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Duration: Perm Position

Role: Test Release Manager---Supply Chain

Job Responsibilities

10+ years (with strong Supply Chain domain & Test Management experience)

Job Summary

The Supply Chain Test Manager is responsible for planning, leading, and delivering end‑to‑end testing for Supply Chain solutions across ERP, legacy, and integrated systems. This role combines test leadership, domain expertise in supply chain, and stakeholder management to ensure high-quality, business-aligned releases.

Key Responsibilities

Test Strategy & Governance

• Define and own the overall test strategy for Supply Chain programs (SIT, UAT, Regression).

• Establish test governance, standards, metrics, and quality KPIs.

• Drive test estimation, scheduling, risk assessment, and mitigation planning.

• Ensure compliance with SDLC / STLC and organizational quality standards.

Supply Chain Domain Coverage

• Ensure robust test coverage across supply chain processes, including:

• Logistics, Transportation & Distribution

• Validate end-to-end business scenarios across upstream and downstream systems.

Test Execution & Management

• Lead multiple test cycles: System Integration Testing (SIT), End-to-End (E2E), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Regression.

• Manage defect lifecycle including triage, prioritization, and closure.

• Coordinate with development, business, and external vendors for defect resolution.

• Ensure test data readiness and environment availability.

Automation & Tools

• Define automation strategy for supply chain modules.

• Drive adoption of test automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium, Tosca, Tricentis, Micro Focus).

• Oversee test management and defect tracking tools (e.g., ALM, JIRA, Azure DevOps).

Stakeholder & Client Management

• Act as the primary testing point of contact for business stakeholders.

• Provide test progress reports, dashboards, and quality status to leadership.

• Participate in release go/no-go decisions.

• Collaborate with business SMEs to validate business readiness.

Team Leadership & Mentoring

• Lead and mentor onshore/offshore test teams.

• Allocate work, manage performance, and build domain capability.

• Enable continuous improvement through retrospectives and best practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Mandatory Skills

• Strong Supply Chain domain knowledge (Logistics and Transport)

• Hands-on experience in test management roles for large transformation programs.

• Expertise in System Integration Testing (SIT) and UAT execution.

• Proficiency in test management, defect tracking, and reporting.

Technical & Tools

• Test Management Tools: HP ALM / Quality Center, JIRA, Azure DevOps

• Automation Tools: Selenium, Tosca, UFT, Playwright (preferred)

• CI/CD exposure and Agile / SAFe environments

• Strong understanding of integrations: APIs, EDI, IDoc, Flat files, Middleware

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities

• Ability to work in fast-paced, globally distributed environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification(s): ISTQB, Agile Testing.

• Exposure to cloud-based SCM solutions

• Experience working with global clients or multi-vendor ecosystems

Equality & Opportunity for All

Representing 165 nationalities across the globe, we pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religion, sex, color, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical disability or genetic information, military or veteran status, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people or any other protected classification, in accordance with federal, state, and/or local law.

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