DS Smith

Head of Data, Packaging – Business Partner to Strategic Innovation Leadership Team

DS Smith

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Belgium

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Develop the Data roadmap for the Packaging Division based on the visions articulated within the corporate plan and incorporating all functional and regional priorities.
  • Ensure the priorities are clearly agreed with Leadership teams, tracking, monitoring and reporting on the progress of roadmap delivery and value realisation.
  • Manage directly the Master Data and Data Governance functions.
  • Ensure the development and deployment of data models and tools to deliver the KPIs needed to drive the SMI business performance.
  • Support the D&I community in the commercialisation, pricing development, profitability assessments, business case development and performance tracking of Divisional Scalable Innovations and New Service offers.

Requirements

  • Masters degree or equivalent work experience preferably with business and technical background
  • Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes
  • Excellent knowledge of project management approaches such as PRINCE 2
  • Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written), with proven ability to deal with stakeholders on senior management level
  • Strategic and commercial acumen and strong leadership and management skills
  • Financial budget management
  • MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project, MS Teams, PowerBI proficient
  • Ability to find innovative ways of solving or pre-empting problems.
Benefits
  • health insurance
  • retirement plans
  • paid time off
  • flexible work arrangements
  • professional development
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
data roadmap developmentdata governancedata modelingKPI developmentfinancial budget managementproject managementprogram monitoringcommercialisationpricing developmentperformance tracking
Soft Skills
communication skillsstakeholder managementstrategic acumencommercial acumenleadership skillsmanagement skillsproblem-solvinginnovationteam collaborationmonitoring and controlling
Certifications
Masters degreePRINCE 2