Solution (Product) Manager - Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 17,000 people globally.

• Feasibility Studies:
  • Contribute to and support feasibility studies from a technology and organization perspective and document findings.
  • Collaborate with all technology departments to ensure integration in the landscape (analytics, infrastructure, front office business applications, security)
  • Take part of the RFP Request For Proposal) process that will enable to define project target (technical & functional) and select software vendor plus integration partner
• Product/Service Development:
  • Working in close collaboration with business process owners and ensure accurate understanding and description of business requirements
  • Translating the EPM strategy of our Business Units into an analytical roadmap
  • Being responsible for the design and delivery of EPM solutions according to standard methodologies
  • Organize, drive, execute projects.
  • Ensure EPM application integration into the technology landscape as per technology strategy and best practices
  • Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend technical developments to improve quality of products/ solutions and supporting infrastructure to better meet users’ needs.
  • Maintaining the end-to-end vision of the overall EPM solutions
  • Drive business adoption
• Internal Client Relationship Management:
  • Manage relationships with internal clients and act as a business partner to them building high levels of professional credibility and mutual trust finding out their needs/issues/concerns to support in delivering business strategy and plans.
  • Co-construct with Business expert the target processes and data model to match operation and analytical requirements
• Product Lifecycle and Interdependencies Management:
  • Execute digital product/solution life cycle activities following a range of processes and tooling requirements.
  • Manage contract and vendor relationship for software partner
  • Manage contract and vendor delivery for integration partner
• Leadership and Direction:
  • Explain the local action plan to support team members in their understanding of what needs to be done and how this relates to the broader business plan and the organization's strategy mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
  • Lead the project from a technology team perspective
• Quality:
  • Help management to implement quality assurance change initiatives and/or make continuous operational improvements.
• Governance:
  • Being responsible for the project’s governance, Steering Committee, Status, Issues escalation.
  • Ensure, through your leadership, adherence of the teams to the project methodology, quality and expected results
• Budget Management:
  • IT Financials processes working in close relationship with the IT Financial Controller to track actuals vs planned budget
    • Budget tracking construction based on Monthly actuals update
    • Update budget according to roadmap evolution
    • Highlight and alert on budget errors / over consumptions
    • Manage quarterly reforecasting cycle and landing

• Have a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in the domain of IT service management for Enterprise Performance Management (OneStream considered as a strong plus).
• Knowledge in Processes and Solutions for the following scope: Statutory Consolidation, Operational Reporting, Forecast and Planning, Financial Group Reporting and Budget Reporting.
• Having experience in implementing EPM solutions as a leader and managed successfully an implementation
• You have managed Finance application lifecycle (support, maintenance, improvements, data integration, interface monitoring)
• You have led international implementation for Finance applications
• Practical Expertise in various project methodologies (AgiIe/Scrum/WaterfaII/etc.)

Soft skills:

• Strong sense of ownership and reaching target
• Deep business value mindset to drive decisions and user adoption
• Deep critical thinking attitude to be able to manage ambiguity and complexity comfortably
• Ability to transform complex concepts and decisions into well-articulated recommendations
• Inclination to make improvements, find new ideas and challenge the status quo
• Excellent in execution with natural sense of duty and urgency to drive the change
• Strong analysis and synthesis capacity, ability to negotiate and influence both internally and externally
• Excellent teamwork, communication & collaboration skills and capacity to establish rapport and persuade others
• Fluency in English (French is a plus)

Additional Information for the job

What We Offer

We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

We offer

• Competitive salary and benefits

• Flexible working

• Access to Training and Development 

Diversity & Inclusion

LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.

LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

Sustainability

Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.

We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us