Senior Manager ITSM – Applications

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has an opportunity for a results oriented Service Owner role within Global Technology’s Operations Excellence and Provider Performance function

Purpose and Scope:

The Service Owner works across internal and Service Provider leadership teams to assure the managed services contracts are being properly executed against outlined terms and conditions.  The Service Owner is accountable for managing and/or supporting one or more service towers of IT managed services contractual agreements with the Service Providers. ADM’s managed service towers include application services, infrastructure services, service desk/customer satisfaction services, and security services.

The Service Owner works in close collaboration with Procurement, Global Technology Service Delivery and Global Technology Finance to maintain a thorough knowledge of all aspects of the contracts, modify contracts as required, educate internal stakeholders on ADM’s and the Service Provider’s obligations within the overall agreement, report on the status of these obligations, support issue resolution related to the contract, and assist in interpreting the contract for their respective service tower.

Job Responsibilities:
 Focus on operational excellence, continuous improvement, and alignment between service provider and service towersService ownership and performance validation and tracking of SLAs/KPIs, monthly at-risk amounts, and service level creditsValidate and resolve issues for invoice volumes (RUs)Prepare supporting documents for chargeback / showback Customer Satisfaction / Voice of the customer survey coordination and service provider improvement plansDemand management review and engagementService provider resource consumption verificationContract Changes and Amendments / InterpretationUnderstand, communicate, and train contractual changes affecting Deliverables and Obligations (D&O) and SLAs/KPIsContract Compliance and Deliverables (D&O)Review with Stakeholders, resolve issues, obtain signoff for completed items or issue contract change request for items not meeting completion dateReportingResearch, review, and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing report procedures and develops strategies for enhancing, or further leveraging these processes. Contribute to the continuous improvement of the overall reporting infrastructure as neededUnderstand and comprehend new system and database changes as they affect data, reports, and reporting systemsAnalyze reports to ensure format is accurate, results appear to be valid based on comparison with past reports and results, identify system and/or documentation errors resulting in inaccurate data, report findings and recommend improvements.Governance CommitteesWeekly and Monthly Management Reviews
Key Requirements:
 Bachelor’s degree in business administration, information technology or other related fields preferredFive to seven years general business and/or IT experience preferred General understanding of the IT technical environment Strong collaboration and problem resolution skillsExperience with outsourcing, performance measuring & monitoringDemonstrated ability to work with others, to lead and influence process and organizational change and improvementsExcellent written and oral communications skills, with ease and comfort working with internal and external leadershipSolid experience with development and/or analyzing financial, performance, and other analytical data and reportsProven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilitiesAbility to validate mathematical algorithms, data consolidation, and data hierarchy and normalization methodsUnderstanding of ITIL practicesExperience participating with cross-functional teams
Hiring Manager:  Jennes Zhang
Location:  Any ADM IT location