YOUR CONTRIBUTION:
Act as an SAP architect and a catalyst of digital transformation to increase business
agility and enable the strategy of the company, as well as the key liaison for his/her
functional globally
Lead and collaborate with the development of best practices, guiding principles, solutions
architecture, and roadmaps
Serve as a subject matter expert working with business processes peers solving problems,
advising on various complex business-related issues
Advise and drive the use of technology to streamline business processes
Collaborate with leadership to develop ideas and solutions to present to business
processes peers
Analyze, gather requirements, design business processes, define functional specifications,
and configure solutions to improve efficiency and reduce costs
Configure, develop, and implement SAP systems, and smoothly integrate SAP
applications with existing IT business solutions
Prepare test plan, test scripts for system testing, and functional testing, and implement the
plan, as well as support for activities related to data conversion and resolve issues
Provide SAP system support, end-user training, and document SAP processes
Leads the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies,
legacy and technical debt, and recommends solutions for improvement
Participate in projects as an SAP expert
Lead functional areas within projects and/or lead implementation projects
Keep abreast of the latest SAP offerings, updates, and developments
Work with Digital IT service providers to provide support to users, to deliver applications
enhancements and on project activities
Develop and maintain strong relationships with business peers to gain their active support
for the transformation agenda
Support leadership in developing and implementing Digital IT roadmaps, such as projects
and enhancement
Develop solution concepts and business cases for new investments
Coaches, mentors and collaborates with technical subject matter experts and peers to
develop technology architecture that enables and drives new business capabilities and
operating models
YOUR EXPERTISE:
· Customer-Centric – Focus efforts to ensure internal and external customers thrive
· Communication and Persuasion – Possess solid communication and persuasion skills
essential to success in this position. You will represent the Digital IT group effectively
and employ negotiation skills that build organizational consensus around a specific
course of action while identifying communication barriers and taking action to facilitate
mutual understanding.
· Business Acumen – Acknowledge the impact of your actions in local and global contexts
while working to generate sustainable value (economic, social, and environmental) for
the organization. In addition, you should understand basic business processes and possess
the ability to identify and develop workflows and process maps for continual
improvement and waste elimination within the business.
· Technical Expertise – Understand all IT functions, cloud technologies, and services in
use, and become familiar with the current direction in the infrastructure market
· Strategic Thinking and Vision – Possess a clear sense of the direction of the
organization and understand what will create a competitive advantage for the business in
the future. Distinguish tactical issues from strategic ones and take action while effectively
translating strategic imperatives at the macro level into initiatives and priorities.
· Simplistic Agility – Foster simplicity and agility to focus on what adds value while
resolving issues
· Global Perspective – Ability to successfully operate in a global IT organization bringing
perspective to daily work while leveraging relationships, expertise, and opportunities
across borders taking the company’s strategy and priorities into consideration.
· Accountability – Take initiative and assume personal accountability and ownership for
goals, outcomes, and deadlines holding others accountable for achieving individual and
organizational objectives.
· Analysis – Possess critical thinking ability and deal systematically with input from a
variety of sources to suggest alternative approaches to unfamiliar situations or concepts,
as well as strong analytical skills, including an understanding of business economics and
financial resources.
· Supplier Management – Possess the ability to engage and manage suppliers as needed
for discovery, modeling, implementation, and support.
YOUR CREDENTIALS:
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer
Engineering, or equivalent experience
8 years of SAP experience
SAP certifications preferred
Extensive SAP (module-specific) knowledge
Experience with full-cycle SAP implementations preferred
Knowledge of IT processes, IT functions (development, infrastructure, security,
governance), and technology (cloud, big data, architecture, APIs)
Knowledge of Agile, Project Management, and Innovation processes
Ability to work with teams in Application Managed Services (AMS) environment driving
engagement with an ownership mindset
Ability to document SAP processes
Experience leading projects
Understanding of business processes and best practices to provide effective solutions
YOUR SPECIFIC CREDENTIALS:
Finance & Controlling:
Strong knowledge of SAP ERP (ECC or S4/Hana) and solid functional experience with
the SAP Modules FI and CO (Material Ledger (ML), Production Costing (CO-PC),
Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) and integration with other SAP modules (SAP-SOP,
SAP-MM, SAP-PP).
Strong knowledge of core submodules such as Fixed Assets, Treasury, Credit Control,
Account Payable, Account Receivable, Bank Communication, Cost Closing Cockpit, and
Activity/Tasks Cockpit for cost closing.
Experience with Concur, Vertex (Tax), VIM (Vendor Invoice Management) and Ariba is
a plus and at the very least, to ensure the integration between these with SAP.