Job Description
The Enterprise SAP Senior Manager will report to the Solution Delivery Leader-Enterprise SAP COE. The successful candidate will be part of SAP Solution Delivery leaders and own the Solution Design, Implementation and Governance of Enterprise SAP template for the respective value stream/process area. The Enterprise SAP COE Senior Manager will work with business counterparts in delivering solutions based on best practices, business processes & SAP expertise.
The SAP landscape under the scope of this position would cover multiple SAP instances in JCI globally.
With Product Ownership and Solution Delivery responsibility, the Enterprise SAP Senior Manager will play a role of SAP Leader and Subject Matter Expert, and be responsible for the planning, design, execution, delivery and governance of SAP processes, solutions and multiple strategic initiatives in respective Value Stream areas.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of JCI internal Solution Architects and external resources in SAP areas – to deliver multiple projects, Continuous improvements, manage day-to-day system maintenance and business requirements.
- Planning, Design, implementation/execution, delivery, and maintenance of JCI Enterprise SAP template solutions, according to business requirements and best practices.
- DevOps management: Review, Dispositioning, Prioritization and delivery of multiple Continuous improvement items and issue resolution.
- Provide consultation to multiple systems/application owners in JCI, business partners and peer groups regarding long and short-range architecture solutions to address business requirements and objectives.
- Develop solutions and business case alternatives. Actively participates in complex design and technical discussions, and decision-making processes.
- Collaborate and engage with counterparts across SAP pillars such as Tech Services, IT Operations, QA and Business Analytics to consistently deliver SAP application projects with a high level of quality and functionality that meets the business user’s requirements.
- Provide Subject Matter expertise in SAP value stream areas and integration with other third-party tools deployed in Johnson Controls to support the business processes.
- Work with the Enterprise ERP Application Architect team & support functionality assessments for solutions in scope of the overall SAP ERP platform.
Skills & Qualifications
A successful candidate must have the following skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related discipline. Master’s degree in related discipline preferred.
- Overall 18+ years of SAP implementation experience across multiple lifecycles of SAP implementation (including 5+ years in S4 HANA) & leading one or more of the core Vale stream areas process and SAP processes such as
- OTC: Order to Cash (Quotation Mgt, Sales & Distribution, Customer Service, Warranty Management, Returns Processes, Customer EDI Integrations, Invoice Management, etc.,)
- PTP: Procure to Pay (Strategic Procurement, Material Planning, Purchasing, Supplier EDI integration, Quality Management, Returns Processes, Invoice Management, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, etc.,)
- PTF: Plan to Fulfill (Forecasting, Material Planning, Manufacturing, Quality Management, Project Systems, Variant Configuration, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management.,)
- RTR: Record to Report (Finance, GL Accounting, Product Costing, Controlling, Taxation, AP/AR Processes, eInvoice Management, etc.,)
- Data Analytics: BI/BW, SAC, Data Management, Reporting
- ABAP developments, Process Integration exposure/experience with PP, PM, QM, MM, WM, FI, VC, PS, Reporting/Analytics, and other SAP/Non-SAP technologies in this space.
- Experience across lifecycle of SAP implementation in respective value stream area preferred.
- Experience in strategic business initiatives in the SAP domain in
- Engaging business customers
- Managing customer expectations
- Driving Cost benefit analysis based on estimation models.
- Developing Solution Deployment Roadmap
- Experienced with SAFe Agile DevOps delivery framework will be preferred.
- Experience in business process re-engineering or process improvement, involving broad-based information systems, utilizing tools and techniques to effect business change.
- Ability to develop clear and detailed business requirements and design specifications that can be understood by other delivery teams & business partners.
- Ability to translate business requirements into design options that are cost effective, efficient, re-usable that comply with defined architectural principles and standards and that enhance the business process.
- Must possess a high degree of professional confidence and credibility, with the presence and communication skills to represent IT related concepts effectively with all levels of the business.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving, communication and presentation skills.
