SAP S/4 HANA Application Architect - Product Management

PRIMARY JOB PURPOSE 

Responsible to support and assist in the design and implementation of the Supply Chain Operations template including configurations and determining the best ways to use S/4 HANA by merging business and IT needs and focusing on utilizing the system for the greatest efficiency and utilization.

Work very closely with Lead Solution Architect – Sales & Operations to meet SAP implementation deliverables.

KEY POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Being part of Global IT team and responsible for SAP MM (Materials Management) and Variant Configuration related system configuration and associated developments are designed, built, tested & deployed according to S/4 HANA best practices.

• Lead and Support the Product Management Area in the SAP implementation project from solution and architecture perspective and ensure timely completion of related project activities with key focus on quality.

• Facilitate and support Solution Architects, Workstream managers & leads right from requirement gathering, solution design with focus on Material master data processes and integration of same with sales and Customer Service, finance & Operation workstreams.

• Responsible for creating/maintaining functional specifications for WRICEF (Workflow, Report, Interface, Conversion, Enhancement, Forms) objects.
• Analyse, create and document business processes during the project implementation.

• Support larger project team during configuration, testing, training, migration, cutover, go-live and up-grade phases.
• Support incidents or change requests for the live Business units.

SELECTION CRITERIA 

Essential:

• Bachelor / Master's degree in Business, Computer Science, or equivalent discipline is required with minimum 10 years of consulting experience with multiple Industries.
• Minimum 2 full lifecycle implementations / roll outs & support project experience in the area of material master data, data modelling, data governance in S/4 HANA or SAP ECC Projects with knowledge of integration across financial and logistics processes in SAP as a lead subject matter expert.
• Hands on experience defining various types of Material master, Variant Configuration, Bill of Materials, Class & Characteristics and Object dependencies.
• Should have demonstrated hands-on experience in delivery of large, complex, global engagements involving multi-currency, multi-location, multi-organization complexities.
• Should have solution design capabilities to reengineer business processes, sound knowledge of process modelling, ERP and packaged application fit/gap analysis, addressing critical business challenges typical to the industry or regional process nuances.
• Understanding on SAP Best Practices and knowledge in Master data, MM module, their integrations & technology.
• Ability to learn new tasks quickly; demonstrate flexibility when presented with change.
• Lead and support a team environment.
• Strong communication skills in English, self-driven and motivated.
• Ability to manage and deliver multiple priorities in a constrained timeline

Desirable:

• SAP S/4 HANA Certification in SAP MM.
• Knowledge of new features in SAP S/4HANA like embedded analytics, user experience using Fiori, SAP cloud platform

WORK ENVIRONMENT FACTORS       

• Office based/Remote with occasional international travel.

• Health and Safety accountability statements.
• Working times are European time zone, however open to be available in US/APC time zone as well for the need basis.