Sr IT Solution Lead

Xcel Energy • Minneapolis, MN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Sr Solution Lead is responsible for leading work within or across end-to-end solution lifecycle. They provide IT expertise, vision, and work direction to achieve strategic initiatives, customer and operational needs, portfolio health and business outcomes. They provide in-depth knowledge of the business needs, processes, and corresponding solutions. They provide technical leadership and coordination cross-organizationally to ensure solutions align with architecture and IT strategy. They are a key contact to business, customer and stakeholder groups for their respective domain, helping ensure business needs and corresponding value and risk are well represented.

Requirements

• Ten years of related functional experience
• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Science, Business or related field, or 4 years of experience equivalent to the position
• Excellent communication skills, effective with varying organizational levels and skill set, and able to translate between technical and non-technical concepts
• Excellent Relationship Management and collaboration skills, with a track record of working as one team cross-organizationally to drive innovation and business results
• Experience with Project or Product delivery practices, including SDLC, Agile and Waterfall
• Demonstrated ability to recommend innovative solutions to support complex business requirements
• Ability to drive continuous improvement through lean, agile, six sigma
• Demonstrated in depth knowledge of end-to-end process and system capabilities, industry standards and emerging technologies and methods
• Expertise in technical, functional, and operational details of respective solutions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build functional and technical subject matter expertise, process and tools expertise, and drive consistency in processes.
• Experience with strategic planning, demand management, execution, and operation of IT solutions
• Experience with contract and vendor management
• In-depth expertise on core IT components within the respective domain.

Nice To Haves

• US Citizens and Green Card Holders preferred.
• Ideal candidate will have working experience of Warehouse Operations or have spent time in these environments. Not just technical exposure.
• 3-5 + years of experience working as an Analyst or IT Professional with SAP
• Demonstrated advanced implementation experience with SAP ECC, S4/HANA EWM (Extended Warehouse Management) software applications.
• Demonstrated implementation experience with SAP ECC, S4/HANA Sourcing and Procurement and Materials Management (MM) software application modules.
• Experience configuring and deploying SAP in a Managed Project environment (structured deployments) (Minimum 2 projects preferred)
• Relevant SAP Module Experience to support integrated Xcel Energy Environment: MM – Materials Management, Master Data, Procurement, Inventory Management, LE – Logistics Execution, Warehouse Management, Mobile Data Entry, Shipping, Transportation, PM – Plant Maintenance, Work Order Integration with MM
• Successful candidate should be able to interpret Business Requirements and provide simple but effective process solutions in SAP.
• The candidate will need to be a self-motivated individual that can confidently present and support their ideas and follow through with confidence.
• Specific SAP Knowledge/Experience that will be needed within these areas: Inventory Management / Warehouse Management Integration
• Warehouse Management processing and supporting configuration
• Warehouse Management standard enhancement points and user exits
• Stock Placement and Removal Strategies
• Confirmation and Verification processes and controls
• Warehouse Management Continuous Inventory Methodologies
• Experience with the Warehouse Activity Monitor
• Mobile Data Entry (Mobile Solution) configuration and WM Integration
• Mobile Data Entry Devices and application integration concepts
• BarTender or other Bar Code Application Integration with SAP (does not need to be app expert)

Responsibilities

• Partner with business areas, customers and other stakeholders to understand needs and opportunities.
• Establish and maintain collaborative partnership with internal partners.
• Provide coaching and work direction to less experienced team members.
• Lead efforts in end-to-end solution lifecycle from strategic planning, through demand management, delivery lifecycle activities, and operation.
• Ensure solutions drive great user experience and operational performance.
• Drive speed to deployments and continuous delivery to meet changing customer and stakeholder needs.
• Lead efforts to understand operational health, customer satisfaction, and total cost of operation and build awareness of opportunities and risks.
• Represent business partners/stakeholders in strategic planning and investment prioritization.
• Drive alignment with stakeholders on maintenance activities and schedules.
• Ensure delivery practices uphold continuous integration of operational functions.
• Provide escalated support as needed to drive restoration of service disruptions.
• Stay abreast of industry and technology trends to continuously improve solution delivery practices and customer satisfaction.

Benefits

• Annual Incentive Program
• Medical/Pharmacy Plan
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Account
• Health Care Reimbursement Account
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
• Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
• Transportation Reimbursement Account
• Short-term disability (STD)
• Long-term disability (LTD)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Transit programs
• Employee recognition program
• Pension
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Holidays
• Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
• Parental Leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior