IT Director, SAP S/4HANA, Business Technology & Innovation

SUMMARY

The IT Director, SAP S/4HANA, Business Technology & Innovation, is responsible for maximizing the business value of the SAP investment through the strategic leadership, optimization, governance, and continuous enhancement of SAP S/4HANA and the broader SAP Business Suite ecosystem. This role will lead the evolution of SAP from a transactional ERP platform into a strategic business enablement platform by leveraging SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), SAP Fiori, SAP Joule, SAP Build, Workflow Automation, Embedded Analytics, AI capabilities, and other SAP innovations. The Director will partner with business leaders, Ops Directors, Functional Leaders, Global Process Owners, Continuous Improvement teams, and IT leadership to identify opportunities to improve utilization of SAP’s capabilities with the goals of increased revenue, improved margins, reduced operational costs, improved inventory, enhanced customer responsiveness, improved employee productivity, and accelerated decision-making through automation, data, analytics, and artificial intelligence. This leader will own the SAP application strategy, roadmap, architecture, governance, support model, and innovation portfolio while ensuring SAP capabilities are aligned to business goals and objectives. The Director will manage our relationship with SAP, as well as with supporting partners and system integrators.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the development and execution of the SAP portion of the IT Strategic Plan, working with the business and IT teams to identify and understand needs, develop and implement solutions. This is expected to include utilization of technologies and functionality that SAP has and will deploy such as solutions included in BTP, Joule, Fiori, Process Build and leaning into SAP’s vision for the Autonomous Enterprise.
• Lead the transition from SAP implementation to business value realization by improving business processes, reducing technical debt and customizations, creating reusable integration services, developing extension strategies that minimize SAP core modifications, create and lead the SAP AI roadmap utilizing SAP Joule and emerging SAP AI capabilities
• Lead the SAP and technology innovations roadmap, ensuring SAP investments directly support revenue growth, operational excellence, digital transformation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the company’s goals of revenue and OI growth, cost reductions and productivity improvements by utilizing technology and data to improve process efficiency, customer responsiveness, open new channels to market and other similar initiatives.
• Manage the functional and technical SAP IT managers to deliver solutions for day-to-day business execution needs as well as executing the overall vision for SAP value realization.
• Identify internal talent needed to keep up with new innovations and functionality that SAP is developing and deploying to maximize value.
• Build and manage a high-performance team that drives results by strong commitment, effective collaboration, and innovation.
• Work with internal IT networking and systems teams and SAP Basis support to ensure maximum SAP performance and operations and that new SAP technologies are deployed effectively within our network and systems.
• Manage SAP AMS(Application Management Support) capability supported by AMS provider.
• Manage the relationship with SAP directly as well as any systems integrators (AMS, Basis, and others) that are employed to maximize our return on SAP.
• Manage SAP solution delivery in compliance with ITGC guidelines.
• Other duties may be assigned

SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES 

This role will have direct reports.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• • Ten years of relevant, hands-on experience with SAP S/4 finance, supply chain, quote to cash,  and manufacturing modules.
  • Experience leading the deployment and utilization of SAP BTP, Fiori, Joule, Build and other recent SAP innovations
  • Experience managing a team of SAP functional leaders and working with Global Process Owners and other business leaders
  • Experiencing leading technology innovation and deployment as a part of transformation and continuous improvement
  • Experiencing managing an enterprise relationship with SAP, SI’s, consulting partners and AMS providers
  • Knowledge of IT network architecture, systems and infrastructure is a plus

• • Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Business, Engineering, or a related field. PMP, Agile and APICS certifications preferred.
  • Management consulting (or similar experience) focused on strategic process alignment.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.

JOB SKILLS

• • Program management skills with significant knowledge of project planning tools.
  • Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, planning and execution skills.
  • Ability to balance a strategic viewpoint with the ability to bring others along.
  • Advanced knowledge of business processes for manufacturing industries.
  • A distinctive blend of business, IT, financial and communication skills.
  • Ability to develop and execute a strategic plan.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This is an air-conditioned facility with many pieces of equipment that produce heat.  The following are potential items that may be encountered in home site or in domestic factories during visits: fumes, dust, noise, hazardous/toxic chemicals.  Appropriate training is provided and documented based on job placement that complies with OSHA and EPA regulations.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

ACIT is dedicated to identifying and reducing the environmental impact of its operations, activities, and products.  It is our commitment to comply with all applicable laws and other regulatory requirements concerning the environment. We are committed to preventing pollution and continually improving our environmental performance in all of our global operations.

EXPORT COMPLIANCE DISCLAIMER

This position includes access or potential access to ITAR and/or EAR technical data.  Therefore, candidates will need to qualify as a US Person which is defined as a US Citizen, or a Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to

successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to

enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk and sit.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

TRAVEL    

Up to 25% to global locations