Senior SAP Integrations and Technology Engineer/Excellence Manager

At Cummins, you will work with innovative thinkers and leading technology in a diverse and inclusive environment to make meaningful contributions to our business, customers, communities and the world. You will have the flexibility, resources and support you need for career growth and pursuit of the optimal Work-life flexibility to meet your individual needs and aspirations. Our culture believes in POWERING YOUR POTENTIAL.

We provide global opportunities to develop your career, make your community a better place, and work with today’s most innovative thinkers to solve the world’s toughest problems. We believe in flexibility for you to explore your passions while making an impact through meaningful work within our inclusive workforce.

That’s what #LifeAtCummins is all about. We are looking for a talented FUNCTIONAL EXCELLENCE MANAGER – IT, to join our team in Pune.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

Manages improvement for the overall effectiveness of one or more functions. Consults and supports processes, capabilities, systems and data for the function aligned to end-to-end value stream performance goals.

Partners to drive improvement activities within the function to deliver performance objectives of impacted value streams and improve outcomes for customers.

Stays connected within relevent industries to support advancement within the function and position the company for sustainability and growth.

Coordinates the creation of functional maturity goals in collaboration with business leaders, other functional leaders and end-to-end process owners.

Identifies and manages the functional excellence strategy and roadmap to achieve functional maturity goals.

Manages performance metrics for the function that contribute to performance goals of one or more internal value chains or end-to-end processes.

Coordinates enterprise-level governance of functional processes, systems and data as part of the overall end-to-end framework. Supports appropriate functional talent activities including composition of global position profiles, functional competencies, and functional learning and development needs.

Contributes to the development of the functional learning strategy to include experiential learning, networking, professional associations and formal training courses.

Utilizes business knowledge and experience to identify growth opportunities for the function to improve outcomes for the customer.

Sustains operational knowledge of functionally relevant practices, analytics, governance, and quality, knowing who can help customers Routinely engages with industry experts and peers, conducting research on best practices.

Collaborates with end to end process owners and functional excellence peers to prioritize continuous improvement efforts for the function.

Delivers improvements that are measurable and significant. Participates in knowledge sharing to develop enterprise subject-matter expertise in one or more functions.

Skills :

Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. Strategic mindset - Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies.

Global perspective - Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.

Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.

Optimizes work processes - Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Business insight - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals.

Manages complexity - Making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems.

Drives engagement - Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.

Drives vision and purpose - Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.

Manages ambiguity - Operating effectively, even when things are not certain or the way forward is not clear.

Situational adaptability - Adapting approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations.

Organizational savvy - Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

-Significant relevant experience required, including managerial experience.

-Prefer strong experience leading strategic and change efforts within a function or business unit; and the ability to make and drive connections across relevant work streams.

-Solid communication and stakeholder management skills, as well as ability to work comfortably amidst ambiguity important for success in this role.

- Knowledge of SAP industry best business practices are required with relevant experience in Automotive or Manufacturing domains.

- Over 8 to 10 years of experience working across business and IT with strong project delivery experience, as an ABAP on HANA, BTP and FIORI Developer, that involves multi-module implementation of S/4 HANA versions, will be key differentiators.

- Hands-on experience of SAP ABAP programming, RAP programming, FIORI UI5Apps, SAP Fiori Launchpad configuration, Web IDE, SAP Business Application Studio, SAP Fiori Theme designer, oDATA, Restful, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, jQuery, JSON, Debugging, SAP Note deployment, Monitoring & Support, is required.

- Candidates with SAP Certification and extensive implementation experience with S/4 HANA, will be preferred.

- Highly desirable to have cross functional experience in MM, SD, FICO, PP and Service on HANA modules, native integration and expereince with data management, middleware like Mule Soft and to have in

-depth cross functional subject matter expertise, Incident management and Production support with SAP S/4HANA 1909 or higher.

- Must have worked with SAP S/4 HANA projects and phased global deployments at multi-national industries and led technical project teams in an Agile manner.

- Experience with EDI (EDIFACT and ANSI X12) Idocs is highly desirable and will be a game changer. - Additionally, must be able to demonstrate succinct presentation skills and problem solving analytical skills and be able to effectively coach IT technical analysts.

- Showcase at least 2 successful end to end implementations of S/4HANA projects in mid-size industries and 1 implementation in a large size manufacturing industry will be a distinguishing factor for the ideal candidate.

- Experienced in managing partnership with third-party system integrators and other service providers in a project implementation.

- Thorough knowledge of professional frameworks governing IT audits and will be required to liaise effectively with the internal and external audit team to ensure that changes in scope is agreed and that quality review work is performed at appropriate times in the audit.

- Well experienced in end to end Data Migration life cycle(ETL) activities. Experience with SAP Industry dominant Loading tools(LTMC/Migration Cockpit).

- Flexibility to work global hours as per the project implementation schedule is essential.

Education, Licenses, Certifications :

Significant relevant experience required, including managerial experience. Prefer strong experience leading strategic and change efforts within a function or business unit; and the ability to make and drive connections across relevant work streams.

Solid communication and stakeholder management skills, as well as ability to work comfortably amidst ambiguity important for success in this role.

Compensation and Benefits :

Base salary commensurate with experience & expertise. Additional benefits include our Retirement Savings Plan, Medical Plan & Life Insurance benefits.

Diversity & Inclusion :

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law.