Sr. Manager, IT
About The Position
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We’re focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too. At Fortune Brands, we’re building something big. We’re advancing exciting innovations in all of our products and processes. We’re delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we’ve transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential. When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength. Explore life at Fortune Brands here. Senior IT Manager – SAP Systems (Hybrid Infrastructure) Senior IT Manager for SAP Systems: Leads the strategy, operations, and evolution of a large, diverse SAP landscape. Oversees a complex, hybrid environment—balancing critical on-premise SAP and 3rd Party systems with scalable cloud integrations. Responsibilities within this position spans SAP Infrastructure and system architecture, monitors and maintains high-performance technical and operational execution, and ensures close adherence to strategic corporate initiatives, to maximize our SAP investments.
Requirements
- SAP Infrastructure and system architecture
- High-performance technical and operational execution
- SAP ECC, BIW, SCM, GRC, EWM, HANA DB, SAP ASE, SAP Portal and SAP C4
- Data flows, API, CPI RFC, SOA, Boomi, and EDI connections
- Backup and recovery strategies
- SLA & Incident Management
- System Maintenance (upgrades, support packages, security patching, system refreshes)
- Audit Readiness & Execution
- Regulatory Compliance (SOX, GDPR, etc…)
- SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tools
- Segregation of Duties (SoD) policies
- Change Control Management
- Vulnerability & Patch Management
- SAP Security, SAP BASIS administration
- Database Administration of SAP HANA, Oracle, SAP ASE, and MS-SQL.
- Global Print Management, Enterprise Scheduling, Enterprise Backup/Restore.
- External Partner Oversight
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)
- Architect seamless data flows, API, CPI RFC, SOA, Boomi, and EDI connections between on-premise components and cloud-based solutions.
- Formulate, maintain, and test robust backup and recovery strategies across both on-premise servers and cloud instances.
- Define and track key performance metrics to ensure maximum system uptime and minimize business disruptions.
- Coordinate upgrades, support packages, security patching, and system refreshes across the landscape with minimal impact on operations.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external IT audits. Provide required evidence, system logs, and configuration reports.
- Maintain compliance across the SAP landscape with relevant industry regulations (e.g., SOX, GDPR, etc…)
- Manage the SAP Security Team, with emphasis on SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tools. Monitors and enforces Segregation of Duties (SoD) policies to eliminate access conflicts.
- Enforces strict change management workflows to verify that all system transports, patches, and code deployments are approved, tested, documented, reviewed, and ultimately auditable.
- Schedule and monitor mandatory SAP security notes and patches across both on-premise and cloud nodes to mitigate risk vulnerabilities.
- 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.
- Supports Global Print Management, Enterprise Scheduling, Enterprise Backup/Restore.
- 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
- 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)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
