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MSC Industrial Supply Co. Scrum Master, Associate in Davidson, North Carolina
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Requisition ID :15940
Employment Type :Full Time
Job Category :Digital / IT
Work Location :Davidson, NC (CSC)
State or Province :North Carolina (US-NC)
BRIEF POSITION SUMMARY:
The associate scrum master is an agile practitioner who will help to guide the end-to-end team/program delivery and assist the team in improving day-to-day ways of working. This role should be passionate about working with agile team members to foster an environment where the team can practice the agile mindset and self-manage the work to deliver great products and business outcomes. This role will need to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment and communicate effectively with a wide range of people, experience levels, and backgrounds. The scrum master will establish common objectives and a shared mindset, provide agile leadership, facilitation, and hands-on guidance to enable the team and organization to achieve success.
DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:
Prepares and facilitates product delivery activities and agile events such as Discovery, Sprint Planning, Daily-Standup, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective.
Works collaboratively with developers, Products Owners, release train leaders, and management to effectively facilitate the removal of impediments to the agile team’s progress.
Leads the efforts of improving Lean agile methodologies, engineering and management best practices, team policies, metric, and audit practices for an Agile, iterative, end-to-end value creation lifecycle, from concepts, executable architecture, iterative design, to delivery, deployment, production, and maintenance.
Fosters a culture of continuous improvement amongst assigned scrum team and the organization.
Works collaboratively with other Scrum Masters and release train leadership to coordinate and support the activities in preparing for each Program Increment.
Listens, empathizes, understands others, and helps clarify their voice, with an eye to fostering positive relationship across individuals and teams?.
Effectively guides discussions and engages in conflict resolution when necessary.
Works collaboratively with the Product Owner and the team to determine manageable scope based on team capabilities and delivery metrics. Communicates and sets expectations with stakeholders and the project sponsor.
Facilitates the use of visual work management and metrics with the team to monitor work progress and identify potential issues or delays in the completion of work. Coordinates with other scrum teams and management to escalate problems and delivery impediments encountered on/amongst scrum teams as necessary.
Serves as both an example and a champion for Agile values and principles.
Keeps informed and educated about industry trends concerning Agile methodologies.
Fosters the MSC Culture in the department and throughout the company to ensure unity of vision and fulfillment of MSC's mission.
Participation in special projects and performs additional duties as required.
INDICATES ESSENTIAL DUTIES
To perform this job successfully an associate must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of knowledge, experience level and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s degree in Business or equivalent experience is required
Interest in driving cross-functional teams to execute eCommerce plans that impact sales growth required.
Demonstrated agile mindsets and behaviors.
SKILLS:
Basic understanding of agile methodologies and ceremonies
Ability to make data-driven decisions and have sound business acumen demonstrated through analytical thinking to assess process performance and financial viability.
Experience with ISO certified processes and audits, Secure Lifecycle Development, and/or development of products for use in a SIL environment required.
Must possess excellent communication, writing and process and analytical skills, as well as organizational skills required.
Ability to facilitate, visualize, and apply an understanding of industry terminology, process flow and structure to problem solving and communications required.
Must be able to work well under pressure and have a strong understanding of the products and businesses being supported by the team with a strong client focus required.
Must possess a can-do, winning attitude; the highest level of integrity; and the ability to inspire confidence with an open, trustworthy, and engaging style required.
Ability to build positive relationships with external partners as well as internal stakeholders required.
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
A valid driver’s license and the ability to travel up to 10% of the time are required.
Ability to occasionally support release implementations outside of regular daytime working hours.
Legal authorization to work in the United States.
This position may require access to International Traffic in Arms Regulations Information (“ITAR”) and/or Controlled Unclassified Information (“CUI”).
Why MSC? People. Collaboration. Insight. That’s how you build something that works. Built on a foundation of trust, MSC works side by side with our customers to help them drive business results. With more than one million product offerings and 75+ years of experience across industries, MSC strives to help our customers achieve greater productivity, profitability, and growth through inventory management and other innovative supply chain solutions. We care about our associates and have programs in place to help our 6,500+ team members achieve their potential.
When you join our team, you will receive rewards and recognition for your contributions, training and professional development opportunities, Associate Inclusion Circles: Women, Pride, Black, Veterans, HOLA and DisABLEd as well as a variety of benefits to support you and your family's health, well-being, and financial future. If you are inspired to learn, take risks, and succeed as a team, you can build a better career at MSC.
Equal Opportunity Statement: At MSC, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all qualified applicants and our associates without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or any category protected by applicable law. By applying to this job you agree to the Application and Acknowledgment Declaration terms. Click HERE (https://jobs.mscdirect.com/content/Acknowledgement/?locale=en_US&previewLink=true&referrerSave=false) to review.