IT Manager, SAP COE Operations
About The Position
Dana is seeking an experienced IT Manager to lead SAP Center of Excellence Operations with a primary focus on SAP Production Planning and manufacturing execution support. This role owns the stability, optimization, and evolution of SAP PP capabilities across Dana manufacturing facilities and plays a critical role in SAP deployments, organizational changes, continuous improvement initiatives, and ongoing production support. This position requires a hands on leader who understands manufacturing environments, SAP in production settings, and how to drive results across cross functional teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, information systems, engineering, or related technical discipline
- Equivalent professional experience may be considered in lieu of formal education
- Seven or more years of relevant SAP and manufacturing systems experience
- Fluent in English with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated experience leading SAP workstreams or teams in manufacturing environments
- Hands on experience with SAP Production Planning in discrete manufacturing environments
- Experience supporting SAP deployments, enhancements, and production operations
- Strong understanding of manufacturing business processes and how they integrate across systems
- Experience with requirements gathering, process modeling, and functional design
- Experience developing functional specifications and supporting system testing including integration testing and user acceptance testing
- Strong issue identification and problem solving skills in complex operational environments
- Familiarity with project methodologies and structured delivery approaches
Nice To Haves
- Discrete manufacturing environments
- MES system integration
- Material Master data management
- Capacity Planning and MRP
- RF scanning solutions
- SAP Fiori applications
- Inventory Management and Warehouse Management systems
Responsibilities
- Lead SAP Production Planning workstreams across deployments, enhancements, and operational support
- Define and execute mid term and long term SAP PP strategy in coordination with SAP Release and Enterprise IT leadership
- Own SAP PP configuration, optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations
- Partner closely with plant operations, supply chain, engineering, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions
- Drive efficiency through process improvements, innovation, and automation within SAP and connected systems
- Lead SAP PP enhancements, new implementations, and rollouts across Dana facilities
- Gather, document, and translate business requirements into functional specifications
- Ensure system configurations, customizations, and processes meet quality, security, and compliance standards
- Partner with developers and technical teams to deliver functional solutions and resolve issues
- Ensure incidents and system issues are identified, tracked, communicated, and resolved in a timely manner
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high performing SAP COE team
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
