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W. R. Grace Sr Solution Manager IT - Source to Pay in Columbia, Maryland
Sr Solution Manager IT - Source to Pay
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Date:Sep 3, 2024
Location: Columbia, MD, US, 21044
Company: W. R. Grace & Co.
Requisition ID: 23337
Built on talent, technology, and trust, Grace is a leading global supplier of catalysts and engineered materials. The company’s two industry-leading business segments—Catalysts Technologies and Materials Technologies—provide innovative products, technologies, and services that enhance the products and processes of our customers around the world. Grace employs approximately 4,300 people in over 30 countries.
Job Description
The IT Solution Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of the portfolio of Source to Pay projects ultimately creating solutions that enable the achievement of business priorities. The candidate must provide thought leadership and hands on expertise for designing ‘best practice’ solutions that combine knowledge from industry experience and the latest capabilities within the SAP ecosystem. The candidate must effectively manage business and functional relationships; perform demand planning and prioritization of projects; provide leadership, planning, and people management to Project and Process Leaders, Business Analysts across the business, IT, and third-party vendors.
Additional Responsibilities
Research and recommend chemical industry best practices and align with key stakeholders to maintain strategic S2P IT roadmap
Stay informed about S2P systems trends, updates, and new technologies to continuously improve system functionalities and efficiencies
Provide recommendations to leadership on applying current/emerging best practices addressing issues critical to success
Identify, establish, and maintain business relationships with key Grace stakeholders
Identify and manage change management needs leading to the successful acceptance of new processes and use of technology
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (IT, Procurement, Finance, etc.) to integrate S2P systems with other enterprise systems and applications
Act as SME and IT project manager for small to medium sized projects
Share knowledge and develop relationships with on/offshore maintenance and project teams
Responsible for the Knowledge Transfer Plan and successful solution transfer to Grace support teams
Translate business requests into technical and business process requirements
Conduct workshops with technical and non-technical resources
Lead the development within Grace SDLC framework including design, build, test, documentation and training
Manage projects including providing status reporting, tracking budget and managing internal and external resources
Ability to travel up to 15%
Required Skills
Must have good understanding of integrated and end-to-end SAP S2P solutions (Ariba, SAP Procurement, SAP Accounts Payables, Concur, Vendor Invoice Management Tool, Fieldglass etc.)
Strong knowledge of procurement processes (Sourcing and Procurement) and supply chain management
Detailed understanding of SAP technical objects integration to ECC & S/4 – User exit/enhancement & Data Mapping
Designing and configuring SAP Ariba solutions to meet business requirements
Leading the integration of SAP Ariba with other systems, such as SAP ERP, Tax Engines, BW HANA etc.
Managing Accounts payables including payments to vendors with H2H setups/Checks
Guiding complex fit/gap analysis and design decisions and validating fit/gap analysis and design decisions completed by less experienced team members; ensuring deviations from “out of the box” functionality have sufficient business justification and positive value proposition
Leading project team and workstreams from Initiation through Go live, Hypercare and Post Hypercare support
Ability to coordinate remote teams and work effectively with an off-shore, outsourcing provider
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to provide direction to less experienced architects
Strong communication and collaboration skills
Required Experience
Proven management experience in SAP S2P applications
Prior experience in hands-on configuration, development and/or support roles within SAP MM & Ariba – downstream (buying, invoicing), upstream (contracts, sourcing and SLP) and CIG
Techno/functional SAP MM and ideally Ariba or equivalent post go live troubleshooting experience
Experience of configuring and implementing SAP Ariba including CIG (cloud integration gateway) integration with SAP ERP
S/4HANA experience is ideal but equivalent ECC 6 MM/ LIV experience is acceptable
CIG support and CIG mapping creation experience would be a key advantage (Ariba API knowledge useful but not a major requirement)
At least one SAP Ariba implementation in each of CIG, S2C, B&I and SCC.
Experience in SAP MM (Materials Management) and other related SAP Modules
Ability to configure SAP Ariba Upstream and Downstream modules independently
Experience with Ariba SP Upgrades
Strong support experience in SAP Ariba and MM
Experience in Accounts Payables
12+ years IT Systems Projects / Business Analysis / Service experience
SDLC project management experience
Preferred Qualifications
Good knowledge of Supply Chain processes in chemical industry
SAP Certified in MM module and Ariba for SAP HANA Sourcing Procurement or ECC 6.0
Experience with SAP analytics tools (i.e. SAC)
Knowledge of other modules of SAP such as SD, FI and PP
Grace is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Grace via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Grace. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Grace as a result of the referral or through other means.
Nearest Major Market:Baltimore
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