ERP Data Strategy Engineer

INFICON•East Syracuse, NY

9h•Onsite

About The Position

INFICON is a leading provider of innovative instrumentation, critical sensor technologies, and Smart Manufacturing/Industry 4.0 software solutions that enhance productivity and quality across various industries, including air conditioning/refrigeration, automotive manufacturing, semiconductors, thin film coatings, life sciences, research, aerospace, packaging, heat treatment, and laser cutting. They also provide unique, toxic chemical analysis products for emergency response, security, and environmental health and safety. The ERP Data Strategy Engineer is responsible for leading the existing ERP Data Specialist team in solving problems related to existing SAP manufacturing data setup and providing technical guidance related to SAP best practices. This individual will also play a key role on INFICON's SAP 4/HANA transformation team, assessing, analyzing, and validating manufacturing data for the America region. The role involves leading major SAP and other associated manufacturing software-related improvement initiatives, requiring a detail-oriented, problem-solving, and resourceful individual.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience as a power-user of an ERP system(s) and deep familiarity with Engineering Changes, BOMs, routings & production work orders, preferably in a low-volume, high-mix manufacturing organization with customer-configurable product offerings
Minimal requirement Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline and 5+ years of experience or the equivalent combination of education, training & experience
Experience with SAP is strongly preferred – experience with similar ERP systems is acceptable provided the individual has a demonstrated ability of being strong at self-education on software systems/capabilities
Demonstrated ability to develop methods of entry/edits of large ERP datasets
Detail-orientated and analytically focused individual who has a proven track record of problem solving and a resourceful mentality
Individual who enjoys challenges and can articulate their thoughts and ideas clearly & effectively
Independent and driven individual who is good at collaborating with others on projects and technical initiatives
The ability to manage multiple projects at the same time
Establish credibility & trust from all levels of the organization

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience generating data queries to investigate and make data edits/loads on a large-scale basis

Responsibilities

Provide trouble-shooting and technical guidance to the ERP Data Specialists on SAP and other related issues they encounter during engineering change implementation and production-floor related issues
Perform root-cause/corrective investigations on SAP related issues on the production-floor related to items such as inventory discrepancies, material allocations, cost-variances & work-instruction discrepancies
Work as a major member on INFICON’s SAP 4/HANA implementation team – this is expected to take a minimum of 50% of the individuals time for the duration of the project and the individual will report in a dotted-line manner to the 4/HANA Data Governance Project team lead. The work on this project will consist of items such as the following:
Support data integrity and process alignment within SAP as part of the S/4HANA transformation
Collaborate with the global governance team to develop documentation & maintenance strategies for master data responsibilities along with any associated business processes
Assist in data migration activities by analyzing current-state data, performing data uploads & validations along with any associated troubleshooting and assessment of overall plant readiness
Support training efforts to help end-users understand processes, impacts and relevant data prior to implementation/go-live
Up to 10% travel for the project role duration (2026 to 2028)
Act as the technical project lead in the implementation of the full functionality across the organization of the SAP Engineering Change workflow process
Develop and maintain template files, best-practice guides & other ERP related items that improve standardization and overall data integrity practices within the team
Act as the intermediary between the ERP Data Specialist team and INFICON’s Global SAP team and become the regional Subject Matter Expert (SME) on SAP manufacturing related topics
Provide guidance on data-structure and best-practices and ways of working as INFICON begins the roll-out and usage of a new Manufacturing Execution Software (MES) solution
Work to recommend and implement standardizations on production floor digitization-related items such as bar-code, serialization & associated software tools
Work to ensure both internal & external customers are satisfied with the team’s response in dealing with the inevitable SAP and other associated manufacturing data related issues that arise in a manufacturing organization
Work jointly on a near-daily basis with INFICON’s production & Global SAP teams