Production Planning

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Job details

Company overview

We are a leading cosmetics manufacturer based in Japan. We develop, manufacture, and sell products related to beauty and health. Our products aim to meet the skincare and beauty needs of our customers by using high-quality and effective ingredients. We focus on scientific research and innovation, incorporating the latest trends and technologies to continually offer new products and services. Additionally, we are committed to pursuing sustainable business practices by considering environmental impact and engaging in social contribution activities. We are beloved by many people worldwide and have established ourselves as a leading company in the field of beauty and health.

Responsibilities

We are promoting Project "FOCUS" with the aim of increasing productivity by standardizing data and optimizing business processes on a global level. You will be responsible for the standardization of business processes in the production area on a global level. Specifically, you will be responsible for the following tasks
 Main responsibilities:

• Supervise standardization activities
• Gather, review, document as-is business processes for all regions in scope
• Map with SAP S4 related module best-practice processes, compare as-is and best practice, identify gaps and related business needs (such as local regulation), while recommending improvements and workarounds towards best practice 
• Get approvals to exceptions (customizations) to standard processes and best practice from GBPL and BTC, while driving buy-in from end-users to adopt the best practice or minimize customization to the absolute minimum require
• Facilitate change management and lead subject matter experts to increase end-user satisfaction levels and business productivity using process improvement methodology and tools.
• Plan, Track, analyze and report progress to associated GBPL (reporting line)
• Quantify, document and monitor benefits of process improvements through S4/HANA
• Support planning, coordination and execution of conference room pilots and other related workshops involving IT and end-users

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Experience of Global SAP implementation Project as business side.
• Experience of business processes and data model implemented at global company within Business Function scope in master data esp material and BP master data
• Experience with best practice business processes and data model related to SAP S4/HANA scope
• Experience in driving best practice and standard adoption on programs in master data esp material and BP master data
• More than 3 years of production planning 
• English (Business Level Above)
• Has strong motivation for innovation / change

Salary

10 - 13.3 million yen

Location

Tokyo