IT Program & Portfolio Manager - Manufacturing and Supply Chain IT
Key Skills
Job Description
About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) is a digital transformation and technology partner of choice for industry-leading organizations worldwide. Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards of innovation, engineering excellence and customer service. Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is focused on creating long term value for its clients, its investors, its employees, and the community at large. With a highly skilled workforce of 580,000 spread across 55 countries and 202 service delivery centers across the world, the company has been recognized as a top employer in six continents. With the ability to rapidly apply and scale new technologies, the company has built long term partnerships with its clients – helping them emerge as perpetually adaptive enterprises. Many of these relationships have endured into decades and navigated every technology cycle, from mainframes in the 1970s to Artificial Intelligence today. TCS sponsors 14 of the world’s most prestigious marathons and endurance events, including the TCS New York City Marathon, TCS London Marathon and TCS Sydney Marathon with a focus on promoting health, sustainability, and community empowerment. Job Purpose and primary objectives: Provide IT program and portfolio management support across Royal Philips Integrated Supply Chain & Finance IT. Strengthen governance, executive reporting, portfolio coordination, strategic analysis, and decision support across Manufacturing IT transformation initiatives including Future MES, Digital Factory, ERP Automation, Integrated Warehousing & Distribution, and AI. Key responsibilities Coordinate strategic programs and portfolio activities across a multi-vendor, multi-site environment. Prepare decision briefs, portfolio updates, dashboards, and governance materials for ExCo and SteerCo forums. Support Future MES solution framing through manufacturing-complexity mapping, financial analysis, requirements support, and vendor-option evaluation. Support Digital Factory, ERP Automation, IWD, Future MES, and AI workstreams through planning, analysis, governance, and reporting. Maintain visibility of initiatives, timelines, dependencies, risks, ownership, and priorities. Design and operate stakeholder-engagement models, governance cadence, and reporting frameworks across manufacturing sites. Engage IT Directors, Domain Leads, vendors, site stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to support timely decisions and execution. Contribute to annual operating plan and portfolio-prioritization activities. Supervisory / Managerial responsibilities: Individual contributor / program leadership role working across cross-functional and multi-vendor teams. Direct people-management responsibility. Other responsibilities. Budgets, targets, equipment etc: Support portfolio planning, budget and commercial analysis, vendor coordination, contract-related inputs, performance reporting, and delivery against agreed governance milestones and transformation objectives. Must Have Skills/Knowledge: IT program, portfolio, or PMO management. Governance design and execution. Executive reporting and decision support. Strategic planning, research, and analysis. Stakeholder engagement and senior-management communication. Manufacturing or Supply Chain IT transformation exposure. Portfolio coordination across multiple workstreams, sites, and vendor. Risk, dependency, timeline, and ownership tracking. Contract and vendor management. Fluent professional English Good to Have Skills/Knowledge. Integrated Supply Chain & Finance IT domain knowledge Future MES and SAP MES / Digital Factory exposure. ERP Automation, Integrated Warehousing & Distribution. Industry 4.0, and AI initiative exposure. ExCo and SteerCo governance support. Annual operating-plan and portfolio-prioritization support. Commercial, P&L, procurement, and contract-management experience. Preferred Experience Range: 15+ years of relevant experience; candidate profile reflects 18+ years across engineering, operations, IT transformation, program delivery, commercial leadership, and enterprise governance. Privacy Note: https://ibegin.tcs.com/iBegin/privacy-notice Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an equal opportunity employer. We truly believe that employing a diverse workforce is pivotal to our success. Please note, recruiting decisions are always based on applicant’s skills, competencies & experience and potential fitment to the available role.
Core Responsibilities
Coordinate IT programs and portfolio activities across manufacturing transformation workstreams, sites, and vendors, maintaining visibility of plans, dependencies, risks, ownership, and priorities. Prepare executive governance materials and decision support, contribute to strategic and financial analysis, and support stakeholder engagement, portfolio planning, and vendor coordination.
Requirements
The role requires 15 or more years of relevant experience, with strong IT program, portfolio, or PMO management capabilities and experience in governance, executive reporting, strategic analysis, and senior stakeholder communication. Candidates should have exposure to manufacturing or supply chain IT transformation and be able to coordinate multiple workstreams, sites, vendors, risks, dependencies, and timelines; professional fluency in English is required.
About Tata Consultancy Services
Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is the technology partner of choice for industry-leading organizations worldwide. Since its inception in 1968, TCS has upheld the highest standards of innovation, engineering excellence, and customer service. It has set an aspiration to become the world's largest AI-led technology services company and is enabling its clients to transform themselves across the full AI stack, from infrastructure to intelligence. Rooted in the heritage of the Tata Group, TCS is focused on creating long term value for its clients, its investors, its employees, and the community at large. With a highly skilled workforce spread across 56 countries and 194 service delivery centers across the world, the company has been recognized as a top employer in six continents. With the ability to rapidly apply and scale new technologies, the company has built long-term partnerships with its clients. Many of these relationships have endured into decades and navigated every technology cycle, from mainframes in the 1970s to artificial intelligence today. TCS sponsors 14 of the world’s most prestigious marathons and endurance events, including the TCS New York City Marathon, TCS London Marathon, Tata Mumbai Marathon, and TCS Sydney Marathon with a focus on promoting health, sustainability, and community empowerment. Caution against fraudulent job offers: TCS doesn’t charge any fee throughout the recruitment process. Refer here: https://www.tcs.com/careers/india/recruitment-fraud-alert