POS Techno-Functional Lead - 2 year contract

at  Al Tayer Group

ABOUT US

As a leader in luxury retail in the Middle East, Al Tayer Group’s retail division, Al Tayer Insignia, hosts a portfolio of some of the world’s best luxury brands in the fashion, jewellery, home and department store categories. Complementing its position in luxury retail, Al Tayer Insignia has also built new frontiers in lifestyle retail, representing leading brands in the Beauty, Home, Fashion and Hospitality sectors. Our brands include Bloomingdales, Harvey Nichols and Armani to name just a few!

ABOUT US

Education:
Bachelors/ Masters or Engineering in Computer Science or relevant field. Retail Functional certification is preferred.
Experience:
12-15 years of IT experience, out of this a minimum of 5+ years of Omnichannel-enabled Retail Store System experience. Must have XStore implementation experience.

Other requirements:

• Must have at least 3 Implementation experiences in Retail ERP and XStore POS including Store Rollout.
• Implementation Experience in Retail Omnichannel including E-commerce will be an added advantage.
• Experience in integrating 3rd party applications with XStore including EFT and payment gateway.
• Strong knowledge of Retail industry processes across multiple business functions.
• Well-versed with Project Management principles such as Waterfall, Agile, Spiral, etc.
• Excellent communication skills to facilitate collaboration between business and technical teams and convey information to diverse stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of change management principles and practices.
• Proven knowledge of technical, commercial, and organizational issues that impact Program strategy and planning.
• Strong technical background and ability to understand complex software functionality, design, and technical issues, to drive the right priorities, trade-offs, and resolutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication, especially in the areas of teamwork, stakeholder management, and ability to influence; ability to facilitate dynamic meetings and discussions.
• Fluent English.
• Must have at least 3 Implementation experiences in Retail ERP and XStore POS including Store Rollout.
• Implementation Experience in Retail Omnichannel including E-commerce will be an added advantage.
• Experience in integrating 3rd party applications with XStore including EFT and payment gateway.
• Strong knowledge of Retail industry processes across multiple business functions.
• Well-versed with Project Management principles such as Waterfall, Agile, Spiral, etc.
• Excellent communication skills to facilitate collaboration between business and technical teams and convey information to diverse stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of change management principles and practices.
• Proven knowledge of technical, commercial, and organizational issues that impact Program strategy and planning.
• Strong technical background and ability to understand complex software functionality, design, and technical issues, to drive the right priorities, trade-offs, and resolutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication, especially in the areas of teamwork, stakeholder management, and ability to influence; ability to facilitate dynamic meetings and discussions.
• Outstanding leadership and organizational skills.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Retail Omni and Store Lead will be responsible for leading the Omnichannel and store modules for a major Retail ERP transformation program. This role required a strong understanding of Xstore POS and all the touch points related to the Omnichannel Retail environment. Implementation experience of XStore with SAP S/4Hana is strongly preferred. The role required extensive experience in point-of-sale operations and all the third-party integration for a smooth operation in a luxury retail environment. The role required a Highly Motivated and Change Leader with an interest in Digital Transformation.

STRATEGIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the ERP transformation program aligned with the business stakeholders and SI Partner for a successful implementation.
• Delivery of the respective modules on time, within budget, and to quality.
• Drive the focus on the delivery of vanilla system and processes.
• Delivery of business functional requirements and intended outcomes, with traceability to all planned scopes including XStore POS Systems, Order Management, integration, data migration, and reporting in SAAS based environment.
• Transition program delivery to BAU on closure.
• Adopt defined governance within ATG and across vendors to enable timely decisions to be made and full program visibility.