Solution Owner R2R & MDM

HAVI is a global, privately owned company focused on innovating, optimizing and managing the supply chains of leading brands. Offering services in marketing analytics, packaging, supply chain management and logistics, HAVI partners with companies to address challenges big and small across the supply chain, from commodity to customer. Founded in 1974, HAVI employs more than 10,000 people and serves customers in more than 100 countries. HAVI’s supply chain services are complemented by the customer engagement services offered by our affiliated company The Marketing Store. For more information, please visit HAVI.com. 

Our Global Business Services (GBS) center was launched in 2019. We handle top-notch financial, planning, and supply chain services, actively supporting core business activities including master data management, end-to-end procurement, and supply chain business intelligence analysis for clients in over 30 countries across Europe and beyond. Our teams in Kraków and Katowice focus on efficiency, innovation, and digital transformation, always aiming to exceed our clients’ expectations.

Join us in our mission to promote sustainable development and reduce our environmental footprint. Work in a diverse and inclusive environment where every voice matters. Discover endless career opportunities with exciting projects, hands-on learning, and professional growth.

Come aboard and help us shape the future of supply chain management!

Solution Owner R2R & MDM

This is a full-time role located in Krakow, with flexibility for remote work as needed.
As a Solution Owner R2R (Record to report) & MDM (Master data management), you will be responsible for day-to-day leadership of a global team comprising of 5-10 internal employees and external partners. The team has roles like Senior Solution Analysts & Solution Analysts who manage the solution concept and end-to-end lifecycle.
This role involves managing and optimizing the end-to-end technology solutions for accounting & financial reporting processes within all HAVI entities globally. This position is responsible for ensuring that the R2R and MDM solutions are efficient, accurate, and compliant with financial regulations.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy
  • Working with senior leaders & executives within Technology, Finance, Supply Chain Operation & their teams to develop, maintain and execute agreed solution/product strategies & roadmaps
  • Effectively partnering with Finance and Supply Chain Operations user groups to define the solution capabilities
  • Developing strategy to streamline and automate financial accounting workflows
  • Aligning with other Solution Owners to understand interdependencies between solutions and support a consolidated ERP Roadmap
• Execution Leadership
  • Effectively managing relevant solution/product life cycle.
  • Providing leadership and oversight for delivery, solution/product management, project management, release management, transition to operations, solution/product change management in collaboration with other solution owners.
  • Effectively managing demand backlog and proactively planning resources.
  • Partnering with Application Support Owner(s) in establishing and enabling effective application support.
  • Ensuring effective solution adoption on cluster/market levels and user experience
  • Supporting Data & Analytics organizations to deliver BI solutions.
  • Adopting innovations once incubation and prototyping phases are successfully passed.
  • Establishing and managing appropriate metrics including tracking, reporting and continuous improvements
  • Collaborating with vendors to ensure the best value creation.
  • Feeding into Business Processes & Data Governance frameworks which can drive continuous improvements.
  • Ensuring proper portfolio management, governance and making sure key project/product deliverables requirements are met.
  • Enabling timely and accurate preparation of financial reports, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements
  • Coordinating with stakeholders to meet reporting deadlines.
  • Staying up to date with accounting standards and financial regulations (e.g., GAAP, IFRS) and ensure R2R processes remain compliant.
  • Managing internal and external audits, addressing audit findings and recommendations
  • Providing IT oversight to the reconciliation of financial accounts, ensuring discrepancies are identified and resolved promptly.
  • Providing IT leadership support to the month-end and year-end closing processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
  • Providing IT leadership support to the financial analysis and insights to support decision-making and strategic planning.
  • Identifying trends, variances, and opportunities for cost reduction or revenue enhancement.
• Solution Architecture
  • Providing effective leadership to define and implement solution/application architecture in the R2R and Master Data Management domain – caretaker of the solution architecture.
  • Ensuring that the solution landscape is optimized with standardization.
  • Working with the Head of Enterprise Architecture to ensure that product strategies are integrated across the product teams and aligned with the agreed Enterprise Architecture, both within and outside Logistics
  • Working with Information Security to ensure that the solution meets company and BU security policies and standards, ensuring IT controls are embeded into solutions and products.
  • Working with Infrastructure Architects to ensure that infrastructure is optimized for performance and cost.
• Financial
  • Effectively managing solution/product financials, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), working with IT Controlling to budget, forecast, and deliver the desired P&L results.
  • Effectively managing financials to ensure the business case results are delivered.
  • Defining and implementing cost control measures.
  • Ensuring that the cloud and infrastructure is optimally used – ensure proper tracking, visibility, and controls.
  • Effectively using software licenses – track, report, and manage for cost and compliance. 
• Organization and Talent 
  • Managing and developing people and growing future leaders 
  • Identifying and resolving gaps in skills and resources
  • Managing demand, resources, and capacity
• Senior-level Stakeholder Management
  • Effectively managing executive and stakeholder expectations and speaking business language.
  • Leading & Participating in Project Boards as required to steer solution delivery.
  • Leading & Participating in Joint Review Boards with strategic partners.

Desired Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience in IT product & service delivery
• Strong product management, project management, and technology delivery experience
• Experience with industry-standard ERP solutions such as SAP, Workflow solutions such as OpenText/VIM, Financial Performance Management Solution like Hyperion & Essbase, and EDI solutions
• Strong experience in developing and managing Talent
• Experience of managing organizational change and technology transformation within IT functions
• 5+ years of strong experience in strategy development and execution of technology roadmap in the areas of R2R, and Master Data Management solutions
• Experience in leading teams using appropriate delivery methodologies and tools such as Waterfall, Agile, DevOps, DevSecOps etc.
   

Benefits

• Possibility of turning your own ideas into success
• Diverse development opportunities
• Varied and interesting field of work
• Responsible task with plenty of leeway
• Collegial working atmosphere
• Open corporate culture
• Cooperation with a dynamic team
• Attractive remuneration models with performance-related pay
• Flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes
• Successful and rapidly growing employer
• Comprehensive, individual familiarization with the work
• Offer for health promotion
• Modern work equipment
• Diverse development opportunities in an international environment
• Training according to training schedule and training regulations in the relevant specialist field

At HAVI GBS, we believe in an inclusive and sustainable workplace where our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we are committed to promoting diversity within the organization, as well as an inclusive environment where everyone can feel valued and respected, regardless of their background.