Regional SAP Lead

ITW•Troy, MI

4d•Remote

About The Position

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) is a global diversified manufacturing company with approximately $16 billion in global revenues, seven major segments, operations in 52 countries, and approximately 45,000 employees. ITW is rolling out SAP S/4HANA across North America for a global automotive supplier. The procurement, inventory management, and warehouse execution template is established and continues to evolve with each divisional rollout. The third rollout will introduce SAP EWM, providing the opportunity to lead warehouse management design and incorporate it into the template. The Regional SAP Lead for MM/IM/EWM owns end-to-end procurement, inventory management, and warehouse execution processes in an automotive supplier environment. The role deploys and evolves the Procure-to-Pay, Inventory Management, and Warehouse Execution template across divisions and sites while maintaining fit-to-standard practices, governing justified variations, and preserving local agility. It is a highly visible role on the SAP implementation core team, aligning strategic objectives with tactical needs and coordinating with plant leadership and manufacturing, quality, finance, and sales workstreams. This remote role requires travel during key project phases and for support needs, up to 50% based on project and support needs. Compensation is $120,000–$130,000 base plus bonus. ITW offers health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a 401(k) retirement plan with company match. ITW is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

At least 10 years of hands-on SAP MM/WM experience.
At least 1–2 full SAP S/4HANA implementations within the automotive supplier industry.
Deep expertise in MM, IM, and EWM; embedded EWM in S/4HANA is preferred.
Strong understanding of automotive supplier operations.
Experience with purchasing, inventory movements and valuation, physical inventory and cycle counting, warehouse structure design, handling units, and RF/mobile execution.
A track record in SAP transformation projects covering fit-to-standard/blueprint, configuration, data migration, testing, cutover, user training, and go-live.
Ability to travel up to 50%, depending on project and support needs.

Nice To Haves

Experience with embedded EWM in SAP S/4HANA.

Responsibilities

Own and evolve the SAP MM/IM/EWM process template through future rollouts and enhancements.
Lead fit-to-template workshops with new divisions, determining where the standard applies and identifying genuine gaps.
Recommend Stock Room Management, Basic EWM, or Advanced EWM for each site based on operational complexity and licensing cost.
Design EWM warehouse structures and processes, including receiving, putaway, picking, production supply staging, shipping, and RF/mobile execution.
Work with key users to shape procurement, inventory, and warehouse processes that balance common standards with local agility.
Strengthen automotive procurement processes, including scheduling agreements and forecast delivery schedules, subcontracting/outside processing, supplier consignment, and inter-plant/intercompany stock transfers.
Govern the template by evaluating division-specific requirements, approving justified variations, and documenting them.
Identify and prioritize template improvements using rollout lessons learned while maintaining a fit-to-standard, clean-core approach.
Coordinate divisional data preparation and validation.
Guide user acceptance testing and help create test scripts.
Plan and execute MM/IM/EWM cutover, including inventory cutover, go-live physical inventory, and migration of open purchase orders and scheduling agreements.
Ensure SAP MM/IM/EWM processes support compliance, auditability, inventory accuracy, and strong master data governance.
Train key users on configured processes and provide post-go-live functional support.
Act as functional lead for the third rollout and subsequent rollouts.
Direct and collaborate with external consultants during rollouts and continuous improvement initiatives as needed.
Clearly communicate project status, risks, and progress to project leadership.
Mentor key users and local support teams to develop lasting in-house SAP capability.
Provide second-level support for MM/IM/EWM support requests.
Collaborate with plant leadership and stakeholders in manufacturing, quality, finance, and sales to align plant processes with the S/4HANA template and maintain end-to-end consistency.
Support change management by explaining technical solutions and their business impacts to Purchasing, Materials, and Warehouse stakeholders.
Support compliance with automotive supply chain requirements, including batch traceability and expendable and returnable packaging management.