SAP Digital Manufacturing
Are you a highly skilled Senior SAP Functional Analyst searching for the perfect opportunity to advance your career?
Look no further!
Our Client, a leading player in the automotive industry, dedicated to a mission of creating a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions, and Zero Congestion. We are on the hunt for an experienced Senior SAP Functional Analyst with deep expertise in SAP Digital Manufacturing (DM), Production Planning (PP), and/or Materials Management (MM) to become a vital part of our Manufacturing IT team.
What you'll be doing…
- Working with cutting-edge technologies from SAP, leveraging the latest integration and support packages across SAP S/4HANA and SAP Digital Manufacturing.
- Leading requirements gathering, validation, and documentation for SAP Digital Manufacturing, PP, and/or MM solution components.
- Evaluating the current manufacturing application landscape, providing insight on solutions integrated with or absorbed into SAP S/4HANA and Digital Manufacturing, and retiring others, in line with Client’s SaaS First strategy.
- Collaborating with regional or global project teams, assisting project managers to deliver solutions using clients’ IT Solution Delivery Methodology.
- Participating in global projects that cover process teams such as Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Finance, and Aftersales.
- Engaging with cross-functional analysts on the design, development, testing, deployment, and user training of SAP solutions.
- Leading and supporting SAP implementation and Application Management projects, focusing on business and functional process analysis, documentation, and configuration adherence to Client SDLC methodologies, including Agile.
- Ensuring solutions have comprehensive testing approaches and end-to-end process validation while collaborating with Quality Assurance teams.
- Providing Application Management support and troubleshooting production issues, working closely with ABAP developers, Basis Administrators, Infrastructure, and Operations teams.
- Supporting the introduction of new solutions to business customers and transitioning stable solutions to the sustain/operations organization.
- Creating and maintaining process documents, configuration guides, and training materials.
- Advising teams and business partners on best practices for SAP Digital Manufacturing, PP, and MM.
- Maintaining expertise in SAP configuration/customization tools and staying up-to-date with SAP roadmap and Client's standards.
- Integrating SAP software solutions within Client's environments and external partner landscapes.
- Collaborating with SAP BTP and SAP Plant Connectivity to integrate SAP with plant-floor systems.
- Complying with Client's standards and industry best practices for security, auditability, performance, and supportability.
- Demonstrating commitment to continuous learning and personal development in SAP and modern delivery techniques.
- Seeking opportunities within the SAP solution portfolio that benefit business partners and simplify the application landscape.
- Providing support and consultancy to optimize SAP system use and integrate best practices.
The right person has…
- SAP certification in SAP Digital Manufacturing (DM), PP, and/or MM.
- Understanding of manufacturing environments, with preferred experience in automotive factories or complex manufacturing.
- 8+ years of relevant SAP PP and MM project delivery experience, including configuration and non-standard functionality design.
- Hands-on ABAP development experience in ECC and/or S/4HANA.
- Extensive experience in SAP ECC 6.0 and SAP S/4HANA deployments.
- Expertise in Manufacturing and Supply Chain domains with knowledge of end-to-end business processes.
- Business-facing experience in running requirements workshops, solution design presentations, and user training.
- Experience delivering solutions in regulated environments.
- Ability to define, configure, and test SAP security roles/authorizations.
- Practical experience with middleware for interface handling.
- Exceptional communication skills in English (written and spoken).
- Structured and analytical problem-solving approach.
- Ability to coordinate tasks and priorities across multiple projects and workstreams.
- Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills to achieve common objectives across IT, operations, and external partners.
Education Requirements…
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Information Technology, Business Computing, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
Preferred Skills…
- In-depth experience with Digital Manufacturing in automotive or discrete manufacturing.
- Familiarity with Warehouse Management and integration with manufacturing/logistics processes.
- Experience with SAP AI capabilities and analytics/AI applications in manufacturing or supply chain use cases.
- Programming experience in ABAP, Java, Python, .NET, etc.
- Understanding of EDI transaction sets and related communication protocols.
- Knowledge of security, efficient code reuse, and software design principles in SAP-centric landscapes.
- Experience with SAP Automotive solutions.
- Integration of OpenText products with SAP.
- Good knowledge of SAP HANA database for analytics and reporting.
- Experience in data archiving technologies and strategies for large manufacturing datasets.
- Hands-on experience with SAP Fiori (standard apps and custom extensions).
- IT/SAP consulting background and/or global stakeholder collaboration experience.
- Business Analyst certification or equivalent.
- Certification or practical experience in project management/IT solution delivery (e.g., Agile, Scrum, SAP Activate).
- Proven ability to manage tasks and priorities across multiple projects in complex, global environments.
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