Sr Mgr, Production Master Data Analyst (S4 HANA)

RTX•Cedar Rapids, NC

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is responsible for one or more Collins Aerospace Production Master Data (PMD) objects, including material masters, bills of materials, document info records, routings, work centers, and environmental health and safety master data. It also supports related Digital Technology activities, tools, systems, structures, and processes. The position primarily supports the Collins S4 HANA project, is dotted-line aligned to the Collins PST organization, and delivers PMD solutions to the project. The role selects, implements, develops, maintains, and supports business systems and Digital Technology applications by understanding business processes and applying process-improvement concepts to simplify work and improve productivity. It serves as a primary contact and advocate between the business and Digital Technology, aligning digital services, service levels, technology, management, and initiatives with business needs. The position works with stakeholders across security and compliance, infrastructure, functional groups, and project management, and represents the business in enterprise and corporate initiatives. The successful candidate will analyze business and technical processes, identify system needs, configure and enhance SAP or update supporting master data using mass-update tools, and coordinate requirements with business and Digital Technology teams. The role provides hands-on expertise and leadership in planning, developing, testing, and implementing technology projects and continuous-improvement initiatives. It also produces specifications, user documentation, program functions, test scripts, solution documentation, and knowledge transfer; manages PMD project tasks; and maintains SAP application documentation, standard work, data-governance guidelines, policies, procedures, and controls.

Requirements

University degree or equivalent experience and at least 10 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 7 years of experience.
U.S. citizenship; only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under the program or contract.
Expertise in project management fundamentals.
Experience with PL/SQL, including DML/DDL, tables, views, functions, packages, and stored procedures.
Experience with MS Office, especially Excel and Access; SAP, especially LSMW, CEWB, CG02, and MM17; Service Now; SharePoint; SIPOC; root-cause analysis; and data analysis and manipulation.
Ability to perform and support unit, integration, user-acceptance, and regression testing of an Oracle/.NET application.
Understanding of multi-level bill-of-material data and Oracle CONNECT BY functions for hierarchical data.
General understanding of business functions, including cost, manufacturing, and purchasing.

Nice To Haves

SAP data-model experience is preferred.
Experience with a .NET client application is desired; direct .NET programming skills are not required.

Responsibilities

Manage internal and external stakeholders and align digital services, service levels, technology, management, and initiatives with business strategies and needs.
Represent the business in enterprise-wide and corporate initiatives and act as a primary Digital Technology-business contact and advocate for high-quality digital services.
Work with Digital Technology stakeholders in security and compliance, infrastructure, other functional areas, and project management to manage and document the Digital Technology portfolio.
Align business systems through technology selection, development, programming, configuration, and testing of new applications and legacy systems.
Understand requirements, design and build system solutions, provide testing documentation, work with business teams on solution testing, update GSM tickets with resolutions, and provide solution documentation and knowledge transfer as needed.
Apply advanced PMD knowledge to resolve difficult and complex issues through available Digital Technology systems, with limited oversight in day-to-day PMD decisions.
Analyze business and technical processes to determine where system updates or new systems are needed.
Configure and enhance SAP systems and update supporting master data using mass-update tools.
Communicate with and influence stakeholders across Digital Technology and business functional areas, and provide organizational guidance to individuals and groups.
Coordinate with business and Digital Technology teams to establish system requirements, including program functions and reporting outputs.
Lead and provide hands-on expertise in planning, development, testing, and implementation of Digital Technology projects and continuous-improvement initiatives.
Author detailed specifications, user documentation, program functions, and test scripts for SAP enhancements, programs, and reports.
Plan and coordinate the completion of PMD-related project tasks at tactical and strategic levels.
Manage the creation and maintenance of PMD SAP application documentation and establish related business-solution policies, procedures, controls, standard work, and data-governance guidelines.
Perform and support unit, integration, user-acceptance, and regression testing of an Oracle/.NET application.
Assist with application speed and design improvements and the design of new enhancements to an existing application.
Analyze and tune existing queries, views, functions, and procedures, and analyze and recommend indexes to improve application performance.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees.
401(k) plan with employer matching funds and a separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option.
Tuition reimbursement program.
Student Loan Repayment Program.
Life insurance and disability coverage.
Optional pet, home and auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal, and identity-theft protection coverage.
Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits.
Fertility and family-planning benefits.
Adoption assistance.
Autism benefit.
Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions.
Wellness rewards program.
Virtual doctor visits.
Child and elder care services.
Second-opinion medical expert program.
Flexible work schedules.
Flexible spending accounts.
Paid time off and holidays.
Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage.