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BUILD A BETTER CAREER WITH MSC

Serving customers and our community starts with the best people doing their best work. That is precisely what we have created at MSC Industrial Supply Co. We are a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO), products and services. We offer more than 2 million products and have over 80 years of experience across dozens of industries. We aim to execute our Built to Make You Better brand promise for all our stakeholders, including our associates.

Requisition ID :18277

Employment Type :Full Time

Job Category :Digital / IT

Work Location :Davidson, NC (CSC)

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. At this time, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for this position.

BRIEF POSITION SUMMARY:

The intermediate level scrum master is an agile practitioner with deep knowledge and experience in guiding the end-to-end team/program delivery and assisting 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 developing and continuously 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 through retrospectives and using a hypothesis > experimentation > measure > learn approach amongst assigned scrum teams 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.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE:

+ Bachelor’s degree in Business or equivalent experience is required.

+ Proven experience driving cross-functional teams to execute eCommerce plans that impact sales growth required.

+ Minimum two years of experience as a Scrum Master for one or more Scrum teams leading implementation and adoption of Agile practices required.

+ One or more Scrum master and or SAFe certifications.

+ Demonstrated agile mindsets and behaviors required.

SKILLS:

+ Experience working within teams implementing Scaled Agile Framework preferred

+ Experience participating in an agile transformation for a development organization of more than 50 developers, especially in the role of Scrum Master preferred.

+ Demonstrates strong understanding in one or more agile specialties ie delivery, UX, software craftmanship, Design Thinking, Devops, etc. required.

+ Ability to make data-driven decisions and must have sound business acumen demonstrated through analytical thinking to assess process performance and financial viability required.

+ 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”).

Compensation starting at $73430 - $115390 depending on experience.

The salary range represented is based on similar roles in comparable industries, and the cost of labor in respective cities. Actual compensation is based on the candidate’s relevant experience, education requirements and peer pay equity. The Company reserves the right to modify the range as market conditions change.

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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 80+ 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.

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU

Our associates are our top priority and investing in their well-being is one way we execute our Built to Make You Better brand promise. Alongside competitive pay, we have a comprehensive benefits program to support you and your family's health, well-being and financial future. We offer dynamic healthcare plans, generous 401K and stock purchasing programs, tuition reimbursement opportunities, and paid time away for holidays, vacations, and illness. Visit our page for a better look at our extensive benefits: Your Future Benefits. (https://jobs.mscdirect.com/content/Benefits/?locale=en\_US)

You will also have the opportunity to join our Associate Inclusion Circles: Women, Pride, Black, Generational, Veterans, HOLA, and Able. These circles are open to all associates and are designed to promote awareness, collaboration, and respect.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT 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 or any category protected by applicable law. Accommodation requests can be made at any stage of the recruitment process; applicants are asked to make their needs/requirements known.