Job Purpose and Summary

The Program & Projects factory team will deliver change for the projects (>500k) running under this division, but also for the smaller sized projects and small changes that are owned by the Solution & Adoption division. In a single vendor setting it is important that the work & its associated priorities is coordinated across these divisions and projects, such that the right priority sequence can be given to the vendor teams.

Your focus will be to track and drive the running and upcoming actions across the factory, ensuring on timely delivery of all the associated process elements (contracts in place, estimations received, etc).

Additionally, you will own the budgets for the factory deliveries, align (and challenge) quotes with the respective vendors and track execution against budget, ensuring on budget delivery.

 

What we give

With Canon, you'll get the support and encouragement you need to grow, from people who share your ambition. We'll invest in your professional development to help you learn and progress in your role with us. You'll find leaders who give you the freedom to explore new things and a team where knowledge is shared openly.

At Canon we have a clear vision: to be committed to creating a more inclusive and equitable culture where employees are valued and can thrive personally and professionally.

Canon also has a strong commitment to sustainability, encompassed by our Kyosei philosophy of living and working together for the common good, focused on reducing our environmental impact and creating opportunities to make positive social contribution.

As an IT Delivery Lead, you will:

Resolving priority conflicts by challenging the respective teams for alternate approaches, avoiding the need for prioritization, without impairing quality and cost.Liaise with the PMO team to ensure accurate (staffing) forecasting.Liaise with the release management & testing teams to identify any conflicts needed escalation.Keep an active overview, in alignment with PMO, of all the running and open actions / requests for the factory, ranging from contractual actions, resource allocations, estimations to priority calls.Ensuring these are picked up by respective owners and escalated as needed.Setup a structure / tooling to manage the various requests to the factory, in alignment with PMO.Liaise with and provide clear priority choices for the Program & Projects and Solution & Adoption directors in case of delivery conflicts.Take ownership of the factory budgets, negotiate on effort with Vendors, ensuring ‘sharp’ project quotes from the vendors. Ensure execution stays within budget.Monitor, own and drive delivery timelines for all the factory deliveries. Ensuring a most optimal result across all the various changes, projects and programs.

 

What we ask

As an IT Delivery Lead, you will need:

A Bachelor in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related business field. Master’s Degree is a plus.Relevant project management / Agile delivery experience within an ERP environment and preferable across multiple countries and/or regions.A deep understanding of IT delivery mechanisms (Prince2, Agile, Waterfall)Exceptional problem solving and sound decision making capabilities, recognized by alternative solutions, and confident, accurate, decision-making coupled with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.To be able to keep track of and balance multiple priority items at the same timeFirst line negotiation skills, ensuring the initial estimations are complete, sharp & realisticOracle ERP knowledge and expertise is a nice-to-have-skill

You will need

Competencies 

Act as a Team PlayerApply Business AcumenCommunicate effectivelyApply Strategic ThinkingCreate Solutions to ProblemsDrive & Manage ChangeFocus on the CustomerNegotiate & Influence

Further Information

In addition to a competitive salary, you will be eligible for the following benefits in this role:

Performance-based bonus of 12,5%31 days holiday per yearPension planBicycle planFull coverage of your public transport costs and partially car costs

Canon champions hybrid working with a flexible working policy. You will be part of an energetic and innovative environment with more than 50 different nationalities! Lastly you’ll find that Canon encourages continuous Learning and Development with a wide range of resources and support available on demand.

Does this seem like a great fit for your career expectations? We're excited to hear from you! Even if you don't meet all the qualifications we still encourage you to apply.

Job Family: IT Development 
Grade: 14

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