APMT Business Process Expert, Procurement

APM Terminals plays an important role in enabling the global Maersk Ocean and Logistics network as well as serving other Shipping Lines, Beneficial Cargo Owners, Freight Forwarders, intermodal logistics providers and integrating with a wide variety of local port authorities, customs and government bodies across our global network of transshipment, import and export gateway terminals.
In support of the broader Maersk strategy, we are accelerating the transformation of our business from a portfolio of independently operated terminals into a safer, better, bigger global terminals operator

We Offer

This is an exciting career opportunity in an international, challenging business setting known for diversity and high paced environment. You will get to focus on creating valuable relations with colleagues and stakeholders across the globe and work with highly professional teams in an environment where you will be valued, recognized, and well rewarded. 

Key Responsibilities:

A Business Process Expert (BPE) the responsibility for a specific geography and has 4 main responsibilities:

• Improvement and change management
• Process compliance
• Process performance
• New IFS10 implementations

Improvement and change management

As part of the process and data governance model in APMT, BPEs are responsible to capture and validate needs for improvements to processes some of which will require customisation the common IFS10 platform used to execute the Procure-to-Pay (PtP) process. The BPE is responsible for defining requirements and deploying the changes in the organisation. System customisations are performed by a technical team. LEAN is an important part of driving improvement in APMT, and you will be expected to apply LEAN tools and methodologies when carrying out this responsibility.

Process compliance

To maintain APMTs process standards BPEs are responsible to monitor the compliance of the PtP process in the organisation. This happens through monitoring of KPIs, providing support for larger internal business reviews and self-perform a number process reviews during the year. Findings can lead to new improvement requirements and training needs.

Process performance

To support the operation of APMTs terminals in an effective way it is important to monitor if the PtP process is performing well. BPEs are required to monitor this through KPIs and staying in close contact with the executers and users of the process. A BPE will for example maintain a key user community within the region supported.

New IFS10 implementations

APMT is expanding and 1-2 new terminals are currently added to our portfolio every year. These terminals need to have IFS10, and the associated standard processes implemented.

As a BPE you will have the opportunity to support IFS10 implementations as a process SME including delivering process training to users in the new terminals.

The BPE role is part of a team of PtP process specialists from Procurement and Finance as well Data Stewards responsible for maintaining and developing the master data supporting the process. In the role you will be working with similar teams from Inventory, Asset Maintenance and Accounting. You will also be working closely with the local terminal teams in the region you support, the Supply Chain Operations (SCO) organisation located in our nearshore centres in Panama, Tangier and Mumbai, and our Accounts Payable service centres in Pune and Mexico.

You should expect some travel as part of the role. Especially, when supporting new IFS10 implementations.

We are looking for:

These skills are needed to be successful in the role:

• Experience with the Procure-to-Pay process. Ideally, both hands-on and theoretical. IFS experience is a plus but not a must.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong data analytical skills
• Strong written and oral English proficiency.
• APMT is using LEAN principles. Experience with using LEAN is not a must as we have a training program, but experience is a plus. 
• Bachelor’s or master’s Degree.

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