Assistant Vice President Inventory Management

Job Title: Assistant Vice President – Inventory Management

Department: Global Markets IT

About Business line/Function: Inventory Management, Prime Technology

Position Purpose

The role is embedded in a globally distributed inventory management technology team with presence in London, Hong Kong, Lisbon, Glasgow and Bengaluru. The aim of the team is to deliver a new state-of-the-art inventory management platform called AOS (Asset Optimisation Services). The platform will be the basis for both manual and automated inventory management decisions, creating a global business by abstracting away from our entity structure and managing requirements across the group level. The technical stack includes Java, Spring, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Apache Ignite, Angular.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

The candidate will have demonstrable experience and knowledge of advanced streaming middleware technologies such as Apache Flink, Kafka, and Apache Ignite

The candidate is expected to proactively influence design, providing input on complex assignments developed both inside and outside their immediate project, and promoting good software development standards.

The candidate will act as a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct.

The candidate will demonstrate proactivity, transparency, and accountability in identifying and managing conduct risk.

The candidate will manage business demand and expectations for work and delivery of the work in alignment with budget and overall business direction and governance.

The candidate will be responsible for the full development of a project, from design to deployment in production.

The candidate will proactively manage risk and issues, escalating where appropriate, to ensure delivery progress is maintained.

The candidate will design solutions that align technology roadmaps to business strategy and conduct high-quality functional design, system, integration testing, and UAT.

Contributing Responsibilities

The candidate should have experience working in a global team, aiding others through pair programming and knowledge sharing to help the team improve their development practices.

The candidate should demonstrate excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. They should possess a can-do attitude and be able to partner with others both inside and outside of the development team to investigate issues, drive conversations to find and agree on solutions, and communicate those solutions to a diverse set of stakeholders.

The candidate should be able to partner with business, developers, architects, and infrastructure teams to help shape the future platform.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

The candidate should have extensive experience in complex software development

The candidate will have demonstrable experience of modern streaming middleware technologies such as Kafka

The candidate is an expert in server-side java, highly concurrent programming.

The candidate should have experience working with SDLC automation tools such as Jira, Bitbucket, Artifactory, and Jenkins.

The candidate should possess very strong technical skills, and be an advocate of test-driven development and delivery automation

Specific Qualifications

Bachelor’s /Master’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent.

Technical Skills

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

• Advanced experience in Java 21, 25, Spring framework
• Advanced experience with streaming, Apache Kafka
• Cache / Data Grid Middleware
  

Behavioral Skills

• Work in an agile environment with frequent production releases.
  

Education Level: Masters or equivalent experience. At least 10 years of relevant experience.

Location: Bengaluru

About BNP Paribas Group

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Groups performance and stability.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.

---