Group manager Parts Applications data - Belgium

Scania is currently undergoing an exciting transformation from a traditional truck manufacturer to a provider of complete sustainable transport solutions. IT is a crucial part of this transformation as Scania’s success is depending on flexible and efficient IT solutions that support current and future business requirements.

The Parts Logistics IT team is now looking for a group manager Parts Applications and Data to jointhis exciting journey! You will be in the centre of our journey to bring business critical functionalityto a new cloud based solution; driving the transformation to a modern digital ecosystem, workingclosely with Parts Logistics business. The Parts Logistics IT team is closely integrated with theGlobal Scania IT organisation. Your workplace is based in Oudsbergen, Belgium, a challenging and innovating environment where personal development and growth are encouraged. We work in anagile way and hope you enjoy challenges, new technologies, and working with colleagues from allover the world.

The challenge

We are looking for a servant leader to manage the Parts Applications & data team (IADB). Within thedepartment Sales and Services IT, you will be an active member in the management team of PartsLogistics IT. As a group manager, you are responsible to ensure personal and professional growthof each team member.

You will work in close collaboration with IT and Business teams to steer and drive improvements inan agile way of working within the scope of global and retail planning (applications SPM/DSM),service management activities for Parts Logistics and data products.

One of the key activities during the next years will be the journey to bring the planning applications to a future-proof cloud-based platform, enabling new possibilities for the business and to assure that Scania has the right capabilities to support it. Next to that the mission of Scania Parts Logistics is to become a data-driven organisation, acceleration is needed to make data an integral part of the everyday work. You will be part of an exciting information management journey were defining a strategy and plan forward together with business will be key. Together with the team you will support business in delivering BI solutions and advanced analytics.

Your talents

You are an agile and servant leader; you enable the team to succeed with their deliveries. Youcommunicate expectations and know that feedback is crucial in driving the development of bothteam and individual. Based on business and IT strategies, you help the team deliver value, defineand reach short and long-term targets. You develop people and give them the prerequisites to grow.You truly believe in the outstanding abilities of people that are motivated and get the right prerequisites to achieve great things!

You possess excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills and an ability tocommunicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You believe and act with an agile mindset and you strive for continuous improvements with an easefor adaptability. You have a good knowledge and experience from software development processesand can participate in technical discussions in order to support the team to build a qualitativeproduct. You most likely have an academic background within IT or similar working experience.

Interested?

Please send your application letter and CV before 9th of September to jobs.spc@scania.com

Interviews will be scheduled continuously. The recruitment will be done by the team that you aregoing to lead together with the head of Sales and Services IT and the section manager.

For more information, you are welcome to contact Anja Thysen, senior manager IT Parts Logistics, via anja.thysen@scania.com or +32 473 44 27 13.