Technology Lead - SAP S4 Hana - Enterprise Project Team - IT

SAP S4 Hana: Technology Lead - Make To Deliver/procure-to-pay/ Finance

Job Purpose :

- SAP S4 is the next generation ERP that would form the Digital Core of the Enterprise. This will be a very large Transformation program over 4-5 years with an investment of circa 200 Mln. This will replace core ERP systems that have been in use over the last 15+ years leveraging new technologies in particular SAP's S4 HANA platform and a number of surround systems.

- This program on Digital Core is aimed to deliver to the strategic theme of - Simpler Faster Leaner- across all our core processes, driving standardization & simplification without compromising speed & agility.

- An advance team on SAP S4 is being setup under a Senior Director to lead this program.

- Manufacturing, Warehousing & Dispatch (Make-to-Deliver / Procure to Pay / Finance) processes - which this role will be working on - form a very core of the ERP suite.

Job Responsibilities :

- The specific accountability of this role is described below across preparation phase (2020) as part of the - Advance Team  and thereafter as a core team member of a larger Enterprise wide Project Team responsible for Design/Build and eventually implementation & change management.

- In the initial stage of the program (2020), this role will be responsible for :

- Interrogating current operational Make-to-deliver / Procure to Pay / Finance processes and current ERP systems (configurations & custom development)

- Bring in strong product perspective on the - art of the possible- on Make-to-Deliver / Procure to Pay / Finance processes with S4 with a deep expertise / experience on both

- Interface with teams in IT and Supply Chain Functions to look at pain points / bottlenecks as well as explicit & latent needs

- Link up externally to identify Best & Next practices in Make-to-Deliver / Procure to Pay / Finance

- Design the processes of the future and spell out quantified and strategic benefits

- Estimate Efforts, Resources & Costs of this program

- Call out potential risks and change management challenges and identify mitigation steps

- Help identify Technology and Process partners to support the journey

- Help flesh out the structure of the larger teams to follow in the detailed design & build stage of the program

- As the program moves to the blueprinting, design & build stage (2021+), this role along with other peer team members will be responsible

- Lead detailed blueprint workshops to validate and flesh out work done in preparation phase

- Driving to standard design to make the future system & process more resilient and efficient

- Manage the build / configuration with technology partners (System Integrators)

- Test the system

- In the implementation phase (2020+), this role along with other peer members will be responsible for:

- Efficient landing of the system across Business Units

- Training of users

- Manage cutover

- Change management

- Along with business operating management, secure the benefits

- This role, along with other core team members, is an important thought leadership to design the enterprise systems of the future.

- Provide digital thought leadership, bringing knowledge and solutions to drive business outcomes. Think - digital- and embrace next generation ways of doing work. Ensure insight and understanding of - best practices- to keep pace with competition/peer companies.

- Provide technology leadership for implementation of new technology platform / capabilities, by performing design reviews, code walkthroughs / review to ensure adherence to standards and security guidelines.

- Provide technical due diligence of software products and platforms. Create technical assessments, based on criteria including cost, security, vendor fit, alignment to objectives, reliability, and scalability

Candidate Profile : Essential

- A degree in Engineering or Chartered Accountancy. Post graduate MBA with specialization in Make-to-Deliver / Procure to Pay / Finance and/or IT from a premier institution is preferred

- Formal training & Certification in SAP Functional modules is preferred

- Experience of at least 10 years in one or a combination of

- IT professional in a reputed end user with a large mission critical SAP implementation;

- A Global Tier 1 IT Consulting / Solutions company with direct responsibility

- Must have handled at least 2 large full cycle implementations - at least one of which as a senior program lead with overall leadership of all Make-to-Deliver / Procure to Pay / Finance processes

- Must have handled at least one large implementation of SAP S4 HANA

- Experience in business analysis and process re-engineering to identify opportunities and to make a robust business case with quantified benefits on the area

- Experience in converting functional requirements to detailed technical configurations and getting them built on large enterprise systems

- Strong facilitation, leadership, creative thinking, and collaboration skills required. Must display vision and resiliency and the ability to engage and communicate with stakeholders at all levels of an organization.

- Display Learning agility and ability to play evolving roles - in this case from a key lead member of an advance team; to a functional member of a larger program team.

- Track record of delivery with internal & external teams of professionals.

- Experience in change management with users and trapping business benefits.

- Experience working with virtual teams across time zones