Levi Strauss & Company:
Senior Manager, FlexPLM Job in San Francisco, VT

JOB DESCRIPTION We believe that clothes — and how you make them — can make a difference. Since 1853, we’ve been obsessed with innovation to meet people’s needs. We invented the first blue jean. And we reinvented khaki pants. We pioneered labor and environmental guidelines for our manufacturing partners. And we work to build sustainability into everything we do. A company doesn’t last 160 years by standing still. It endures by reinventing itself, striving to delight its consumers, winning in the marketplace, and by remaining true to its values. We employ more than 17,000 people around the world – supporting great brands, including Levi’s®, Dockers® and Denizen®. Our employees are committed to innovation, creativity and collaboration. Put simply, if you’re looking for a new opportunity, this is a great place to grow your career. Purpose: At LS&Co we’re embarking on a multi-year business transformation program to position the company for long-term success in the rapidly changing retail environment. The goal is to transform our supply chain, commercial operations and technology platform by implementing a scalable set of global systems and processes. At the core of the program we will be implementing/upgrading FlexPLM and rolling it out globally over the next 3-5 years. The scale and complexity of the LS&Co business model(s) and system landscape make it an extremely challenging and exciting environment to work in. As a Sr. Manager within the Global Supply Chain organization within LS&Co IT you’ll be responsible for the overall solution design and delivery of FlexPLM projects within the program. To be successful you’ll need to collaborate with software engineers, business partners, domain architects and leadership to deliver robust and scalable solutions that are aligned with our technology and business capability roadmaps. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who is passionate about technology and delivering business value through technology. Key Results: • Support 1000+ business users globally on the FlexPLM tool. • Support complex business process for product development and merchandizing. • Support and manage the lifecycle of product master data. Additional Information and Key Metrics: FlexPLM supports over 1000 global business users and vendors. All products in all Brands are fully managed via this tool, which is critical to our business. Key Responsibilities: • Develop project level solution architecture and system concepts • Participates in and facilitate architecture design reviews • Collaborate with business partners, Subject Matter Experts (SME) and other stakeholders to define and document business requirements • Understand the functional intent of business requirements • Translate functional requirements into a technical solution that supports the e2e business process. • Lead efforts to scope and estimate technical deliverables • Manage the Key Design Decision Process and Design Escalations • Collaborate closely with domain architects and other solution architects to ensure that the solution architecture aligns with technology and business capability roadmaps • Develop technical designs in partnership with the development team(s) that align with technology standards and architecture principles. • Perform software inspections and design reviews. • Ensure that technical and other non-functional requirements are designed into the end-to-end solution. • Guide and mentor resources working on technical solution and act as point person for cross-project technical issues/resolution • Ensure development is in line with the solution design • Responsible for operational readiness and implementation strategy • Document technical debt and Identify opportunity to alleviate it Minimum Education Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline/experience Years and Type of Experience Required: 10+ years working in Information Technology, preferably with experience implementing large-scale complex PLM initiatives on a global / enterprise level 5+ years’ FlexPLM architecture experience at vertically integrated retail businesses; ideally working in an apparel and/or wholesale environment. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required: A solid understanding of key PLM and Digital tool trends A strong technical background and a keen interest in technology and technology trends. Solid understanding of e2e business processes in the areas of Product Development, Sourcing & Costing. Experience implementing packaged solutions PLM (PTC). An understating of different integration methodologies including ETL, EDI, asynchronous messaging and service-based integration patterns. Experience in Configurations, customizations, and upgrade/data migration, Integration of FlexPLM. Some cloud platform experience (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure) is helpful. Experience managing internal and external development teams at onsite and offshore locations. Complexity and Accountability: Highly complex environment with complex business process requirements. Accountability includes delivery of multiple projects in the portfolio. Key partners & Interaction: • Internal: Director and Sr. Direactors PD , Design and M&D ops. • External (if applicable): Scope: Global LOCATION 1155 Battery St. San Francisco, CA, 94111 FULL TIME/PART TIME Full time We put a lot of thought into our programs to provide you with a benefits package that matters. Whether it is for medical care, taking time off, improving your health or planning for retirement, we've got you covered. Here's a small snapshot: • 401K match: $1.25 for every $1.00 you contribute up to the first 6% of pay you save. • Five hours of paid volunteer time per month with nonprofit organizations • Product discount of 40% off regular-price merchandise Our policy is to provide equal opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, marital or family status, veteran status, physical or mental disability, or other protected classes prohibited by applicable law. Company policy prohibits harassment of applicants or employees on the basis of any protected LOCATION1155 Battery St. San Francisco, CA, 94111FULL TIME/PART TIMEFull time