Engineering Project Manager (SAP Retail Payments Analyst), IS&T Enterprise Systems

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. \\nAre you deeply accountable for your work? Your passion for product ownership and track record will prove critical to your success on our team! SAP Retail Payments Functional Analyst is a position within the corporate Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) SAP team and this position will be key to our SAP Retail application space. \\nYou are self-directed and motivated with strong SAP IS Retail, SAP R/3, S/4 business process and configuration experience. \\nThis is a tremendous opportunity for someone who has the ability to own and drive initiatives and a passion to work in a highly integrated global solution platform. Be ready to make something great when you come here. Dynamic, inspiring people and innovative, industry-defining technologies are the norm at Apple. The people who work here have reinvented and defined entire industries with our products and services! The same passion for innovation also applies to our business practices - strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it. You should join Apple if you want to help deliver the next amazing Apple product!

The successful candidate will work closely with Apple business and technical teams across regions, as well as external payments partners and other 3rd parties. Much of this interaction will be with regional and global teams in other locations and other time zones, so excellent communication and collaboration skills are key. \nThe role includes responsibility for all aspects of a project including: Strong influence and persuasion skills along with excellent configuration and development skills in order to seamlessly integrate SAP Retail and front end solutions. Work closely with Point of Sale (POS), Data Warehouse, ABAP, Basis and other teams during design and implementation of SAP Retail functionalities to support Apple Retail Business. Supporting the business during requirements gathering to understand the needs of the project. Level of effort and scoping, including careful management of change requests. Creating and managing the project plan, deliverables, dependencies, risks and mitigation plan. Ensuring project scope is clearly defined and resources, budget and timeline are adequate to deliver the required solution. Driving the functional and technical gap analysis. Driving scalable and flexible designs, ensuring adherence to global design principals, security and compliance standards, as well as documentation standards. Design governance and solution architecture in a complex payments landscape. Issue tracking and driving issue resolution across teams. Status reporting within the team and upwards to business and technical management groups. Ensuring adequate test cycles are defined and executed to support a smooth production launch. Managing cutover and implementation activities across multiple teams, both business and technical. Tracking issues and managing scope of changes during warranty support to ensure a successful handover to the production support team.

5 years hands-on functional design and configuration experience, including detailed specifications for user exits, utilities, interfaces, reports, etc.\n5 years SD functionality experience throughout the order to cash process, including billing and integration with FI/CO.\n5 years of experience in payments processing, including credit cards, loans, wire transfer, and mobile payments.\nBS or MS degree in Business or Technology or equivalent years of work experience.\n

Demonstrated functional lead experience with ability to drive designs that balance business efficiency, system performance, security and compliance.\nDemonstrable ability to complete multiple tasks under pressure without direct supervision.\nAbility to lead complex, cross-functional projects working closely with multiple business and technical teams.\nAbility to manage scope and timeline of multiple projects in parallel, with minimal supervision.\nExperience or exposure to SAP FI and SD integration and configuration within ECC and SAP IS Retail\nExperience with implementing Web Based applications using SAP Portal landscape\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills across all levels of the organization.\nSOH or S/4 HANA experience with be an added advantage\nAbility to deliver high quality solutions in an environment with high expectations and challenging timelines.\nAbility to collaborate with other teams in order to resolve conflicts in a timely manner.\nDemonstrated analytical and problem solving skills.\nKnowledge of Accounting Principles a plus\n