Supply Chain Digital Transformation Lead

About the Role

The Supply Chain Digital Transformation Lead is responsible for leading the end-to-end digital transformation of the supply chain function through the application of technology, data and artificial intelligence, spanning demand planning, supply planning, procurement, distribution and cost. It is accountable for identifying, evaluating and implementing the digital tools and applications that transform each process, and for leading the associated change through to adoption.

Working across the planning, procurement, distribution, finance and technology teams, the role sets the digital transformation agenda, develops the business case for technology and artificial intelligence investment, and leads the selection, implementation and adoption of supply chain applications. The function leaders retain ownership of their processes and outcomes; the role partners with them to ideate, evaluate and deploy the right solutions and to strengthen the overall capability, efficiency and effectiveness of the supply chain.

Key Responsibilities

A. Digital Strategy & Technology Roadmap

Define the multi-year technology and AI roadmap for the supply chain, prioritizing the tools and applications to be introduced across planning, sourcing, distribution and cost.Evaluate and select supply chain solutions through build-versus-buy assessment, vendor and platform evaluation, and proof-of-concept against clearly defined use cases.Build the business case for each technology investment, covering value at stake, cost and sequencing, and secure leadership alignment behind it.B. Planning Systems Demand & Supply

Identify, evaluate and implement Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and AI-based demand forecasting to replace spreadsheet-based, brand-wise planning, with the S&OP leader owning the planning process.Deploy the Auto-Replenishment System (ARS) and inventory-optimization tools for supply planning, working with the supply planning leader who owns norms and service levels.Configure the planning applications, integrations and data flows, and transition operational ownership to the planning leaders.C. Sourcing & Procurement Systems

Evaluate and implement e-sourcing and e-auction platforms, contract lifecycle management (CLM) and supplier relationship management (SRM), with the category leaders owning sourcing strategy and negotiations.Introduce spend analytics, should-cost and commodity-index tools to support category and cost decisions.Digitize supplier onboarding, performance scorecards and share-of-business tracking on a common platform.D. Warehouse, Logistics & Network Systems

Warehouse Management (WMS) and Transport Management (TMS) systemsDeploy network-optimization and route-optimisation tools to inform network design and secondary distribution.Implement a supply chain control tower for network-wide visibility, exception management and early-warning alerts.E. Cost, Analytics & Decision Systems

Implement cost-to-serve and costing-and-allocation tools that provide a clear, system-based view of where cost sits across the value chain, with SC Finance owning the numbers.F. Data, AI & Automation Platforms

Identify and implement workflow automation and process automation to remove manual, repetitive tasks across supply chain processes.Establish the data foundation, master data and integration layer required for reliable analytics and AI across the applications landscape.Ideate, pilot and scale artificial intelligence and machine-learning use cases such as forecasting, anomaly detection and prescriptive recommendations in partnership with IT and solution providers.Key Projects & Initiatives

The role will lead a portfolio of digital initiatives that convert core supply chain processes from manual to system-run. Indicative programmers include:Advanced demand planning and AI-based forecasting a statistical and machine-learning forecasting engine integrated with auto-replenishment.MRP automation in SAP (SAP-VC) automated material requirement planning, purchase scheduling and vendor call-off.Auto-replenishment and auto-indent (ARS) system-driven store and distribution-Centre replenishment based on demand signals.Supply chain control tower a single, real-time view for exception management and early-warning alerts.Analytics and management dashboards (e.g., Tableau) automated MIS, self-service reporting and Capex and new-store (NSO) pipeline tracking.Key Relationships

Internal

Head of Supply Chain Management & Logistics reporting line and transformation sponsor.Demand Planning & S&OP, Supply Planning, Category Management & Procurement, Capex & NSO, and Warehouse, Logistics & Distribution, SC Finance cost, costing analysis and value realization.IT, Digital and Business teams joint partners in delivering supply chain technology and AI solutions and adopting the new ways of working.External

Management consultants and transformation advisors.Supply chain benchmarking and best-practice .