R00231548 SAP Principal Solutions Architect – S4/HANA (Open)
Ecolab
- Saint Paul, MN
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Accountable for SAP S4 / ECC supply chain / logistics related solutions, including Production Planning (PP), Inventory Management (IM), Materials Management (MM) and Quality Management (QM), Sales & Distribution (SD) modules.
- Proactively and holistically guide the enterprise through SAP S4/ERP transformation and optimization initiatives for Make to deploy / Plan to deliver/Supply chain subjects.
- Effectively collaborates with Sr. Management and Ecolab business solution’s partners to align priorities and plan/execute strategies.
- Successfully navigates high visibility, high-stakes solution topics and drive for excellence.
- Facilitate business and IT alignment through a collaborative, supportive, and consultative manner, driving the organization’s digital business strategies while balancing innovation, growth and stabilization.
- Outline SAP Best Practices and other baseline system configurations required for successful solution implementation. Integrate SAP SCM/P2F tracks with cross functional SAP solutions.
- Analyze business needs and pain points related to supply chain operations and translate those needs into technical requirements from an SAP to E2E solution perspective.
- Drive resolution on key design decisions, ensure completion of deliverables in agile sprints and project phases.
- Partner with Ecolab Business solution teams for template governance and ensure execution of SAP solutions delivery. Facilitate technical assessment and solution design workshops.
- Prioritize workloads to meet deadlines and work objectives and organize and delivery services on a cross-section of complex projects.
- Develop and maintain S4 template documentations while Drive solutions towards best practices and standard S4 capabilities.
- Architect solutions to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and optimize MFG/logistics/supply chain processes.
- Partner with Stakeholders to finalize acceptable solutions and communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences. Prepare high level solution presentations with ease of communication related to the audience and senior level management.
- Demonstrate as a solution leader with flexible attitude, accountable for overall solution stability in operations, rolling out continuous improvements and executing strategic projects in the solution areas.
- Assist solution delivery leaders to ensure solution challenges are resolved and able to deliver on time.
- Assist Project Leadership with the formalization and execution of project close-out activities including documentation of lessons learned and inventory of intellectual property and project artifacts.
- Drive significant new business capabilities through identification and deployment of SAP capabilities that enable automation and innovation.
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in IT/related discipline or equivalent
- 12 years of solution design, technical and/or configuration experience in SAP MM/WM, PP/QM or PM modules
- Experience of other SAP modules integrated with SAP PP/MM/WM/IM/ core competencies required – Master data, Finance, Sales and Distribution, Business Intelligence (Reporting, Data Visualization, and Performance Analytics), APO.
- Experience stepping into an existing project and team up to develop complex business solutions or troubleshoot and accelerate deployment.
- Ability to translate complex business operations to SAP solutions and develop high-level master data governance and migration plan.
- Excellent communication skills to allow for interactions with various levels of leadership.
- Competency in Microsoft Office including Teams, MS Excel (working with advanced formulas, building charts and graphs, and utilizing pivot tables), SharePoint (administration and configuration), MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
- Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
- SAP S/4 certifications are preferred
- Relevant business domain experience is preferred (Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Logistics, etc)
- Full SAP implementations with focus on supply chain modules, preferably at least 2 with S/4 - V1909 and above is preferred
- Experience leading SAP workshops and cross functional workshops to drive decisions.
- Ability to facilitate and drive cross-functional design, workshops, capacity planning and more.
- Experience in FIT GAP Analysis between ECC and S4