Enterprise Solutions Assoc Manager

Overview

This role is designed to build the PTP competency including solution design & governance, delivery and support of the SAP Purchase-to-Pay for the AMESA & APAC sector. The Role involves Leading the Delivery and support of the SAP PTP Solution for APAC & AMESA by providing functional SME strength, Guide the team to solve technical intricacies and Issue resolutions, independently manage both Delivery and Sustain vendors efficiently. This role will act as a partner with AMESA & APAC business & Sector IT (LG1+ and above) teams to understand requirements, ideate the solution, estimate and deliver solution in the stated areas. This role also involves close collaboration with the global PTP teams to keep the solution aligned to ensure enchancements in APAC-AMESA solution are in sync with other global markets.

Responsibilities

Objectives of this role is to support the the execution of business processes related to: Purchase master data, Request for proposal, Purchasing, Goods Receipt, Material Planning, Physical count, Inventory management, Payment and Agro operations. This includes accessing all information necessary to process, manage, and track PTP spends in a timely manner.

• Leading the pursuit of the SAP trade track including defining solution based on market requirements, building deployment plan, work through the efforts and estimates and get the Buy-In of the market stakeholders on the same.
• Collaborate with multiple IT teams to ensure robust planning, estimations and gather support as required.
• Bring in SAP MM SME knowledge & technical during during solution & Issue Resolution discussions.
• Review, own and maintain the Functional design documents, technical design documents and the solution.
• Manage the Solution Delivery through Planning in adherence to PepsiCo delivery methodology and guidelines. Adhere to all internal Pepsico IT standards.
• Leverage partner resources to deliver high quality solutions & services.
• Demonstrate leadership and people management skills
• Closely monitor and Maintain support SLAs for SAP PTP in the AMESA and APAC sector.
• Support ECC to S4 MigrationQualifications
• Bachelors degree required & Masters preferred.
• 10+ years of IT experience out of which 7+ years on configuring, deploying and managing SAP MM with a focus on procurement, material planning and inventory management.
• In depth knowledge of MRP, procuremet and inventory management to support planning, procurement, storage processes. Knowledge of all master data objects required to support the materials management (material master, vendor master, source list etc); Pricing (pricing condition maintenance, agreements etc)
• Deep and broad Materials Management experience with procurement, material planning and inventory management in a global capacity
• Knowledge and experience in following tools, disciplines and processes are nice to have: SAP Solution Manager, SAP ChaRM, Clarity, ServiceNow etc.
• Proven experience in IT project delivery and operations preferably managing large projects with multiple stakeholders and markets.
• Proficiency in basic Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook)
• Good influencing, facilitating, and consulting skills in working with stakeholders at all levels in the organization and across departments.
• Ability to quickly adapt to changes in timelines and sequences
• Adaptability and flexibility including ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change
• Demonstrates the desire and ability to develop new technology skills, business knowledge, and customer service capability through training, experimentation, and self-study
• Effective Business communication skills.