THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING:

• Fortune 500 manufacturing and technology organization with significant investment in R&D and Innovation
• Rich history with over 150 years of significant growth and innovation
• Expanding global footprint in North America, South America, Europe and Asia
• Industry leader within all 8 divisions and leader in each
• Known for growing talent internally and promoting internally

WHAT THEY OFFER YOU:

• Culture: Highly collaborative, teamwork-oriented environment
• Growth: Make an immediate impact in this high visibility role
• Opportunity: Ability to drive change within organization with a focus on process improvement
• Stability: Strong executive leadership team investing in its talent and elevating the global footprint

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT:

• Partner with IT and business stakeholders across the enterprise to provide input into the development and execution of Enterprise Business Systems (EBS) strategy.
• Collaborate with Service Lines, Enterprise Architects and Business Engagement to translate business requirements and IT enterprise architecture into well-defined technical solutions/requirements
• Create and maintain solutions roadmaps for use in defining and shaping Service Line strategies
• Identify and recommend solution architecture that effectively meets business needs, risk/regulatory compliance requirements and fully supports Service Line and IT function strategy
• Provide directionally accurate cost estimates for use in business case development
• Work with peer Analysts to develop and configure IBP systems to meet business requirements.
• Develop and maintain a detailed understanding of the solutions landscape within an assigned domain of technical expertise
• Develop design principles, design patterns, position papers and Proof of concepts to define technology and capability direction/introduction in alignment with enterprise architecture goals.
• Provides input into the prioritization of strategic IT investments and introduction of new capability in the EBS area.
• Provide guidance and oversight to project and engineering teams in the build, test and deployment of technical solution.
• Participate and lead project design sessions to develop end to end solutions for complex business problems. Challenge status-quo and think out of the box to device innovative solutions for such problems.
• Coach/mentor members of IT as necessary. Align with and influence teams to grow/enterprise architecture skills and perspective
• Troubleshooting: investigate, analyze, and solve problems
• Handle changes or emergency transports as needed for high priority issues
• Coordinate with SAP basis team on the implementation of technical objects in SAP to provided enhancements, bug fixes, OSS notes, Support packages and System upgrades of software components installed
• Continuously expand breadth and depth of technology expertise to include applied research.
• Maintain relationships with key vendors to understand the market trends and direction of associated technologies

THE BACKGROUND THAT FITS:

• Bachelor's degree in IT management, computer science, computer engineering, or management information systems with five years relevant experience.
• SAP Functional Certifications and/or Experience, including SAP certification in IBP planning.
• 10 years of IT or equivalent business/industry work experience in a relevant subject area.
• Experience implementing and optimizing IBP systems to business requirements for at least 2 IBP modules.
• Knowledge of SAP IBP best practices implementation approach.
• Strong proficiency in the concepts, processes, techniques and tools surrounding IBP S&OP, Demand, Response & Supply, Inventory, DDMRP, and Control Tower
• Knowledge of IBP CPI-DS integration, optimizing process string construction for data load efficiency
• Very deep understanding of various business data domains (e.g. Sales, Supply Chain, Planning, Manufacturing)