Applications Digitization Leader - General Electric

Focal point for delivering standard application platforms across SSA region including standard financial & employee system platforms. He/she will drive the application implementation strategy & identify opportunities to improve operational productivity through the use of the standard platforms & drive simplification of application across Africa. In addition, BI Reporting, mobility solution strategies, as well as assessments & system improvement changes for all platforms. location: KE,SA or Ghana

Essential Responsibilities:

• Lead implementation of strategic platforms (e.g. Oracle, SSS, etc) across SSA
• Manage relationship with the platform development teams and SSA super-users and leaders to reduce implementation cycle time while minimizing defects and system issues
• Drive application Simplification across Africa
• Participate in all process design and information discovery efforts
• Drive solution identification, perform feasibility analysis, and implement recommendations for continuous service improvements
• Serve as an IT point of contact & process / system subject matter expert for applications
• Directly manage projects and be responsible for execution of project deliverables
• Lead and drive project to simplify and standardize employee, financial and other shared services workflows and harmonize it with other business workflows
• Prioritize, analyze and resolve cross-functional issues during stabilization after major changes, upgrades, implementation of new modules and on-going support
• Engage functional stakeholders to ensure alignment with business priorities and objectives
• Maintain and apply current knowledge of information technology; keep abreast of emerging technologies and help determine if / how they can be used to add value to the business
• Prepare long-range system plans and assure that they are in concert with business objectives and goals
• Lead and or support other SSA IT initiatives as identified by regional CIO

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Information Technology (IT) or Computer Science.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience with current information technologies and their implementations
• Successful implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other corporate standard platforms

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

Desired Characteristics:

- Experience with multisite system implementations and full software development life cycle management 

- Demonstrated project management, process improvement , planning and organization skills 

- Demonstrated understanding of HR, financial and other shared service operations and processes 

- Demonstrated experience in Business Intelligence Reporting 

- Six Sigma Green Belt / Black Belt certified 

- Strong oral and written communication skills 

- Experience with GE processes, methodologies and reporting methods

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