Digital Lead APA and Category Teams

POSITION PURPOSE:

Collaborate with the APA leadership team members and  customer / category / technical teams to translate the Consumer Health vision into actionable outcomes, prioritizing and allocating resources effectively from an enterprise perspective jointly with platform teams.

The Digital Lead APA Customer & Category Teams will be a business IT partner to APA Commercial Leadership Team.

Estimated Business Impact:

• Sales transformation with customer teams for a +400M Asia Pacific region inclusive of emerging markets (India, North Asia)

Estimated Outcomes:

• Drive implementation of eCommerce and CRM capabilities for the region including of brand-new solution for fast-growing emerging market India (67M annual sales, growing at 26%)

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works with APC VACC leadership team to translate the Consumer Health vision into outcomes and derives implications from a technology & data perspective across the value chain
• Collaborates closely with other Consumer Health digital leads to work together to identify and discuss strategic choices as well as potential trade-offs on a CH enterprise level
• Discusses required trade-offs for APC as well as prioritizes data & tech enabled business outcomes and allocates the funding involving data & tech experts based on expertise needed
• Ensures appropriate funding of platforms / units to deliver /long/mid-term outcomes teams in collaboration with platform leads within annual planning
• For the prioritized business outcomes, the Digital Leads works with the relevant platforms to build a squad or set of squads connecting with the relevant customer / category / technical teams
• Supports platform / unit in defining technical short-term key results that align to the long-term outcomes/missions and outcomes of customer/category/technical teams
• Transparently shares with APA leadership team members progress on business outcomes connected to technical key results and relevant key learning and potential trade-offs  in 90-Day cycles as part of quarterly business reviews
• Ensures ownership and coaches customer / category / technical teams on change and adoptions ensuring that digital products and platforms create value
• Drives transformation towards a product-and platform-based IT and AI-driven enterprise applying DSO principles as well as continuously educates the APA leadership team members leadership team as well as relevant teams
• Owns and leads one of the strategic outcomes / priorities for Consumer Health on an enterprise level working closely with the respective unit lead in the platform

WHO YOU ARE:

Qualifications:

• University degree (Bachelor or Master) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical or adjacent discipline
• 5 or more years of relevant experience including technology and/or business strategy development and implementation
• Domain knowledge in specific areas of business and strong digital acumen; knowledge of relevant IT platform roadmaps and capabilities preferred
• Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional teams to achieve common outcomes 

Competencies:

• Consumer centric thinking
• Critical thinking and strong problem-solving skills
• Strategic Thinking
• Enterprise mindset
• High learning agility
• Negotiation and stakeholder management expertise
• Socio-economic and geopolitical awareness
• High EQ

Skills:

• Strong business and financial acumen with ability to assess ROI and TCO to inform trade-offs
• Business Acumen & Industry Knowledge of Consumer Health / CPG
• Data & Technology Acumen  for Bayer Tech Portfolio and Industry
• Excellent Communication
• Strong influencing skills

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