Senior, IT Manager – SAP Systems

Fortune Brands • Deerfield, IL

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is seeking a Senior IT Manager for SAP Systems to lead the strategy, operations, and evolution of a large, diverse SAP landscape. This role oversees a complex, hybrid environment, balancing critical on-premise SAP and 3rd Party systems with scalable cloud integrations. Responsibilities span SAP Infrastructure and system architecture, monitoring and maintaining high-performance technical and operational execution, and ensuring close adherence to strategic corporate initiatives to maximize SAP investments.

Requirements

• Experience managing a large, diverse SAP landscape.
• Experience overseeing a complex, hybrid environment (on-premise and cloud).
• Experience with SAP ECC, BIW, SCM, GRC, EWM, HANA DB, SAP ASE, SAP Portal, and SAP C4.
• Experience architecting data flows, API, CPI RFC, SOA, Boomi, and EDI connections.
• Experience formulating, maintaining, and testing backup and recovery strategies.
• Experience defining and tracking key performance metrics for system uptime.
• Experience coordinating system upgrades, support packages, security patching, and system refreshes.
• Experience serving as a primary point of contact for IT audits.
• Experience maintaining compliance with industry regulations (e.g., SOX, GDPR).
• Experience managing SAP Security Teams and GRC tools.
• Experience enforcing Segregation of Duties (SoD) policies.
• Experience enforcing change management workflows.
• Experience scheduling and monitoring SAP security notes and patches.
• Experience directing, coaching, and evaluating a team.
• Experience managing third-party system integrators, cloud service providers, and vendor account managers.
• Experience with SAP BASIS administration.
• Experience with Database Administration of SAP HANA, Oracle, SAP ASE, and MS-SQL.
• Experience with Production Support for Global Print Management, Enterprise Scheduling, and Enterprise Backup/Restore.

Responsibilities

• Manage Hybrid Ecosystems: Oversee the availability, security, and performance of our hybrid SAP landscape (combining on-premise core databases with cloud applications and platforms including SAP ECC, BIW, SCM, GRC, EWM, HANA DB, SAP ASE, SAP Portal and SAP C4).
• Cloud Integration & Strategy: Architect seamless data flows, API, CPI RFC, SOA, Boomi, and EDI connections between on-premise components and cloud-based solutions.
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Formulate, maintain, and test robust backup and recovery strategies across both on-premise servers and cloud instances.
• SLA & Incident Management: Define and track key performance metrics to ensure maximum system uptime and minimize business disruptions.
• System Maintenance: Coordinate upgrades, support packages, security patching, and system refreshes across the landscape with minimal impact on operations.
• Audit Readiness & Execution: Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external IT audits. Provide required evidence, system logs, and configuration reports.
• Regulatory Compliance: Maintain compliance across the SAP landscape with relevant industry regulations (e.g., SOX, GDPR, etc.).
• Access Governance & GRC: Manage the SAP Security Team, with emphasis on SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tools. Monitor and enforce Segregation of Duties (SoD) policies to eliminate access conflicts.
• Change Control Management: Enforce strict change management workflows to verify that all system transports, patches, and code deployments are approved, tested, documented, reviewed, and ultimately auditable.
• Vulnerability & Patch Management: Schedule and monitor mandatory SAP security notes and patches across both on-premise and cloud nodes to mitigate risk vulnerabilities.
• Team Mentorship: Direct, coach, and evaluate a team of highly productive Individual Contributors specializing in SAP Security, SAP BASIS administration, Database Administration (of SAP HANA, Oracle, SAP ASE, and MS-SQL), and Production Support (Global Print Management, Enterprise Scheduling, Enterprise Backup/Restore).
• External Partner Oversight: Manage third-party system integrators, cloud service providers, and vendor account managers to maximize service quality and cost-efficiency.

Benefits

• Annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility.
• Robust health plans.
• Market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution.
• Product discounts.
• Flexible time off benefits.
• Adoption benefits.
• Numerous ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) to foster a sense of belonging.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed