobility. This role will require you to collaborate closely with business stakeholders to translate their requirements into effective technical solutions. You will be expected to establish standards across our manufacturing plants and logistics functions, ensuring that the Manufacturing ERP Product Team delivers high-quality solutions that align with business needs and priorities. Your responsibilities will include defining and designing solutions utilizing the best technology platforms, such as Baan, LN, low-code platforms, and Power BI. You will maintain the technology roadmap for the domain, ensuring it aligns with overall business objectives and architectural standards. Additionally, you will develop architecture blueprints and design patterns that promote reusability and scalability, while also evaluating emerging technologies for their potential impact on our architecture. As a technical leader, you will provide guidance to development teams, conduct architecture reviews, and collaborate with enterprise architects to ensure consistency across domains. You will manage solutioning for our Logistics COE, ensuring on-time material delivery to our five manufacturing plants. Your role will also involve overseeing the implementation and system development processes, including design, project development, testing, and delivery of various application modules. You will analyze problems, research solutions, and lead workshops to gather functional and system requirements, ultimately driving the five-year roadmap alongside solution architects and product owners.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their requirements and translate them into technical solutions within the domain.
  • Drive standards across the manufacturing plants and supply chain and logistics functions.
  • Ensure Manufacturing ERP Product Team delivers quality solutions that meet business needs and priorities.
  • Define and design solutions using the best technology platforms such as Baan, LN, low-code platforms, and Power BI.
  • Define and maintain the technology roadmap for the domain, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives and architectural standards.
  • Develop architecture blueprints, design patterns, and guidelines for the domain, promoting reusability and scalability.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the domain architecture.
  • Provide technical leadership and guidance to development teams, ensuring adherence to architectural best practices.
  • Conduct architecture reviews and provide recommendations for improvement.
  • Collaborate with enterprise architects and other domain architects to ensure consistency and coherence across domains.
  • Manage solutioning for Logistics COE and supply chain to drive on-time material delivery to manufacturing plants.
  • Accountable for implementation and system development, including design, project development, testing, and delivery of application modules.
  • Design scalable, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions meeting internal and external customers' objectives.
  • Analyze problems/needs, research possible solutions, and implement using existing functionality.
  • Lead workshops to gather information for functional and system requirements.
  • Design pilot or prototype projects to validate solutions prior to full-scale investment or implementation.
  • Drive the five-year roadmap along with solution architects and product owners.
  • Design and recommend appropriate data structures needed for solutioning.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
  • At least 10 years of information systems/information technology experience.
  • At least 4 years of management experience.
  • OR a Master's degree with at least 8 years of information systems/information technology experience and 4 years of management experience.
  • OR at least 12 years of information systems/information technology experience and 4 years of management experience.

Nice-to-haves

  • ERP experience, preferably with Baan, LN, or SAP.
  • Fundamental understanding of key technologies relevant to ERP applications, including SSO, SAML, Web Services, LDAP, REST APIs, SOAP Interfaces, SQL, and Oracle database.
  • Experience with transportation management solutions and 3PL warehouses.
  • Experience with low-code, no-code platforms such as Mendix, Pega, or Appian.
  • Ability to query data using SQL and analyze data for exceptions and problem areas.
  • Ability to work in fast-changing business environments.
  • Ability to influence and persuade key influencers in the business.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and consult on pros, cons, and risks.
  • Provide thought leadership in solving business processes and technical problems.
  • Ability to analyze data findings to draw conclusions and develop actionable recommendations.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to explain complex practices in clear terms.
  • Demonstrated experience in leading process improvement and organizational change initiatives.
  • Proven expertise in customer service and contact center services.

Benefits

  • Health insurance coverage
  • Dental insurance coverage
  • 401k retirement savings plan
  • Paid holidays
  • Flexible scheduling options
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Employee discount programs
  • Life insurance coverage
  • Mental health days
  • Wellness programs
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