Global Process Owner, Requirement to Inventory, ERP Transformation

Ambu A/S; Ballerup; On-site; DKK 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global travel

International team

Job summary

Ambu A/S in Denmark seeks a Global Process Owner for Requirement to Inventory and ERP Transformation. You will define end-to-end process governance, design standards, and a scalable global operating model across regions and sites.

You will lead cross-functional teams, drive fit-to-standard ERP capabilities (Infor M3) and master data alignment, and partner with IT, Finance, Quality, and manufacturing to deliver a robust transformation program.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in supply chain, operations or business transformation.
• Experience leading ERP-enabled transformation programmes (SAP S/4HANA, Infor, Oracle Cloud or similar).
• Deep expertise across the complete Requirement to Inventory value stream.
• Experience designing global template processes and operating models.
• Strong governance, Master Data and process harmonization knowledge.
• Experience working with Systems Integrators and technical delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as Business Workstream Lead within our transformation.
• Own the global Requirement to Inventory process vision, scope, standards, governance, roadmap, performance, and continuous-improvement priorities.
• Define end-to-end principles covering distribution footprint, inventory planning, inbound/outbound warehouse flows, and 3PL management.
• Drive fit-to-standard design, simplify material and information flows, and ensure IT alignment.
• Lead process decisions balancing service, inventory, working capital, and compliance.
• Mobilize functions; ensure input, test coverage, readiness, training and adoption.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

English communication

Process governance

ERP transformation

Tools

Infor M3

ERP systems

Systems integration

Job description

Global Process Owner, Requirement to Inventory, ERP Transformation

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Global Process Owner, Requirement to Inventory, ERP Transformation City: Ballerup Country/Region: Denmark State: Business Area: Operations Department: Global Operations Employment Type: Full-time Req ID: 10569

Location

Ballerup, Denmark with extensive global travel

Reports to

Global Operations Program Director, ERP, QMS & PLM Transformation, with dual reporting to Director, Supply Chain Transformation

Process area

Requirement to Inventory, spanning inventory strategy, network and capacity planning, inbound and outbound warehousing, inventory control, 3PL management, reporting, and period-end activities

Interfaces

Program Director, GBOs, other GPOs, Global Process Leads, Local Responsibles, functional and site leadership, IT, Finance, Quality, and implementation partners

Scale and technology

Global process across relevant countries, entities, sites, warehouses, and 3PLs; Infor M3 and connected warehouse-management, planning, reporting, and data solutions

Position Summary

The Global Process Owner (GPO) for Requirement to Inventory is accountable for the design, standardization, governance, performance, and continuous improvement of Ambu's global end-to-end Requirement to Inventory process. The role serves as the enterprise authority for how the process should operate across the organization, ensuring alignment, consistency, and scalability across regions, business units, and functions.

The GPO has final decision authority for global process design, standards, business rules, controls, and high-level ways of working within the Requirement to Inventory domain. The role owns the global process governance framework, process performance expectations, KPI structure, and continuous improvement roadmap.

Working closely with Global Business Owners, Global Process Leads, IT, and business stakeholders, the GPO ensures that ERP capabilities, solution designs, and business requirements remain aligned with approved global standards while balancing justified operational, regulatory, supplier, and local business requirements. The role is responsible for safeguarding end-to-end process integrity and ensuring sustainable process ownership beyond programme completion.

Your impact

You’ll create a globally aligned Requirement to Inventory capability covering:

• Global distribution strategy and footprint

• Inventory Capacity planning

• Inventory governance

• Warehouse operations

• Material flows

• Inventory control

• 3PL management

• Inventory reporting

You’ll standardize these processes globally while balancing customer experience, revenue protection, compliance and logistic/warehouse efficiency

Core Responsibilities

• Act as Business Workstream Lead within our transformation

• Own the global Requirement to Inventory process vision, scope, standards, governance, roadmap, performance, and continuous-improvement priorities.

• Define end-to-end principles covering distribution footprint, inventory and capacity planning, inventory policies, master data, inbound and outbound warehouse flows, inventory control, 3PL management, reporting, and period end.

• Drive fit-to-standard design, simplify material and information flows, reduce manual work and local variants, and ensure integration with Plan to Produce, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Quality, Finance, and master data.

• Lead process decisions and trade-offs involving service, inventory, working capital, landed margin, warehouse efficiency, compliance, and business continuity.

• Mobilize planning, manufacturing, warehouse, distribution, 3PL, and site experts; ensure representative design input, test coverage, readiness, training, and adoption.

• Establish process KPIs, controls, data standards, decision rights, and benefit tracking, including inventory accuracy, availability, working capital, warehouse performance, and process compliance.

Key Deliverables

• Mobilize and govern: Approved global Requirement to Inventory architecture, scope, design principles, roles, controls, and decision rights.

• Design: Fit-to-standard requirements and design decisions across inventory planning, warehousing, inventory control, 3PL management, reporting, and cross-process interfaces.

• Build and test: Validated scenarios, test coverage, data readiness, work instructions, training, cutover, and site and 3PL deployment readiness.

• Deploy and adopt: Post go-live governance, KPI cadence, stabilization, adoption tracking, continuous improvement roadmap, and benefit realization.

Required Experience & Capabilities

You’ll bring experience leading global business transformation in complex international organizations. We understand that skills and experience can be earned in many ways, and that the best fit for a role isn’t always what’s on paper.

You’ll likely have:

• 10+ years of experience from industry or consulting, working with supply chain, operations, and business transformation

• Experience leading large-scale ERP-enabled transformation programmes or Requirement to Inventory work streams (SAP S/4HANA, Infor, Oracle Cloud or similar)

• Deep expertise across the complete Requirement to Inventory value stream

• Experience designing global template processes and operating models

• Strong understanding of business process governance, Master Data and process harmonization

• Experience working alongside Systems Integrators and technical delivery teams bridging business and IT

• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence executive leadership

• A structured, proactive, and outcome-oriented way of working

• Experience operating within highly regulated environments (Medical Devices, Life Sciences or Pharmaceuticals is advantageous)

• Willingness to travel regularly as part of a global role, across Ambu’s full footprint (E.g., US, Germany, Malaysia, China, and Mexico)

• Comfortable working across time zones, with flexibility to occasionally engage outside standard working hours

• Strong communication skills in English, both written and spoken

Most importantly, you’ll combine strategic thinking with the ability to deliver transformation at scale.

Leadership Qualities

Strong executive presence, process judgment, communication, and stakeholder-management skills. Able to lead through influence, resolve global and local trade‑offs, bridge business and technology, challenge constructively, and create clarity across a complex global matrix. Flexibility to travel internationally during design, pilot, deployment, and stabilization.

What We Offer

Ambu offers an international, collaborative workplace where individual contributions matter. The role provides an opportunity to shape a major global transformation while benefiting from professional development, employee benefits, and challenging work supporting Ambu’s ambitious growth.

About Ambu

Ambu has been bringing the solutions of the future to life since 1937. Today, millions of patients and healthcare professionals worldwide depend on the efficiency, safety and performance of our single-use endoscopy, anaesthesia, and patient monitoring solutions. We continuously look to the future with a commitment to deliver innovative quality products that have a positive impact on patient care and the work of healthcare professionals. Headquartered near Copenhagen in Denmark, Ambu employs approximately 4,500 people in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific.

For more information, please visit ambu.com or follow us on LinkedIn .