Solution Architect - SAP Supply Chain System Manager

Job Overview:

As an SAP Supply Chain Systems Manager, you will be responsible for implementation and support of material management, inventory management, demand forecasting, master data, and analytics solutions with a deep understanding of SAP systems. You will function as a trusted advisor to the business unit partners recommending and delivering innovative solutions to business problems.

You must have a deep appreciation for the integrated supply chain offerings within SAP and have a proficient working knowledge of the data, data relationships, transactions, integrations, and architecture.

You will add value to the business by partnering with them to deliver business process, people, and technology solutions to drive internal cost savings, efficiencies, reduce external spend, and contribute to shareholder value. This individual will engage in person daily with business unit leadership and key subject matter experts within the Engineering, Construction, & Integrated Supply Chain (ECSC) group within NextEra Energy. You will be responsible for finding use cases and applying innovative technologies including AI, advanced analytics, enterprise data, among others.

There are opportunities for you to acquire new skills, work across different disciplines, take on new challenges, and develop a comprehensive understanding of various industries.

Your primary responsibilities include:

IT Product Owner: Must be an expert in all facets of the SAP Supply Chain material management, MRP, inventory, and logistics solution offerings, intricacies, detailed functional and technical knowledge, integration methodologies. Must keep current with SAP roadmap, evolution of product suite, and support long-term planning for the organization.

Data Steward: Responsible for working with Data Owners within the business to define, implement, and monitor policies and procedures, ensuring that data practices adhere to internal standards and external regulations.

Solution Delivery: Responsible for ensuring the on-time, on budget, within scope delivery of IT Programs and Projects supporting the ECSC organization, ranging from $5 - $50M in spend annually. Must be hands on escalation points for more junior resources in solving complex configuration and design problems.

Strategic Leadership: responsible for building and suggesting recommendations for Innovative IT solutions to solve real-world business problems using SAP products and a wide range of ancillary boltons, other application, AI tools, and productivity tools

Business Engagement: responsible for effective building and managing relationships with business partners within Supply Chain from individual contributor level through C-level leadership. Maintain healthy working relationship with business partners.

Fiduciary Responsibility: responsible for ensuring monies are spent in the way that returns the most value to the shareholders. Must balance competing demands of business partner requirements against ROI, NPV, and cost/benefit. Responsible for ensuring actuals come within +/- 5% from budget.

Leadership: responsible for leading a team of employees, contractors, and consultants supporting Capital project delivery and production support of break-fix system issues. Train employees, mentor employees, build and staff team, manage interpersonal relations with team members, resolved disputes, and ensure team follows corporate values.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor s or Equivalent Experience

Overall Experience: 8+ years

Supervisor/Management Experience: 3+ years

Project Management Experience: 5+ years

Deep expertise in S/4 HANA ERP and related supply chain modules

Deep expertise in supply chain process and workflows

Hands on deep expertise in MM, MRP, EWM as consultant or architect

Deep knowledge on integrations between work management systems and demand management

Deep familiarity with data, data relationships, and modeling

Minimum 6 years of SAP FICO functional experience in FICO core modules including Materials Management and Sales and Distribution.

Working knowledge of MM, SD integrations with FI-GL/AP/Logistics Invoice Verification

Must have at least 2-3 full life cycle SAP ERP implementations.

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters or MBA is a plus.

Strong Experience in integration with other SAP modules

Sap certification for MM, EWM, SD modules

Preferred deep expertise in SAP APO

Expertise in latest AI technologies, models, trends

Experience in SAP integration with external Tax Software OIDT, Vertex.

Experience with SAP Ariba, GEP Smart, or Coupa indirect purchasing software

Experience implementing ECC to S4 projects is strongly preferred.

Experience with the Agile development methodology and tools such as Atlassian Jira software is preferred.

Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principle (GAAP) and Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX).