SAP Business Process Analyst - Plant Maintenance (PM)

POSITION SUMMARY – Supports global business outcome improvement efforts for SAP modules supporting Plant Maintenance. This role will lead improvement efforts in the design, related business processes, and master and transactional data governance requirements. Qualified candidate demonstrates through actions and influence a culture of continuous improvement within overall SAP support team and business users.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify and lead business outcome improvement initiatives and use of configuration design in S4 HANA to meet requirements in the following areas: data flow and governance, business process execution and automation (productivity, time management, quality, cost, standardization).
• Executes S4 HANA configuration design, testing and approvals in order to implement business performance optimization initiatives.
• Identify and / or lead business performance optimization efforts through the evaluation and review of current process(es), data flow and requirements, and performance metrics (key performance indicators).
• Drives data analysis with predictable outcomes in decision making to lead improvements in business outcomes and prioritization of overall team efforts.
• Co-lead with business owner stakeholder(s) improvement strategies and the identification of change management implications.
• Identify and co-lead with business owner stakeholder(s) any data migration or update requirements and activities.
• Identify detailed requirements for overall implementation stages and stakeholder requirements (including business owner(s) requirements for training, testing and adoption planning and execution).
• Provides input into required end user training documentation materials, business process procedures, and may support training delivery of new or changed system or business process design.
• Analyze and monitor implemented changes to business processes and make adjustments as needed.
• Guide business stakeholders to perform assigned tasks in accordance with established standards and templates in order to identify and meet agreed upon milestones and overall timeframe to implement improvement initiatives.
• Present progress reports, offer alternatives and/or solutions to address feedback or schedule (timeframe) risks.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Applicant must be ITAR/EAR compliant; United States Citizen or Green Card Holder.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to travel within and outside United States for business related requirements.
• Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution, preferably in Computer Science or other related discipline; Master’s degree preferable but not required.
• 10 years of related experience with Plant Maintenance module in SAP and related business processes as well as master and transactional data governance requirements.
  • Material master, vendor master, purchase info record, source list
  • Purchase requisition to purchase order processing
  • Release strategies for both purchase requisitions and purchase orders
  • Inventory management
  • Warehouse management
  • Material requirements planning
  • Integration with finance and accounts payable
  • Integration between Plant Maintenance module and procurement and inventory
  • IDOCS
  • PI / PO for interfaces
• Leads system configuration in the Plant maintenance module.
• Experience with FIORI.
• Experience with interdependency of Material Management (MM), Quality Management (QM) and Controlling (CO) SAP modules.
• Demonstrated leadership of prior full life-cycle SAP S/4 MM implementation or enterprise-wide redesign.
• 5-7 years of related experience in Project Management through developing and executing test plans to ensure that the system is working as expected, and relevant SAP module (system architecture) experience in related industry.
• Exceptional leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Effective time management and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement outcomes with enterprise-wide qualitative results.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.