SAP Product Manager

Simplot•Boise, ID

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. We are a true farm-to-table company with an integrated portfolio including food processing and food brands, phosphate mining, fertilizer manufacturing, farming, ranching and cattle production, and other enterprises related to agriculture. Leadership. Clarity. Focus. The SAP Product Managers are senior leaders who deliver value to our business through the embodiment of these qualities. The J.R. Simplot Company is on an SAP S/4 HANA ERP global transformation journey. The Product Managers play a critical role in this transformation through envisioning, defining, deploying, and improving the SAP and SAP-adjacent products within Simplot. The initial focus will be on the multi-year implementation and rollout of SAP S/4 and related products to the Simplot business units. As rollouts are completed, the product manager role will take on strategic planning for future needs, improvement of existing functionality, and ensuring value capture for the investment that has been made. We are looking for the ideal candidate to fill our SAP Product Manager position that is focused on the Make-to-Deploy logistics space (MTD-Logistics). The product portfolio for MTD-Logistics includes: SAP S/4 modules for Transportation Management and Extended Warehouse Management; the Global Trade Services product and the Business Network for Logistics (BN4L) product. To be effective, the SAP Product Manager will have business knowledge and experience in warehousing and logistics (both Domestic and International) so they can communicate and partner with the business stakeholders on identifying needs and translating those to SAP product capabilities.

Requirements

8+ years related experience and/or training
Must be able to establish the trust of the business
Ability to influence and drive consensus with stakeholders
Must have excellent leadership and collaboration skills
Deep knowledge of the warehousing and logistics space
Deep knowledge of the systems/modules that are in the MTD-Logistics portfolio
Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to present effectively to all levels of audiences from Executives to boots-on-the-ground stakeholders
Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
Ability to take a complex solution or concept and explain it in a simple, easy to understand way

Responsibilities

Work with business owners and the SAP vendor product team to define and align on the product roadmap, epics, features, capabilities, and overall deployment approach
Collaborate with business owners to understand future business needs and align those needs to the product roadmap
Support the Agile delivery teams to prioritize, build, and deploy the roadmap
Govern the solution globally as different business groups are on-boarded; provide guidance for identifying rational variation versus irrational variation in the solution
Own the backlog for project work and enhancement work; includes prioritization and negotiation with the business
Be the ultimate decision-maker/accountable person for the SAP products in their portfolio
Set both the immediate and long-term vision for your product portfolio
Communicate the vision to key stakeholders
Be transparent about the “why” and “how” for decision-making
Be able to say “no” or “not now” but explain why
Have a passion for objective prioritization and know how to balance competing factors
Support the delivery teams with continued prioritization, trade-off discussions, and roadblock removal
Provide clarification related to Epics and/or Features
Collaborate with the Program team to help set goals for each product increment
Collaborate with the business owners, users, SMEs, cutover team, training team, and the OCM team to deploy product features into the business
Support the team and business owners during the initial go-live events and provide leadership and focus on deployment issues or defects
Collaborate with the delivery teams and the IT support team to ensure the products have a working support model
Maintain close contact with the super-user network (SUN) to identify how the product is being used and where improvement to the product or process is necessary
Collaborate with the SAP Principal Enterprise Architect and the vendor’s product team to monitor and plan for new capabilities, future enhancements, etc.
Manage the cost of the solution and relationship with the vendor’s product team(s)
Monitor the return on investment for the products in your portfolio
Monitor the life of the product including vendor roadmaps and their end-of-life dates
Plan for the replacement of the product if the functionality is still needed by the business