Supply Chain Planning-Architect, SAP Process Enablement

Scotts Miracle-Gro•Marysville, OH

3d•$156,900 - $184,600•Remote

About The Position

We are looking for an Architect, SAP Process Enablement who will join our team. As an Architect of SAP Process Enablement you will provide thought leadership guidance to both our business process owners and to our technology delivery teams about how we run SAP-based processes well, harnessing the power of modern capabilities like S/4 HANA and Signavio. You will work with our business functions who run SAP each day and proactively identify improvement opportunities available via our SAP systems, current and future. You will mentor our business end users on SAP-based process execution and help them adopt new capabilities, both on our existing SAP systems and especially with our future S/4 HANA based systems. You will support the relationship between Business teams and SAP Technology Delivery teams to ensure we are bringing to life, the improved outcomes desired by implementing new technology solutions. This role requires someone with deep expertise in S/4 HANA Supply Chain Planning capabilities, with emphasis on SAP based processes, master data and configuration to enable SAP best practice outcomes. Experience integrating SAP S/4 HANA with other systems like Kinaxis, is a benefit we desire. This role requires someone who has first hand experiences building and running SAP in business transformation setting. Finally, this role requires someone who is strong at both verbal and written communication, as our Architects will need to effectively translate complex SAP terminology into intuitive, business focused messages that our users can gravitate to well.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree, Business or Management Information Systems
Requires extensive experience in one of SAP's three core process modules (1) Sales & Distribution (2) Materials Management or (3) Financial Accounting & Controlling.
Over 10 years of experience required, as an SAP functionality (process, data, configuration) expert in one of these three modules.
Requires 2-3 years experience working with S/4 HANA.
Requires extensive experience working within the front lines of a business operational team, helping those teams adopt SAP-based process and helping to improve how SAP is used each day.
Proven track record influencing others, at multiple levels of an organization, demonstrating the ability to tailor communications to the right audience level.
Experience effectively mentoring others, focused on SAP-based processes, is essential.
Expert in SAP functional (process, master data and system configuration) consulting or advisory
Expert in SAP Supply Chain Planning (PP, MM, etc).
Strong ability to document, communicate and coach SAP-based process capabilities

Nice To Haves

Experience integrating SAP S/4 HANA with other systems like Kinaxis
Integration experience with Kinaxis

Responsibilities

Leverage tools such as SAP Signavio or Celonis to proactively identify current state process performance and improvement opportunities
Partner directly with business teams to understand what is working well and what requires improvement in our SAP-based processes
Build high level plans for SAP process mapping, and define our current state (on ECC) and define future state (on S/4 HANA)
Leverage tools such as Signavio or Celonis to support the SAP Technology delivery teams and their technical blueprint creation
Leverage tools such as Signavio or Celonis to connect those blueprints and develop change management plans, focused on SAP-based processes
Influence our business teams on improvement opportunities that exist, by running SAP differently
Develop high level roadmaps, in partnership with business teams and technology teams, focused on improving SAP-based processes
Partner with SAP Technology delivery teams, and support implementation of new SAP capabilities
Ensure business teams running SAP are prepared/trained for new SAP capabilities, and running SAP well after implementations
Identify business end users who can be grown into SAP super users
Partner with other SAP Process Architects to create an SAP super user network
Build SAP super user development plans and roadmaps
Host and provide SAP focused training to SAP super users